Jose Aldo RIO DE JANEIRO – Jose Aldo says he’s healthy and ready to unify the UFC featherweight championship with interim titleholder Conor McGregor as soon as possible. Aldo (25-1 MMA, 7-0 UFC) and McGregor (18-2 MMA, 6-0 UFC) were scheduled to fight for the 145-pound belt at UFC 189 on July 11. However, “Scarface” was forced out of the contest less than two weeks before the event when he suffered a rib injury in training . Chad Mendes replaced Aldo in the contest and lost to McGregor via second-round TKO in an interim title matchup. The original fight was billed as one of the biggest in UFC history, but it didn’t go down due to Aldo’s injury
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Jose Aldo: Injured ribs are ‘great,’ waiting for UFC to schedule Conor McGregor fight – MMA Junkie