He correctly predicted that Jon Jones vs Anthony Johnson would be called off, now Chael Sonnen reckons Conor McGregor and Jose Aldo will never fight each other.
The former middleweight and light-heavyweight contender told Michael Landsberg on TSN’s Off the Record that Aldo was ‘ducking’ the Notorious when he pulled out of UFC 189.
Aldo withdrew from the title fight after suffering a bruised rib and cartilage in training, but Sonnen thinks there was something fishy about how the whole thing played out.
“I want to be responsible with my words because a guy’s health comes first but that story is extremely fugazi. Two different x-rays came out. Five different stories came out. His coach says he doesn’t want to coach him anymore.”
“Jose says he doesn’t want to be in the weight class anymore and his own teammate, after he injures him, goes on a media tour telling everybody how he did it. That was a weird, weird deal.”
Dana White stated following UFC 189 that they are looking into having a featherweight title unification fight between Aldo and McGregor in the 80,000 capacity AT&T Stadium, which is the home of the Dallas Cowboys.
However, Sonnen believes that the fight will not be happening.
“Well, our president Dana White is a gambler. I think he will gamble and throw down a bunch of money and try to put it together again. No, I don’t imagine … I don’t know why [Aldo and McGregor] would [fight]. It’s not going to be bigger than it just was [at UFC 189] and Jose just didn’t show up.
“What’s the expression? ‘Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me.’ Come on. Jose Aldo’s pulled out of five fights. The guy’s an excellent fighter. I’m not trying to kick a guy when he’s down, but that’s a bunch of crap what he just pulled.”
Check out the full interview in the video embedded below.
