It’s the news that every Irish MMA fan was dreading
It has yet to be confirmed but the featherweight title fight between Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor scheduled for Las Vegas on July 11 looks highly unlikely to go ahead after the Brazilian champion fractured his rib in training.
Confirmation of the full extent of Aldo’s injury is not expected to arrive until Thursday, but his trainer Andre Pederneiras said that he could be out of action until October.
However, Aldo still wants to fight McGregor on the scheduled date but the decision will be taken out of his hands if the medical experts confirm the expected.
Frankie Edgar has been strongly linked with replacing Aldo on the bill next month.
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Speaking to TV station Combate, Pederneiras said Aldo was ‘heartbroken’ after suffering the injury.
“I was with him the whole afternoon. He’s heartbroken. He wants to fight anyway. Now we have to wait for the exam results. Aldo is in deep pain.
“If the fracture is really confirmed, Aldo will have to stop training, do nothing for three or four weeks until it’s fixed, and then he would be able to do any exercise without forcing his rib.
“And then he would need a normal time to do a training camp: three months. I believe this fight wouldn’t happen before October.”
