Jose Aldo's Manager Wants UFC Champ Edgar Next
by Nate Wilcox on Oct 5, 2010 8:27 PM EDT
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"To be honest with you, if you were to say, ‘What would be your dream fight for [Aldo]?' I think a dream fight for him, which I think would just be a fight that everyone would love to see, would be Frankie Edgar vs. Jose Aldo. That fight to me is the fight that everybody would want to see simply just because, not to disrespect anybody at the 155-pound division to think that Jose has the right to go up there without fighting in it, I just think that, as their styles, the way they match up, it would be one of the greatest fights of all-time, I think. It has the potential to be, just because of their styles."
Jose Aldo's manager Ed Soares talking to the MMA Hour via Versus.com (HT MMA Mania).
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This would be the least lucrative “dream” fight in the history of dreamfights.
by Jonathan Snowden on Oct 5, 2010 8:28 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
who gives a fuck
it’d prob be the fastest and most awesome one though, its seriously a fight u’d need to watch in slow motion
We have a saying back home that if your coming on, COME ON!!!!
It’s an interesting fight. It’s not a dream fight.
by Jonathan Snowden on Oct 5, 2010 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions
to u its not
but to me it’d be huge, ive been following aldo since his WEC start, (im a big fan of fighters roughly my age who are already in the big promotions, koch vs grispi is one im super pumped for) and stylistically edgar vs aldo interests me way more than anything except maybe anderson silva vs fedor or fedor vs brock
the level of speed that would be on display would be ridiculous plus id love to see how edgar reacts to not having a speed advantage and actually having a size advantage for once, im under the impression that he wouldnt be able to adapt his style to the change and would get blasted
We have a saying back home that if your coming on, COME ON!!!!
It’s not a dream fight for their audience. They can’t get 500,000 people to watch Aldo for free. How are they supposed to get twice that money to drop $50 to see him?
by Jonathan Snowden on Oct 5, 2010 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
see ur concerned more with how the fight will sell
and ur totally right, to be frank it wont sell at all
but im talking about the stylistic matchup though. aldo vs edgar stylistically is one of the most interesting fights in the world and on a personal level its one of my dream fights, i can prob think of only a handful of fights that would eclipse the excitement id have for it
We have a saying back home that if your coming on, COME ON!!!!
It doesn't have to be the headliner
It’s a co-main with a heavier weight class main. But it’s a great way to break Jose Aldo to the UFC PPV audience.
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
unless he loses
i hate to admit it but snowden is right, its not a fight that will sell. its one me and u would love to see but not too many people would. im from nj and even in edgars hometown noone gives a fuck about him, they care more about their little league team then him (thats actually true toms rivers little league is sick)
aldo could be a star but the way to do that is to expand the 145 division to the UFC and sign fernandes, hioki, sandro and omigawa to round out zuffa having the elite of the elite at the weight class and build aldo as the greatest ever at 145. hes 24 he has time for superfights with the zuffa 155 division when hes older.
We have a saying back home that if your coming on, COME ON!!!!
by milk72 on Oct 5, 2010 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
It definitely wouldn’t do huge business. But on the other hand, what Frank Edgar fight would be more lucrative? It’s hard to see Edgar/Aldo doing worse than Edgar/Maynard, and Aldo is cheaper.
Plus, while the champion vs. champion angle might not draw anybody new (since few know enough about Aldo to care), it might keep a few people interested.
thats a good point
edgar maynard is gettina blasted already which is unfair since i think u cant hate on a fight until after it sucked, u cant assume a fights gonna suck cause thats when great fights take place (who was bored by chuck vs rich franklin?)
for some reason people just dont care about frankie edgar, it could be the fact that hes undersized or that his personality is very meh, especially for a guido which totally shocks me, or just the bj fights weren’t exactly barnburners
We have a saying back home that if your coming on, COME ON!!!!
Dude, it's freakin Versus
It’s like saying Fedor can’t get 1M people to watch him for almost free, because he pulled only 700k versus Werdum. No, he’s pretty much single handedly the difference between 5.5M and 3M on CBS, and reportedly DW thought he was worth paying millions.
