I thought Aldo was gonna lose anyway, after the injury the oddmakers agreed.
He’s probably doing what’s smart for him, but I’m disappointed (even though this is still a great fight). McG on the other hand is taking a risk.
The latest odds have McG favored over Mendes but that may change. Most people think he’s a tougher matchup for McG, and I agree, since he hasn’t faced a top wrestler yet.
I’m still picking Conor. If it was Edgar rather than Mendes, I’d probably pick Edgar.
Looks like the fight is remaining the main event with Lawler/MacDonald as the co-main. Challenger MacDonald is the betting favorite.
UFC 149 - Another undisclosed injury put the kibosh on Aldo's planned bout with Erik Koch in July 2012 which led to teammate Renan Barao's interim bantamweight fight with Urijah Faber being moved to the main event.
UFC 153 - Erik Koch would have been cursing Aldo's training partners when the rescheduled title fight was also scrapped after the Nova Uniao fighter damaged his foot in training.
UFC 176 - This event was just the second time that the UFC had to cancel an entire pay-per-view when Jose Aldo fell out of his scheduled fight with Chad Mendes after a shoulder injury late on in training meant that he couldn't compete."
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I detect a pattern.....
Yeah mcgregor does seem to have a lot to lose here, but I have to give it to the dude, even though I don’t particularly like him, and I certainly don’t agree with him politically, he puts his money where his mouth is, so I have to respect that.
If he was going against Edgar, I would pick Edgar and root against him, though I think it would be a hard fight for him.
As far as Lawler goes, I’ll be going for him, ‘cuz geez I love that dude.
Er I mean I would pick Edgar and root for Edgar...stupid fingers...