Aldo: It’s ‘disrespectful’ to hear McGregor’s name
Jose Aldo: “This fight hasn’t even happened. There’s nothing set yet. I do need to keep my feet on the ground and keep focused on Chad Mendes..”
For a UFC champion, the next fight is always the most important one of his career. So at Jose Aldo readies to fight UFC 179 versus Chad Mendes, he doesn’t want to hear about Connor McGregor:
“I’m really focused on Chad Mendes right now and I do think it’s a little bit disrespectful,” Aldo told FOX Sports. “This fight hasn’t even happened. There’s nothing set yet. I do need to keep my feet on the ground and keep focused on Chad Mendes and not think of anyone else.”
“With fighters that are very outspoken and very loud like that, obviously you’re going to hear about it,” Aldo said. “I’m not out online looking for things or researching him in any way, but when people come up to me and say ‘Hey, go beat up this guy’ or whatever … So the news does arrive; I do hear about it.”
“He’s not in this competition and it makes no difference,” Aldo said.