Aldo-Edgar will do quite well.
Urijah Faber was on “freakin Versus” too. I hate when people make excuses. If people want to find it, they will. MMA fans have consciously rejected the WEC. That sucks, but that’s how it is.
by Jonathan Snowden on Oct 5, 2010 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
faber is an anomoly
hes beloved in the northern cal sacremento region
and i seriously hate agreeing with u its way more fun to disagree, but ur right again the WEC experiment has failed its time to move on and merge them
the lack of UFC branding is what did in the WEC, noone cares what world extreme cagefighting is and dana never really made a huge deal about it plus the b level 155 division doesnt do it any favors since it reinforces the beliefs of many people that its still minor league division thats not worth their time like it was before the zuffa purchase
We have a saying back home that if your coming on, COME ON!!!!
People consciously reject all sorts of products until a decent advertising campaign and some press come along.
What's this war in the heart of nature? Why does nature vie with itself? The land contend with the sea? Is there an avenging power in nature? Not one power, but two?
by Kwisatz Haderach on Oct 5, 2010 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
An issue far too overlooked
Almost nobody becomes a star over a short period of time without extensive marketing behind them, even if its shadow marketing.
Zuffa seems to just be willfully ignorant of WEC in general and Aldo in particular.
If it weren’t so seemingly counter to their goal of maximizing profit, I would suggest they do it purposely.
Its like that old Company joke told about Iran-Contra – if you knew, why didn’t you report it to law enforcement…and if you didn’t know, what kind of intelligence agency are you anyway…
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-Mark Twain
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-Bruce Lee
by The American Ronin on Oct 6, 2010 12:03 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, I think the point is just that they’ve rejected the WEC, as an entity, not that the weight classes, or the fighters aren’t a quality product. Bring those fights out of the warehouse down by the river, and into your main showroom, and make a concerted effort to promote them. I think it may just be that Zuffa’s got as much as they can currently handle effectively, on their plate already. Having essentially one marketing network and pipeline at Zuffa, trying to work two distinct companies at the same time just seems to be overly complex and inefficient, particularly as one is the face of Zuffa and is attempting to take over the world. The WEC may be stagnant, but it isn’t necessarily a reflection on it’s product, as anyone who saw WEC 51 would agree.
What's this war in the heart of nature? Why does nature vie with itself? The land contend with the sea? Is there an avenging power in nature? Not one power, but two?
by Kwisatz Haderach on Oct 6, 2010 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions
I generally agree with that
You seem like one of the more thoughtful and insightful guys here, if what you say turns out to be the case, what are your thoughts on the UFC basically backdooring Versus and WEC by simply adding a 145 class to the UFC rather than trying to merge the two orgs?
Seems like it would be a win-win for the UFC, especially with a guy like Aldo who seems very marketable, both as a fighter and a personality.
"Sometimes I wonder if the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it."
-Mark Twain
"If I tell you I'm good, you would probably think I'm boasting. If I tell you I'm no good, you know I'm lying..."
-Bruce Lee
by The American Ronin on Oct 6, 2010 12:33 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Thanks, but I’d have to plead ignorance on a lot of the specifics of the business, television deals, etc. Just riffing on general principles here. But I’d prefer they just bring both divisions into the UFC, and they could still keep WEC on as their development league, and expand the range of divisions again. Send TUF contestants who didn’t make it, but got some airtime, develop prospects with a few winnable fights, etc. At that point, if the WEC is a backwater, so what, you’re not wasting great fighters. When I picture a UFC card with the BW and FW added, it just seems like you’ve added a lot of fights that would bolster and save lesser cards, and you get the handful of WEC guys Aldo, Faber, Torres, Cerrone, etc., that already have some name or reputation established. You might be right about Jose, the UFC has done reasonably well with Machida, Shogun, and other Brazilians. One who lives up to his hype like Aldo does would probably do pretty well as a draw. When Anderson was destroying everyone like Jose has lately, he still wasn’t one of the top couple draws, but he did well.
