Jose Aldo, former champion of the Absolute Fighting Championship (UFC) in the featherweight division, answered Conor McGregor’s offer to hold a fighting match at a press conference. The Irish fighter responded to Conor McGregor’s offer to hold a boxing match.
On the eve of McGregor in social networks declaration He plans to have a boxing match with Jose Aldo.
“Conor has a long tongue. He always talks a lot of nonsense. He has a fight scheduled. Conor, shut up. We should have fought in the UFC before. You avoided me and now you keep talking nonsense,” said Aldo.
Recall that McGregor and Aldo already met at the UFC tournament. Then the Irish won by knockout.
The 34-year-old McGregor’s last fight was in a duel with American Dustin Poirier at the UFC 264 tournament. The match was completed in the first round, resulting in the Irishman breaking his foot.
At the end of October 2022, it was reported that McGregor could return to the octagon in six months at the latest. An athlete must pass a six-month doping test and provide two negative tests to enter the competition.