NATAL, Brazil – With Anthony Pettis signed up to fight Gilbert Melendez later this year, UFC featherweight champ Jose Aldo says his long-discussed move to lightweight has been put on hold. And that previously scheduled fight with Pettis? Aldo is beginning to doubt it will ever happen. “Anthony Pettis talks a lot,” Aldo on Thursday told MMAjunkie through an intepreter. “He goes to the media and says that he’ll fight me in any division, but then he knows that (UFC President) Dana (White) is not going to have him move down a weight because they want me to give up my belt. Also, I think he’s going to lose to Melendez, so then he’s going to have to move back a little bit, and our time to fight will have gone by.” Aldo (24-1 MMA, 6-0 UFC), the UFC’s first and, to date, only featherweight champion is a perfect 14-0 in combined bouts under the UFC and WEC banners.
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UFC champ Jose Aldo: Anthony Pettis talks a lot, but runs when it’s time to fight – MMA Junkie