What's this war in the heart of nature? Why does nature vie with itself? The land contend with the sea? Is there an avenging power in nature? Not one power, but two?
by Kwisatz Haderach on Oct 6, 2010 12:46 AM EDT up reply actions
that's a good point Jonathan.
We also don’t know what kind of a draw Frankie is going to be either. It’s a great match up but who knows if people will buy it. It’s their loss if they don’t.
Shut up, Tito.
by TruthSeeker1223 on Oct 5, 2010 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
UFC marketing Aldo's vicious dominant victories from WEC
are a lil different from a show on Versus.
Unrelated, how much will your new book sell for? My birthday’s coming up, and its on my want list :)
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by slapjaw ackrite on Oct 6, 2010 2:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Dana white would not let it happen
The fact that it can get his LW champ potentially embarrassed and feel outclassed, even if there is a chance, Dana would not let it happen. Now if Aldo beats another light-weight, then Dana can justify him beating Edgar, if that were to happen.
Let’s face it. Aldo has a very good chance of beating Edgar. He is faster and more athletic and has not been taken down that often. And he is devastating. The weight does make a difference but Edgar is not that huge anyway. We shall see. I am not saying Aldo will dominate all light-weights but the Edgar match up is a good one for him.
by SheepleBuster on Oct 5, 2010 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Bull.
Dana White would love Aldo to be a huge star. Frankie Edgar is hard as hell to market because he’s boring as a person and kind of boring as a fighter. No disrespect to Edgar but I’m not excited to see him fight.
Why wouldn’t he just let Aldo move up, take the title, and make him the next superstar?
The back story is there, the style of fighter is ideal, and shows a personality in the ring
Jose Aldo as the 155 UFC champ would not be a hard sell
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
Let's be honest here
I like to see the fight. I think Aldo will be a star in the UFC. a big one. But, most casual fans consider WEC as a second tier organization. Not true. But when Kimbo gets that much TV viewers and these stars get none. If Aldo moves up in weight and beats UFC champ its worse than let’s say Rua moving up and beating Lesnar. When you are in the UFC, you can say, these guys are all tough and blah blah. But when you come from WEC straight to UFC, I am not sure Dana will allow that to happen.
Now if Dana actually combines the UFC and WEC brands, then we are talking. I think Maynard will beat Edgar so don’t worry about that fight with Aldo. Maynard would be a tough challenge for Aldo with his wrestling style.
by SheepleBuster on Oct 5, 2010 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions
For starters
I agree with you about Maynard, both in regards to Edgar as well as Aldo.
Having said that, I don’t think Edgar is quite the lay-up fight for Aldo that so many do.
I say Aldo-Florian first, winner gets Edgar should he get past Maynard.
Or, start a UFC 145 class to bypass the Versus contract issue.
"Sometimes I wonder if the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it."
-Mark Twain
"If I tell you I'm good, you would probably think I'm boasting. If I tell you I'm no good, you know I'm lying..."
-Bruce Lee
by The American Ronin on Oct 6, 2010 12:10 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
lets see if frankie can get past gray first
before we start roping him into the “greatest fight of all time”
/hypefail
#9 has the most incredible 4 yard gain in the history of the NFL.
Trane UFC for maximum death fighting abilities, brah.
by doubleleg on Oct 5, 2010 8:33 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I glanced at this sideways and read "past gray" as "Gray and Pray"
Freudian? Maybe. Awesome? Yes.
Tatum: I think he's a good man. I like him. I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.
by Dave Strummer on Oct 5, 2010 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
thats cause
monte fisto is a pimp lolz
#9 has the most incredible 4 yard gain in the history of the NFL.
Trane UFC for maximum death fighting abilities, brah.
