Aldo on meeting with UFC brass: ‘They have always been supportive of my career’

After weeks of utter disappointment, José Aldo is seemingly satisfied with his recent meeting with UFC executives.

Former long-time featherweight champion José Aldo has been one of the big-name fighters who have been most vocal about their dissatisfaction with the UFC. He even went as far as requesting his release from the company and threatening to quit MMA altogether.

His tune seemed to have changed after his meeting with executives Dana White and Sean Shelby on Wednesday afternoon at the UFC headquarters in Las Vegas. In his conversation with ESPN.com’s Brett Okamoto right after the sit-down, Aldo says that while discussions did go well, he remains uncertain about his future.

“It was great. It was a good conversation. We came in here knowing what we were coming in to. We knew what to expect,” Aldo said through a translator. “It went exactly as expected. I want to thank Dana, I want to thank Sean Shelby as they have always been supportive of my career. So it was good.”

“I didn’t come here just wanting to cancel my contract or to be released. I came here because I had a lot on my chest and I had a lot of things I wanted to say. I thought that saying them in person was the professional approach and proper approach to take with them.”

“So I want to thank them for their time and the opportunity to get things off my chest. What the future will hold nobody knows. We’ll have to wait and see.”

“I came here from Brazil with my ideas already firmly fixed in my head. My current intention is to no longer fight. That hasn’t changed. That is how I felt when I left Brazil and that is how I feel here today.”

Like many of his contemporaries who have grown irate with how things are currently being run in the company, Aldo first aired out his grievances through media interviews. But now that he was given the chance to speak face-to-face with the UFC’s brass, his plans about challenging his contract status and taking legal action has seemingly been thrown out the window.

“No. None. There is no reason to do that,” Aldo said. “I am not that kind of guy you know. I’m a man. I came here. Nobody made me come here. I wanted to be here and have a face-to-face conversation, man to man, and make my feelings known. Not through statements made to third parties (that are) misinterpreted or mistranslated. I wanted to sit down with Dana and with Sean and tell them how I felt.”

After weeks of utter disappointment, José Aldo is seemingly satisfied with his recent meeting with UFC executives.

Former long-time featherweight champion José Aldo has been one of the big-name fighters who have been most vocal about their dissatisfaction with the UFC. He even went as far as requesting his release from the company and threatening to quit MMA altogether.

His tune seemed to have changed after his meeting with executives Dana White and Sean Shelby on Wednesday afternoon at the UFC headquarters in Las Vegas. In his conversation with ESPN.com’s Brett Okamoto right after the sit-down, Aldo says that while discussions did go well, he remains uncertain about his future.

“It was great. It was a good conversation. We came in here knowing what we were coming in to. We knew what to expect,” Aldo said through a translator. “It went exactly as expected. I want to thank Dana, I want to thank Sean Shelby as they have always been supportive of my career. So it was good.”

“I didn’t come here just wanting to cancel my contract or to be released. I came here because I had a lot on my chest and I had a lot of things I wanted to say. I thought that saying them in person was the professional approach and proper approach to take with them.”

“So I want to thank them for their time and the opportunity to get things off my chest. What the future will hold nobody knows. We’ll have to wait and see.”

“I came here from Brazil with my ideas already firmly fixed in my head. My current intention is to no longer fight. That hasn’t changed. That is how I felt when I left Brazil and that is how I feel here today.”

Like many of his contemporaries who have grown irate with how things are currently being run in the company, Aldo first aired out his grievances through media interviews. But now that he was given the chance to speak face-to-face with the UFC’s brass, his plans about challenging his contract status and taking legal action has seemingly been thrown out the window.

“No. None. There is no reason to do that,” Aldo said. “I am not that kind of guy you know. I’m a man. I came here. Nobody made me come here. I wanted to be here and have a face-to-face conversation, man to man, and make my feelings known. Not through statements made to third parties (that are) misinterpreted or mistranslated. I wanted to sit down with Dana and with Sean and tell them how I felt.”