Jose Aldo Demands Contract Release: I Can’t Trust Dana White

So Conor McGregor is fighting on UFC 205, isn’t that a shocker? Well, not really. If you didn’t see that coming you clearly haven’t been paying attention. McGregor fighting in New York was all but guaranteed, no matter what Dana White would have you believe.

But he isn’t defending his UFC featherweight belt, and he isn’t fighting Jose Aldo. Surprise, surprise? Hardly.

McGregor has had his eye on Eddie Alvarez’s lightweight strap for quite some time now, and if Nate Diaz hadn’t beaten the Irishman the first time, McGregor would have probably challenged for the 155-pound title sooner rather than later.

Which leaves Aldo in the dust, again — and Aldo is having none of it.

The UFC’s interim featherweight champion is fed up and ranted to Brazilian website Combate.

“I heard about everything that happened through my coach,” said Aldo. “He had spoken with [UFC matchmaker] Sean Shelby Saturday and Sean still had no answer about anything, and asked if I could fight on November 12.

“My coach said that if it would be Conor, yes, and then Sean asked him if I would fight Max Holloway or Anthony Pettis. ‘Dede’ [Pederneiras] said that for those who I’d rather do a full camp and it could be on December 10. We waited until Dana publicly said that he wanted this fight with McGregor to happen.

“And then we expected it to happen: I’d get my rematch to unify the featherweight belts, or I’d have my belt back and fight Holloway or Pettis, since Dana [White] said all the time that Conor couldn’t keep both belts. But, to my surprise, I heard last night about the fight between McGregor and Eddie Alvarez, which was also denied by Dana last week.

“And to make it worse, he would keep the featherweight belt, and possibly having two belts at the same time.”

Through his words, you can really feel Aldo’s pain. The UFC pretty much cast him aside like garbage in favor of the flavor of the month in McGregor. Mad disrespect to Aldo if you ask me. Not too long ago, Aldo was the posterchild of the UFC alongside Ronda Rousey. Now he’s nothing more than an afterthought.

Continue on to the Next Page to find out what Aldo plans to do…