Immediate Aldo rematch: The case for
Miek Brown: “I think Aldo should fight Conor. Yeah, I think so 110 percent. I think Aldo has done everything to deserve whatever he wants at this point in his career.”
Jose Aldo defended his featherweight championship successfully a division record seven times, and hadn’t lost in over a decade, until Conor McGregor took him out in 13 seconds. Aldo is not getting an immediate match, and particularly given that Ronda Rousey was, that does not sit well with some members of the MMA community.
On the latest Great MMA Debate podcast, Matt Brown makes the case for Aldo.
“I think Aldo should fight Conor,” said Brown, as transcribed by Damon Martin for FOX Sports. “Yeah, I think so 110 percent. I think Aldo has done everything to deserve whatever he wants at this point in his career. That son of a b—- has been a champion for however many years, undefeated for 10 years, he’s been an honorable soldier for the UFC. Maybe he’s not the most marketable guy so that’s the reason he’s not getting it, but he just f—ing deserves it.”
“Frankie deserves it, too. I think he deserves it every bit as much as Aldo but when you’re even like that you’ve got to pick one guy ahead of the other and the ‘X’ factor in that is Aldo was ex-champion for so many years and he already beat Frankie so he should get the jump in front of Frankie.”
The plan being discussed at present is for McGregor to challenge lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos, and then coming back to featherweight to fight Frankie Ed
