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31st January 2017
08:17am GMT

"I hope Conor gets fucked, that’s what matters to me. I don’t give a damn about him. I've already said he’s shit, so what he does or doesn't do, I don’t care. I worry about myself. I'm training to defend my belt. I want to fly higher."Aldo saying, 'I don't care' in the context of McGregor doesn't add up, Especially because he had just revealed that his lifelong dream was to become a boxing champion, but not for the money. Convenient timing considering McGregor has stated his intention to enter the ring for the biggest money fight in the history of combat sports. However, his coach Andre Pederneiras chimed in and revealed Aldo's true intentions. He explained why his fighter offered to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov for the interim lightweight strap despite the fact that he should be defending his belt against interim featherweight champion Max Holloway next. It's all a ploy to trap Aldo's greatest foe, that acerbic-tongued Irishman.
Pull the other one, Jose."To avoid being on the sidelines waiting, we tried to get Aldo fighting the No. 1 ranked Khabib, so he could fight for the interim title and Conor McGregor would have no way of running. (McGregor) would have no escape at neither featherweight nor at lightweight. Unfortunately, Khabib’s father didn’t think it was a good fight for Khabib and decided not to let this fight happen."
"(McGregor) has to fight and defend his title at lightweight, but he knows that if he gets Khabib or (Tony) Ferguson, I don’t know how that fight will be. I think he’s afraid of this fight more than anything — except fighting Aldo again, because relinquishing a belt to avoid a rematch, I don’t think you can be more afraid than that."
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