{"id":187013,"date":"2016-02-23T07:40:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T15:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=187013"},"modified":"2016-02-23T07:40:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T15:40:22","slug":"possibility-of-jose-aldo-filling-in-at-ufc-196","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jose-aldo\/possibility-of-jose-aldo-filling-in-at-ufc-196\/","title":{"rendered":"Possibility of Jose Aldo filling in at UFC 196?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The MMA world has been in an uproar since it was announced that UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos had withdrawn<\/a> from his UFC 196<\/a> lightweight title fight against Conor McGregor on March 5th.<\/p>\n

The UFC is currently trying to find a replacement fight for McGregor so as to avoid having to scrap the entire card so close to the event. As many expected, Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone offered to step in<\/a> on short notice to fight Rafael dos Anjos.<\/p>\n

Now, there has been mention of Jose Aldo potentially stepping in on short notice to fight McGregor in a rematch. While the pair’s last fight was at featherweight for the featherweight belt, and McGregor has moved up to lightweight for this fight, Aldo has stated that he wants a rematch with McGregor regardless of whether or not the belt is on the line.<\/p>\n

To further add to the speculation, Guilherme Cruz of MMAFighting revealed on Twitter that Aldo has in fact been training.<\/p>\n

Could we see Aldo vs. McGregor II at lightweight in just 12 days?<\/p>\n

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@BrianStann<\/a> @jyp15<\/a> Aldo told me last week he's training for a while now. Not the type of training for a fight, but he's not inactive.<\/p>\n

— Guilherme Cruz (@guicruzzz) February 23, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n