Filed under: Featured , News , UFC , Videos Ex-UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo is again defending his approach in a loss to now-champ Conor McGregor and said he’s waiting for a title shot for his next bout. “As far as the next step, I see no other fight, and I won’t accept another fight unless it’s for the belt,” Aldo told Brazilian MMA website Portal do Vale Tudo . After claiming the undisputed title with a 13-second knockout win , McGregor (19-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) is slated to fight for the lightweight title against champ Rafael dos Anjos (25-7 MMA, 14-5 UFC) at UFC 197 – an idea Aldo (25-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC) claimed was in place long before it was made official. Aldo claimed the promotion told him the winner of his UFC 194 headliner with McGregor was intended to move up to the 155-pound division before the UFC gave the Irish champ “too much leeway, (and) let him grow too much.” “When we signed the contract, our intention was that the winner would fight at lightweight, but we would have to abandon the featherweight belt,” Aldo said. “That was the right thing; it was what they said to us. If we fought in the weight class above, win or lose, and had the opportunity to fight at the lower weight again, it would be an immediate title shot.” But in a break from its usual approach, the UFC has allowed McGregor to retain the featherweight belt during his quest at lightweight
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Ex-UFC champ Jose Aldo: ‘I won’t accept another fight unless it’s for the belt’ – MMA Junkie