In this week’s Trading Shots, MMAjunkie columnist Ben Fowlkes and retired UFC/WEC fighter Danny Downes discuss Jose Aldo ’s injury withdrawal from his main event bout opposite Conor McGregor at UFC 189, and the war of conflicting information that preceded it. Fowlkes: You know how you can tell that the UFC 189 main event bout between UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor was a special one, Danny? Even the very familiar narrative of “Fighter A injured, out of bout with Fighter B, replaced by Fighter C” was disrupted by a little added drama
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