Aldo: I do everything I can to stay champion
Jose Aldo “I feel I’m the best technically speaking, but I never think I’m the best and I’m unbeatable. I do everything I can to stay champion.”
At a press conference last week, Jose Aldo shoved challenger Chad Mendes and when White was asked about it, he said that Aldo should ‘stick to fighting’ instead of trying to hype fights with antics and talk. White had previously also been critical of Aldo’s fighting style, going as far to say that Aldo just ‘lays back and doesn’t let anything go’. MMAFighting.com recently caught up with Aldo who responded he ‘didn’t care’ what White said about him in the media:
“I don’t care what he says. He’s a businessman, he wants to promote his shows,” Aldo said of White during a UFC 179 media day in Rio de Janeiro this past Tuesday. “He wants us to go in there and do our best without thinking about the consequences. Whatever he says, I don’t care. I care about what Andre (Pederneiras) tells me, what we have to train and do. That’s what I focus on.”
Aldo is currently ranked No. 2 in the UFC pound-for-pound rankings, and being No. 2 doesn’t bother him.
“I’m still evolving. I still have much to do to get better. That’s what I focus on,” he said. “If I’m the No. 1 or not, I leave that to the media and the fans. To me, I’ll always be the best. I feel I’m the best technically speaking, but I never think I’m the best and I’m unbeatable. I do everything I can to stay champion.”