Soares may want it, but it doesn’t sound like Andre Pederneiras does:
Now he has eight wins on the division and lots of people think there’s no one to beat him there. What do you think of it?http://tatame.com/2010/10/05/Andre-Pederneiras
I think it’s bullshit… changing to a heavier division is complicated. I don’t like doing that if the guy don’t have enough weight for it. The guys that fight on the lightweight divisions usually weight 187lbs… I say this because I have guys of this division there on the gym. Changing to a heavier division for one fight is one thing, but changing definitively won’t happen. He’s very young, he’s 24, there’re many things for him to reach, time for gaining weight naturally, without making it happen from one minute to another.
It's a move for more money.
Everything else Ed Soares says. He’s not a fucking coach, despite what UFC Undisputed says.
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by pdl on Oct 5, 2010 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
*Just like everything else
Whoops.
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by pdl on Oct 5, 2010 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Why Not
Since Frankie is really a 145er why not
make this fight happen. Love to see Aldo on the big stage.
by alibabba on Oct 5, 2010 8:39 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
No one outside a few hardcores knows who Aldo is, right?
Assuming that’s right, match him up against Ken-Flo.
If he wins, match him up against BJ (assuming BJ beats Hughes).
If he wins, match him up against the winner of Maynard/Edgar.
www.instrength.com
I shouldn't have said "a few hardcores"
I meant simply that Aldo is probably not very well-known to most UFC fans.
www.instrength.com
people know who faber is so all they gotta say is he beat the shit outta faber, show some hl’s and boom, he’s a star, his hl’s are very impressive, i showed one to friends right before the WEC last week and they were instantly pumped for the main event
It be a pretty bad ass fight
It will never happen though
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jose aldo makes me happy bj lost the belt because as a BJ fan i would have cried watching someone like aldo beat the living shit outta bj, though the fight would have never happened as they are both nova uniao
I don’t think BJ is Nova at all. He trained there for a while but that doesn’t mean anything
by disinferno06 on Oct 5, 2010 10:06 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
BJ got his Brown and Black from Andre Pederneiras while in Brazil at Nova and won the Mundials under the Nova banner too. I think he mentions somewhere in his book that he is part of Nova as well. I’m not sure if that means he would fight Aldo or not, but I imagine he would have if he was in the position to.
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Never is a long time
Aldo is awesome, and he knows he can make a lot more money in the UFC than in the WEC. If he moves up to 155, the UFC would be hard pressed not to sign him, and if he beats a couple guys he could very easily get Frankie.
Tatum: I think he's a good man. I like him. I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.
by Dave Strummer on Oct 5, 2010 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I meant more along the lines of UFC not letting their champ possibly getting beat
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A new Cole Miller fan
Yeah
I don’t see them letting a lighter WEC guy come in and beat the boring out of Frankie Edgar, but I do think we’ll see Aldo in the UFC before long.
Tatum: I think he's a good man. I like him. I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.
by Dave Strummer on Oct 5, 2010 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Frankie Edgar...
…is not boring. Did you not see Penn vs. Edgar 2? He raped BJ, and looked awesome doing it. What does this guy have to do to get some respect?
So far I've heard the following descriptions for what Frankie did to BJ
Raped. Dominated. Destroyed. And a few more I’m probably forgetting. He did none of those things. He didn’t hurt BJ. He didn’t stun BJ. He outpointed BJ the way he always wins, without actually hurting — or threatening to hurt — his opponent. If a fight with no danger is exciting for you in some clinical way, I suppose that’s great, but I find it dull.
Tatum: I think he's a good man. I like him. I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.
by Dave Strummer on Oct 6, 2010 8:52 AM EDT up reply actions
This fight won’t happen. In two weeks everybody will forge they wanted it so bad, and then Edgar will probably lose to Maynard. Nobody will want to see Aldo Maynard so whatever.
"I am a man who pisses largely and frequently, which they say is a sign of great mental activity" -Henry Miller-
I don't see them making an Aldo-Edgar super fight
but I can very easily see Aldo moving up to 155 and kicking a few UFC LWs into bloody submission on his way to a title shot.
Tatum: I think he's a good man. I like him. I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.
by Dave Strummer on Oct 5, 2010 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Poor Josh Grispi. Grispi is arguably better than Gamburyan, Brown and Faber at this point, he has great finishes, and no one wants to see him fight Aldo even though he’s the best and most well rounded guy WEC has put in front of Aldo ever. Instead, everyone’s too busy hyping themselves up for fights that are never going to happen.
