{"id":272262,"date":"2018-03-11T10:07:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-11T17:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=272262"},"modified":"2018-03-11T10:07:29","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T17:07:29","slug":"jose-aldo-believes-frankie-edgar-made-biggest-mistake-fighting-brian-ortega-on-short-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jose-aldo\/jose-aldo-believes-frankie-edgar-made-biggest-mistake-fighting-brian-ortega-on-short-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"Jose Aldo believes Frankie Edgar made &#8220;biggest mistake&#8221; fighting Brian Ortega on short notice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If things had gone according to the original plan, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/frankie-edgar\/\">Frankie Edgar<\/a> would have battled UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway in the main event of UFC 222. Regrettably, Holloway was forced out of this fight with an injury, which left Edgar in a short-notice, non-title fight with Brian Ortega \u2013 a fight he would lose by first-round knockout.<\/p>\n<p>In the opinion of former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo, who has defeated Edgar twice, Edgar made the wrong choice by accepting a short-notice fight with Ortega.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a new generation that\u2019s coming in,\u201d Aldo told Brazil\u2019s \u201cGiro Combate\u201d show (h\/t <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/03\/jose-aldo-frankie-edgar-biggest-mistake-brian-ortega-fight-ufc-222\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie.com<\/a>. \u201cAge comes for everyone, and it\u2019s normal to have this sort of rotation. To me, it wasn\u2019t [surprising]. I just thought it was a mistake on Edgar\u2019s end to fight [Ortega], who\u2019s a very tough guy. He would have fought for the title, risked that and lost. Now he\u2019s all the way back there again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that was his biggest mistake. But I wasn\u2019t surprised with the loss. That\u2019s part of it. When you go in there, anyone can come out victorious, whether it\u2019s via knockout or points, and that\u2019s part of fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aldo also gave his assessment of a possible Holloway vs. Ortega title fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a very even fight, I think\u201d Aldo said. \u201cBoth have very similar reaches. In the striking department, too, I don\u2019t see any of them as a specialist. The one specialty I see is Ortega\u2019s guillotine, which is very strong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Max won\u2019t take him down. He\u2019ll stand. So the fight will be decided on the feet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case, Aldo understands the most favorable outcome for him would be an Ortega win, given that he&#8217;s lost to Holloway twice previously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, a better scenario would be for Brian to win,\u201d Aldo said. \u201cBecause this way I know I have big chances of fighting for the title again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of Jose Aldo&#8217;s assessment of the situation?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 3\/11\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If things had gone according to the original plan, Frankie Edgar would have battled UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway in the main event of UFC 222. 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