Jose Aldo welcomes the thought of Sean O’Malley after UFC 307.
Aldo (32-8 MMA, 14-7 UFC) meets Mario Bautista (14-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) on Saturday’s essential card (pay-per-view, ESPNews, ESPN+) at Delta Middle in Salt Lake Metropolis.
Aldo snapped rising contender Jonathan Martinez’s six-fight win streak at UFC 301, and can look to do the identical to Bautista. Nevertheless, the previous UFC featherweight champion admits he would have quite been matched up with a extra notable identify within the division.
“After I requested for a struggle, I initially requested for an even bigger identify,” Aldo instructed ESPN by an interpreter. “They gave me Jonathan and I humbly accepted that struggle and did what I wanted to do. For this struggle, identical factor. I’ve at all times requested for it, and I humbly accepted and can do my job.”
When the identify O’Malley was recommended to him, “The King of Rio” was all for the thought of throwing down towards the previous champion if he can get previous Bautista. O’Malley is coming off a title loss to Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 306 in September, and underwent surgical procedure to restore a torn labrum in his left hip on Thursday.
“I feel that could be a struggle, sure, I like,” Aldo stated. “I feel it is a struggle, the 2 of us, myself and Sean, two those who carry weight, there’s a cache to what we do. I feel it might be two nice names within the division and it might be a terrific struggle. Clearly, I might settle for it.”
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