"Caol Uno was like Mutoh. He developed into a star overseas and then returned to his home country a much bigger deal. Dokonjonosuke Mishima is like Kobashi because they both do moonsaults. Don Frye is like Stan Hansen because they are both fat dumb rednecks with mustaches." - Jonathan Snowden
THIS ^
I love Grispi. All he’s done in the WEC is RUN OVER anyone they’ve given him. Tremendously underrated fighter. I think that he has that grinder mentality and that length that could give Aldo a fight. Not saying that he wins it, I don’t think anyone would win more than one in ten against Aldo except Bibiano Fernandes and Marlon Sandro, but it would make for a fun and exciting exit from 145 for Aldo. Only after he beats Grispi should he change weight class.
Aldo has been much more cautious in title fights than previously
and I think a stupid mistake is the only way Bibiano beats him. That should be a savage ass whipping. And interestingly enough, MMAthmatics already says Aldo > Urijah > Bibiano.
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The crazy thing about the lack of hype that Grispi has is that each of his finishes but one has been on aired on the main card. The only one that didn’t air on the main card, has been featured on Wrekcage. Like you said, I would pick Aldo to win, but Grispi could give Aldo a fight, and I would say a much better fight than anyone else in the WEC. Grispi’s 4-0 in the WEC, and he should easily be 5-0 this coming November.
"Caol Uno was like Mutoh. He developed into a star overseas and then returned to his home country a much bigger deal. Dokonjonosuke Mishima is like Kobashi because they both do moonsaults. Don Frye is like Stan Hansen because they are both fat dumb rednecks with mustaches." - Jonathan Snowden
by RagingNoodles on Oct 5, 2010 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't even do it until they're all under one brand
and the 155ers have had a chance to intermingle or move down to 145. Let the titles play out within the division and then they can come together if the situation is still the same.
I think there would be plenty of guys going down to 145. I hope it happens soon.
im agreeing more and more with soares
the thing i love about mma is how people can seriously just say whats on their mind instead of all the bullshit that athletes and managers go through in other sports to stay politically correct
for example, how many people have fallen asleep or even watched a roger goodell interview?, now how does a dana white interview compare with that?
We have a saying back home that if your coming on, COME ON!!!!
Poor Edgar...
I don’t think a guy like him would know what to do with a guy like Aldo.
Edgar is a great technical boxer and wrestler, but he’s not a fighter like Aldo. Edgar tries to win on points and game plan. And with Aldo you’re still alive when he eats you.
When you get these guys who come from abject poverty like Fedor, Aldo, ect. they don’t screw around when it comes to doing their job.
This is just Soares trying to hype up his guy
because that’s his job. But unless a UFC/WEC merger happens, which I’m extremely skeptical of, Aldo’s best way to increase his revenue and sponsorship deals would be to jump ship metaphorically and head up weight to the UFC’s lightweight division and work his way up the ranks, if he’s confident he is able too, I don’t see a problem as long as his contract allows it.
hes really small though
i mean the guys 5’ 7 and very young, edgar has been able to win off speed instead of size but his great wrestling backround is seriously helping out with that, so far only maynards gotten the better of him and maynard is a best size wise at 155
aldo should just keep fucking people up at 145 and climbing in the p4p ranks, how many articles have u seen about him recently? probably more than have been written about him combined up until this pioint, and that has significantly raised his value as a fighter
We have a saying back home that if your coming on, COME ON!!!!
overeem = the new fedor
cause of the anti brock backlash, noone will accept him as the #1 hw,
awesome fight though i wanna see it, but id still favor brock, although i would love to see brocks granite chin go agaisnt a megaknee just to see what happens
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by milk72 on Oct 5, 2010 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Why is everybody saying this
He already fights for Zuffa. He’s a big, young 145-poudner. He’s cleared out his division, and knows there’s a lot more money in the UFC. Why is it so ludicrous to think that he adds 10 pounds, moves to the UFC, beats a few guys up, and gets a crack at Frankie or whoever else is holding the belt by then?
