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[ARCHIVES] Aldo Says “POS” McGregor Didn’t Keep His Word

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Former UFC Featherweight Champion José Aldo recently spoke out about a pre-fight agreement made with UFC officials prior to his title defense against Conor McGregor at UFC 194 and explained how “The Notorious” Irishman broke his word immediately after the fight.

Aldo told Portal Vale Tudo that prior to losing his title to McGregor at the UFC 194 pay-per-view that both he and McGregor agreed to vacate the Featherweight title after the fight — regardless of who won — and move up to the Lightweight division where they were told they would then receive an immediate shot at the UFC Lightweight title.

“I won’t accept another fight if it’s not for the belt. When we signed the contract, the intention was that the winner would fight at lightweight, but we would need to abandon the featherweight belt.”

Aldo continued, explaining that after that, if they wanted to return to the Featherweight division, they would again immediately receive a shot at whoever the champion would be at that point in the weight class.

“That was the plan, that’s what they told us. If we fought at lightweight, win or lose, and then had the opportunity to fight at featherweight again, it would be for the title immediately. I think they gave him too much power and he’s playing now, calling the shots more than the others. I think that’s wrong, no one ever did that.”

In conclusion, Aldo said that it’s not so much that the “piece of sh*t” McGregor broke his word, but it’s a sign that it shows it is McGregor, not Dana White or another UFC executive, that appears to be calling the shots in the UFC lately.

“It doesn’t matter if it’s about money or not at this point, what matters is show who calls the shots, who’s the boss, and not just a piece of s–t talking about things you see. He doesn’t deserve to be where he is. I’ve always respected all the merits, but he had more luck than merits.”

(H/T for transcribing: MMAFighting.com)

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Edgar’s Coach Blasts Conor McGregor: Congrats On Fighting Opponents Your Own Size

Frankie Edgar’s coach Mark Henry went off on Conor McGregor online, but will his goading ‘Notorious’ to stay at lightweight actually work out for ‘The Answer’? Most mixed martial arts (MMA) fans were happy to hear this week’s official confirmation that undisputed featherweight champion Conor McGregor would move up to lightweight to take on steamrolling

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Frankie Edgar’s coach Mark Henry went off on Conor McGregor online, but will his goading ‘Notorious’ to stay at lightweight actually work out for ‘The Answer’?

Most mixed martial arts (MMA) fans were happy to hear this week’s official confirmation that undisputed featherweight champion Conor McGregor would move up to lightweight to take on steamrolling titleholder Rafael dos Anjos for the 155-pound gold in the main event of March’s UFC 197 from Las Vegas.

Even if you aren’t a fan of the Irish trash talker’s antics in the media, you simply couldn’t deny that a bout between ‘Notorious,’ who has felled six out of seven total UFC opponents, and ‘RDA,’ who has shocked many by capping off a recent three-fight string with dominant wins over Anthony Pettis, Donald Cerrone, and Nate Diaz.

That is of course, unless you’re Frankie Edgar and his team, who understandably feel that they were once again passed over for a fight with McGregor. The normally calm Edgar has been blasting the decision in the media nonstop, and his head coach Mark Henry has now jumped into the fight.

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Henry got on Instagram to call ‘Notorious’ out for cutting a ton of weight to make the featherweight title fight limit of 145 pounds, a fact that’s become apparent by McGregor’s head coach John Kavanagh stating that he doesn’t want his star competitor to have to make that cut again. So while many people are ecstatic the UFC’s golden boy is going up to lightweight, Henry mocked McGregor’s decision based on his walking weight.

Find out what the fired-up coach had to say on the next page…

Unlike most of the 145 pd division that is upset you’re going up [in weight], I’m not. I want to congratulate you on actually fighting men your own size. I mean walking 175-180 fighting at 155 takes a brave man.

