{"id":399213,"date":"2021-11-10T07:47:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T15:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=399213"},"modified":"2021-11-10T07:48:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T15:48:58","slug":"jose-aldo-reveals-planned-2016-superfight-against-khabib-nurmagomedov-that-fell-apart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jose-aldo-reveals-planned-2016-superfight-against-khabib-nurmagomedov-that-fell-apart\/","title":{"rendered":"Jose Aldo reveals planned 2016 superfight against Khabib Nurmagomedov that fell apart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC bantamweight contender Jose Aldo revealed a planned 2016 superfight against former lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov that fell apart.<\/p>\n<p>Aldo spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2021\/11\/10\/22772179\/jose-aldo-khabib-nurmagomedov-talks-too-much-ufc-conor-mcgregor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting.com<\/a> in a recent interview and said that in 2016, the UFC came to him and offered a fight against Nurmagomedov. According to Aldo, however, &#8220;The Eagle&#8221; turned down the fight, and Aldo says he has no idea why he didn&#8217;t want it.<\/p>\n<p id=\"zbCkBM\">\u201cI was traveling when (my coach) \u2018Dede\u2019 (Pederneiras) called me. The (UFC) had offered me this fight and we took it. I said, \u2018What? I want that, I\u2019m in.\u2019 I respect everybody, but that opportunity. I was the featherweight champion, and (Nurmagomedov) didn\u2019t think it was a good (idea). I don\u2019t know if he was expecting to fight somebody else, I don\u2019t know what he was thinking at the time. I think it could have been a great fight,&#8221; Aldo said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"by8dKO\">\u201cI wanted to test myself. Everybody always asks me. It\u2019s funny, everybody thinks I train wrestling a lot. No, man, I usually do the same training with my team, so, to me, it would have been a really tough test. I\u2019ve always fought against American wrestling and it was hard to take me down, so it would be a tough test against him, if he would be able to impose his takedown game against me knowing that I have pretty good takedown defense as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aldo also took umbrage with Nurmagomedov&#8217;s recent remarks, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/khabib-nurmagomedov-not-convinced-jose-aldo-is-having-a-ufc-career-revival\/\">comments that suggested Aldo didn&#8217;t deserve as much praise as he got for beating Pedro Munhoz at UFC 265<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes Khabib talks too much. He\u2019s not doing much these days, he\u2019s retired, so he\u2019s looking for (attention) that way,&#8221; Aldo said about Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think would have won this fight between Jose Aldo and Khabib Nurmagomedov in 2016? Who do you think if they fought again in 2021?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC bantamweight contender Jose Aldo revealed a planned 2016 superfight against former lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov that fell apart. Aldo spoke to MMAFighting.com in a recent interview and said that in 2016, the UFC came to him and offered a fight against Nurmagomedov. 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