Aldo isn’t Overeem or Fedor coming in with insane financial demands. He’s not signed to a competing promotion. Dana likes the guy. I don’t see why people think he never moves up.
Tatum: I think he's a good man. I like him. I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.
by Dave Strummer on Oct 5, 2010 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
It wouldn't happen
But if it did, Edgar would get throttled by Aldo.
Also, can we PLEASE stop thinking that lightweights sell in this sport? There’s a reason why they fill up the Spike shows.
Michael Robinson leads the Seahawks in completion percentage, yards-per-attempt, and QB rating.
Agreed about the LWs
They might turn out to be the best fight on any card, but unless its BJ they can’t headline.
LW title fights need to be on Lesnar and GSP cards for the next year to build more of a following.
As for Aldo-Edgar, Aldo is said to have good wrestling to go with his elite BJJ. If that’s true, he takes Edgar, if its not, he spends the fight on his ass and on his back.
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by The American Ronin on Oct 6, 2010 12:25 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I just want to see someone tool Edgar
He’s a good fighter and a good person but I just can’t stand his style of shucking and jiving and inability to finish guys. Aldo is the ultimate terminator at the lighter weight classes. Not sure how a move to 155 would do but it’s not like he’d be fighting a big 55er in Edgar … probably weighs more than Edgar as it is.
If Jose is going to go to LW, Why doesn’t he try WEC Champ Ben Henderson first maybe the next WEC PPV? Or Tyson Griffin/Joe Stevenson if he is going to go to UFC would be good first fights. Edgar has to get by Maynard first, and then there is a line of guys like Sotiropoulos, and Dunham who are earning their shot in the LW division.
That Henderson idea is not turrible
It creates a good back story and angle for Aldo fighting Edgar, AND it writes off the WEC LW class, all in one fell swoop.
"Sometimes I wonder if the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it."
-Mark Twain
"If I tell you I'm good, you would probably think I'm boasting. If I tell you I'm no good, you know I'm lying..."
-Bruce Lee
by The American Ronin on Oct 6, 2010 12:28 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
You want to build up Aldo in the UFC
give him BJ Penn @ 155 first
I really want to see BJ and Aldo fight
but I would much rather see BJ cut the 10 pounds and fight at featherweight, it’s a new division for him to try and dominate (and a better choice than welterweight) plus he won’t be able to be lazy in the leadup to the fight having to cut weight.
Soares is on the money here, If Frankie defends vs Maynard it has to be made imo.
by Superstitiousmma on Oct 6, 2010 4:33 AM EDT reply actions
I know the money is why Ed is pushing this. But, why is everyone bypassing a WEC superfight between Ben Hen and Aldo? Or even Aldo vs. Cerrone? I seriously think either of those guys would stand a better chance of KOing/Subbing Aldo than Edgar or Maynard.
And if we’re talking making big merger fights, why not start with 155? The division could use some shaking up in the UFC (who has run a ground for interesting and compelling, new match-ups). There’s at least 4 or 5 guys (Cerrone, Henderson, Varner, Kamal,) who could legitimately compete in the big show.
If not a straight up merger, I hope this is Dana’s big announcement – 125 coming to WEC, WEC’s 155 div is going to UFC.
would be a nice fight for frankie
Since he will most likely lose the belt, he will have a good fall back event.
Maybe if BJ gets his act together he can face Aldo
If Soares wants to get Aldo paid he needs UFC exposure. I think it’s unlikely the UFC gives Aldo a straight shot at the title with so many fighters in the mix at 155 already. BUT, there are a few very interesting fights for Aldo there that could build to a title.
Aldo-Florian, Aldo-Penn…
Hopefully Dana’s announcement is that the WEC & UFC are merging. Then it’ll be easier to go forward with fights like this one.
if ufc shows some aldo highlight reel
done the right way he can be sold to the everyday fan..throw the fight on a card with other blackhouse fighters and bada bing bada boom
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