@thenotoriousmma and @coach_kavanagh unlike most of the 145 pd division that is upset you’re going up I’m not. I want to congratulate you on actually fighting men your own size. I mean walking 175-180 fighting at 155 takes a brave man. When you say 99 % of people couldn’t make the weight cut Conner makes to 145 your right, because 99 % of the fighters aren’t as scared as Conner to have to drop that much weight. Fear could will a man to do amazing things. Now why don’t you drop the security blanket and leave the 145 pd belt and go full blown BIG BOY. Congratulations again……. Almost. PS @frankieedgar walked 156 when he won 155 title.

A photo posted by Mark Henry (@mark_henry7) on Jan 13, 2016 at 8:15pm PST

Henry also wasn’t buying Kavanagh’s praise for McGregor’s spirit through the weight cut; suggesting that ‘Notorious’ is afraid of ‘The Answer’ (whom he noted won the lightweight title normally weighing 156 pounds) and should just stay at 155 when he goes up:

When you say 99 % of people couldn’t make the weight cut Conner makes to 145 your right, because 99 % of the fighters aren’t as scared as Conner to have to drop that much weight. Fear could will a man to do amazing things. Now why don’t you drop the security blanket and leave the 145 pd belt and go full blown BIG BOY. Congratulations again……. Almost.
PS @frankieedgar walked 156 when he won 155 title.

It’s no surprise that Edgar and his team are miffed by being passed by yet again, but it appears there’s nothing they can do about at this point. A featherweight bout with McGregor at this summer’s UFC 200 could be an even bigger payday for the former champ, but it’s also far from guaranteed that McGregor will move back down as Henry suggested in a roundabout way.

There’s also the possibility of Edgar battling Jose Aldo for the vacant featherweight belt should McGregor choose to stay, and his manager Ali Abdelaziz, who also manages dos Anjos, has said he won’t fight again unless it’s for a title. At this rate, that could be a while. Will ‘The Answer’ ever get his due?

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Conor McGregor’s Coach Teases Fight With Frankie Edgar At UFC 200

Conor McGregor’s Coach John Kavanagh recently wrote a blog at 42.ie where he teased that McGregor’s next fight after UFC 197 will be against Frankie Edgar. The proposed fight would take place at UFC 200 in July. Here’s what Kavanagh had to say:

The elephant in the room in this situation, of course, has been Frankie Edgar. If Conor’s next fight was announced as being against Frankie, there would be a lot of complaints about him cutting too much weight and being too big for the rest of the 145lbs guys. People would also claim that he was running from Rafael dos Anjos. Instead, they’ll say he should be staying at featherweight and that he’s afraid of Frankie. But as I’ve said many times before, it’s great that questions are being asked because answering them is what sport is all about. The day there are no more questions being asked of you is the day you’re no longer relevant. No matter who Conor’s next opponent was going to be, people would complain. There’s no getting away from that. There are boxes to be ticked and, by the time Conor retires, he’ll have addressed them all. But they can’t all be done at the drop of a hat. We can only take it one at a time. Rafael dos Anjos is next. After that, maybe Frankie Edgar will get his chance at UFC 200 on 9 July. We’ll see.

McGregor will next be fighting against Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 197 in March.

The elephant in the room in this situation, of course, has been Frankie Edgar. If Conor’s next fight was announced as being against Frankie, there would be a lot of complaints about him cutting too much weight and being too big for the rest of the 145lbs guys. People would also claim that he was running from Rafael dos Anjos. Instead, they’ll say he should be staying at featherweight and that he’s afraid of Frankie. But as I’ve said many times before, it’s great that questions are being asked because answering them is what sport is all about. The day there are no more questions being asked of you is the day you’re no longer relevant. No matter who Conor’s next opponent was going to be, people would complain. There’s no getting away from that. There are boxes to be ticked and, by the time Conor retires, he’ll have addressed them all. But they can’t all be done at the drop of a hat. We can only take it one at a time. Rafael dos Anjos is next. After that, maybe Frankie Edgar will get his chance at UFC 200 on 9 July. We’ll see.

McGregor will next be fighting against Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 197 in March.

