Jose Aldo is not only right here to gather a paycheck.
The previous UFC featherweight champion is FIRED UP for his UFC 301 return, the place “Junior” will throw down in opposition to rising bantamweight sensation Jonathan Martinez within the pay-per-view (PPV) co-main occasion, scheduled for this Sat. night time (Might 4, 2024) at Farmasi Enviornment in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Watch them come face-to-face within the embedded video above.
“I believe that’s each fighter’s purpose, to battle for that championship,” Aldo instructed CBS Sports activities. “I wanted my time without work and had my time without work. I recovered and now I’m again. Combating for the belt and turning into the champion, turning into the very best, that’s in fact what my purpose shall be. That is the final battle on my contract. After I began speaking to Sean [Shelby] and Dana [White] in January, we talked about signing a brand new deal. However I made a decision in opposition to it as a result of I need to go in there and I want to point out them, myself and everybody the place I’m at, what I can nonetheless do and the way I can nonetheless carry out.”
Aldo (31-8) turns 38 in September.
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