Jose Aldo has had enough of the way the UFC has handled the featherweight title and current champion Conor McGregor . He’s so fed up with the situation that he reportedly wants to be released from his contract and to retire from mixed martial arts. He initially took UFC president Dana White at his word that McGregor would either have to defend his featherweight championship or relinquish the belt. When McGregor was matched with Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205, that’s what Aldo thought would happen, but when it didn’t, he blew a fuse. White announced that McGregor would be allowed to keep his belt while challenge for Alvarez’s lightweight championship in an attempt to become the first UFC fight to hold two belts simultaneously. Even though White has added that McGregor would be forced to relinquish one or the other should he be successful, Aldo isn’t buying
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Jose Aldo Asks for UFC Release, Threatens to Retire – MMA Weekly