Jose Aldo: Conor McGregor Doesn’t Deserve To Be Where He Is

With the news that UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is officially moving up to lightweight to take on 155-pound champion Rafael dos Anjos in the main event of March’s blockbuster UFC 197 event from Las Vegas, it’s hardly a secret that the polarizing ‘Notorious’ has become the most discussed name in combat ports by a

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Taking over that role from former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey due to her devastating UFC 193 knockout loss to Holly Holm, McGregor has proclaimed that he ‘is the fight game,’ and based off of how the UFC has been willing to let him do essentially whatever he wants, it’s hard to argue with him there.

However, it allegedly wasn’t supposed to play out like that after UFC 194, as former featherweight champ Jose Aldo recently told Portal de Vale Tudo (via MMA Fighting) that there was an apparent agreement in place for the winner of their fight to move up to lightweight while the other fighter stayed put at featherweight to take on consensus No. 1 Frankie Edgar, a deal that McGregor supposedly reneged on. What’s more, Aldo was supposedly going to move up to lightweight as he’s long been rumored to do if he won:

“Right after the fight, Dana went to the locker room and told us our next fight would be against Frankie Edgar for the belt, because Conor would move up for the lightweight division since he couldn’t cut weight anymore.

“When we signed the contract, the intention was that the winner would fight at lightweight, but we would need to abandon the featherweight belt,” he said. “That was the plan, that’s what they told us. If we fought at lightweight, win or lose, and then had the opportunity to fight at featherweight again, it would be for the title immediately.”

It appears that the UFC’s plans were thrown a bit of a curveball by the massive drawing power of McGregor, who shocked the world by flooring Aldo in 13 seconds and ending his 10-year unbeaten reign. Aldo is clearly not headed for a rematch with McGregor just yet, but that’s understandably what he’s aiming for. The Brazilian veteran still thinks McGregor was lucky to knock him out and there wasn’t a fight. Aldo said that when they do finally throw down once again, he’s going to win. Find out what Aldo said about his jaw-dropping loss on the following page…

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Frankie Edgar Accuses The UFC & Conor McGregor Of Ducking Him

Frankie Edgar continues to vent about his inability to secure a shot at the UFC featherweight championship. Edgar has won his last five fights over the likes of Chad Mendes and Urijah Faber, and Joe Rogan has also called for the title shot, saying that Edgar vs. Conor McGregor would be “bananas.”

Edgar says the UFC knows he would be a tough opponent for McGregor, and for that reason he “f*cking doubts” he’ll ever get the fight. Here’s what he had to say:

“I was deflated man. I just fought one of the best fights of my life [and I’m thinking] I shouldn’t be feeling like this,” Edgar told MMA Fighting. “I should be going home riding high right now, and I just wasn’t. I don’t think it matters with Dana [White] and Lorenzo [Fertitta]. Really, I don’t think I’m the best fight that they want…I don’t think they want it either. So I’ve got all three of them against me. I mean, all fights are hard. But, yeah, I think I’m the worst match-up for McGregor. I think he knows it, I think you know it, I think the UFC knows it. I just need that chance to get my hands on him. That’s what I want. Am I going to get it? I f*cking doubt it.”

Edgar told The LA Times that he isn’t sure if he’ll continue waiting for a fight against McGregor, or if he’ll take other fights in the meantime to earn income:

“I honestly don’t really know what I’m going to do yet,” Edgar told The LA Times. “I’ve got to weigh some things out. Do I want to wait for Conor — could something happen? Someone get injured? Do I want to wait for that fight or fight and make some money? That’s what I’m weighing right now.”

“But for the last three years, I’ve been trying to situate all my fights to lead toward a title and it seems like it’s not really working for me,” he said. “I’ve missed out on fighting more often, making some money and that’s something … I don’t want to be sitting here until June or July expecting to fight Conor and then something else happens like it has in the past, and then I’m left with another scenario of no-fight, no-money. That’s something I have to consider.”

Edgar is currently on a five-fight winning streak, with an MMA record of 20-4-1. There’s no word on who his next opponent will be.

