It was announced earlier this month that Anthony Pettis would be dropping down to featherweight and be granted an immediate shot at Jose Aldo’s title. Well, it sounds like Aldo isn’t too keen on that.
UFC President Dana White spoke with the media following the UFC 157 post-fight press conference and filled them in on what Aldo said.
“Jose Aldo came out and said, ‘There’s no way in hell I’m fighting Pettis. He’s absolutely refusing to fight Pettis – doesn’t think he deserves the shot.”
According to White, Aldo’s manager Andre Pederneiras spoke to him during this past weekends UFC on FUEL TV 7 event in London asking to change things up a bit.
“Andre Pederneiras was in England and he sat down with me and Lorenzo (Fertitta) and was like, ‘We don’t think he deserves it’. What do you mean you don’t think he deserves it? ‘Well, he might be the No. 1 guy at 155, but how does that make him the No. 1 guy (at 145)?’ Are you out of your f—ing mind? Are you serious? Did you seriously just ask me that question? It’s like if Aldo wanted to move up to 155, are we going to say he’s not the No. 1 contender? What are you talking about?”
We saw it happen when Frankie Edgar made the drop to 145-pounds and Aldo didn’t seem to have a problem with that. White made it clear that this fight is going to happen regardless of what Aldo and his management think.
“F—in’ right, [Aldo] is gonna fight Pettis. That fight’s on. He’s going to fight Pettis, or he’s not going to like how this is going to turn out.”
