Coach wants Pettis vs. Aldo at 150 lb. Team Pettis not interested
Andre Pederneiras: “Nobody wants to take the other’s title, we want to see the fight and do a great show for everybody. Aldo would move up a little, Pettis cuts a little…”
After his win over Ricardo Lamas at UFC 169, Jose Aldo’s next challenge is likely lightweight champion Anthony Pettis. What is underdetermined is the weight they will meet at, however Aldo’s long time coach Andre Pederneiras has his idea of what should happen:
“Now we have to decided in which weight division this fight is going to happen, if Pettis is coming down, like he once said he would do (for UFC 163), but didn’t due to an injury, if Aldo will move up, or if it’s going to be (a catchweight) at 150 pounds,” Aldo’s manager Andre Pederneiras told Ta na Area.
“(A catchweight) would be interesting for both, they would keep the belts and do the fight everybody wants to see. Nobody wants to take the other’s title, we want to see the fight and do a great show for everybody. Aldo would move up a little, Pettis cuts a little, and it’s good for everybody.”
In an update to this story, Anthony Pettis’ manager spoke with MMAFighting.com about a potential fight at a catchweight and it’s something they aren’t interested in:
“The way we understand it is that Aldo doesn’t want give up his featherweight title, so fighting Pettis is not an option at this point.
“We’re interested in Anthony defending his belt against the top guys at 155,” Roberts said. “If Aldo doesn’t want to fight for the belt, we’ll fight someone else.”
In yet another update to the story we learn that bout is not in jeopardy, as UFC President Dana White cleared some issues up with both camps:
There’s no disagreement over the weight, White said. They’re going to fight at 155 pounds. What will happen is Aldo would have to give up his title, vacate the 145-pound title, move up to 155.