McGregor will next be fighting at UFC 197 in March against Rafael dos Anjos.

Edgar says the UFC knows he would be a tough opponent for McGregor, and for that reason he “f*cking doubts” he’ll ever get the fight. Here’s what he had to say:

“I was deflated man. I just fought one of the best fights of my life [and I’m thinking] I shouldn’t be feeling like this,” Edgar told MMA Fighting. “I should be going home riding high right now, and I just wasn’t. I don’t think it matters with Dana [White] and Lorenzo [Fertitta]. Really, I don’t think I’m the best fight that they want…I don’t think they want it either. So I’ve got all three of them against me. I mean, all fights are hard. But, yeah, I think I’m the worst match-up for McGregor. I think he knows it, I think you know it, I think the UFC knows it. I just need that chance to get my hands on him. That’s what I want. Am I going to get it? I f*cking doubt it.”

Edgar told The LA Times that he isn’t sure if he’ll continue waiting for a fight against McGregor, or if he’ll take other fights in the meantime to earn income:

“I honestly don’t really know what I’m going to do yet,” Edgar told The LA Times. “I’ve got to weigh some things out. Do I want to wait for Conor — could something happen? Someone get injured? Do I want to wait for that fight or fight and make some money? That’s what I’m weighing right now.”

“But for the last three years, I’ve been trying to situate all my fights to lead toward a title and it seems like it’s not really working for me,” he said. “I’ve missed out on fighting more often, making some money and that’s something … I don’t want to be sitting here until June or July expecting to fight Conor and then something else happens like it has in the past, and then I’m left with another scenario of no-fight, no-money. That’s something I have to consider.”

Edgar is currently on a five-fight winning streak, with an MMA record of 20-4-1. There’s no word on who his next opponent will be.

McGregor will next be fighting at UFC 197 in March against Rafael dos Anjos.

Report: McGregor vs. Dos Anjos, Holm vs. Tate Set For UFC 197

(Meanwhile, the Rafael Dos Anjos “1:06 TKO” shirt is nowhere to be seen.)

Following his 13 second knockout of Jose Aldo at UFC 194, the future of Conor McGregor oddly seemed more uncertain than ever. His coach, John Kavanagh, insisted that he didn’t want his fighter making the huge cut to 145 lbs. anymore, while McGregor himself stated that there was “no way in Hell” he would ever give up his featherweight belt should he seek out a title fight at lightweight next. With Frankie Edgar all but refusing to fight unless he receives a shot against McGregor at 145, the UFC was left with a bit of a mess on their hands to put it lightly.

But then, things started to sort themselves out on Wednesday’s edition of when Dana White told the UFC Tonight gang that “If anyone can hold two belts, it’s Conor McGregor.” With that ringing endorsement now out there in the universe, it was pretty much a given that McGregor would challenge lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos next, which recent reports now indicate will be the case.

Details after the jump.

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(Meanwhile, the Rafael Dos Anjos “1:06 TKO” shirt is nowhere to be seen.)

Details after the jump.

As first reported by Bleacher Report’s Jeremy Botter (citing multiple sources), McGregor will in fact be moving up to lightweight next to take on Dos Anjos in the main event of UFC 197 on March 5th in Las Vegas.

And not only that, but Botter also confirmed that Holly Holm will be getting her wish to fight once more before rematching Ronda Rousey, squaring off against former title challenger Miesha Tate in UFC 197′s co-main event. Which, wow. It’s getting harder and harder to be a cynical, biased, UFC h8ing MMA blog these days when looking at the absolutely amazing run they’ve been on lately. (Luckily, there’s still their Nazi-esque outfitting policy to take shots at or we’d probably have to close up shop.)

It’s worth mentioning that Ariel Helwani hinted at “a couple of big fights” being looked at for March 5th back in December, only to be immediately shut down by Dana White for being “full of shit.” Here’s hoping that he has the balls to hit Dana with a zinger like this the next time they’re face-to-face.

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