JOSE ALDO LAST night took to Facebook to claim that he will turn down any UFC bout that is not a rematch with Conor McGregor
The Brazilian was famously knocked out by McGregor after just 13 seconds of the UFC 194 headliner on 12 December.
The manner of that defeat led most to believe a rematch would be on the cards, especially Aldo:
“I was quiet for a while, because I was waiting for my rematch. In fact, I was already training for it, based on how the fight went down,”Aldo wrote on his Facebook page.
“But apparently I was wrong.
“So I wanted to make something clear to the UFC: for everything that I’ve done, everything I’ve accepted, and mostly how the fight ended, I will not accept any other fight other than a title shot.”
The 29-year-old immediately added an exception to his rule, a bout that he would accept even if a belt – ‘his belt’ – was not even on the line.
“My only exception would be fighting Conor McGregor. At any time, anywhere, and since he is scared and knows that I’m gonna win… it doesn’t even have to be title fight against him.
You can keep my belt. What I want is to whoop your ass. Again: any time, anywhere.
“Dana White, Lorenzo Fertitta, keep (your) word. I still believe in the company that I work for.”
McGregor has vowed to defend the featherweight title won from Aldo in December while also fighting for the lightweight belt currently held by Rafael dos Anjos. The Dubliner will fight dos Anjos for that title at UFC 197 on 5 March, so Aldo likely won’t get his dream rematch within six months of his first ever UFC defeat.
Less of the chat about the attendance and more about the great game that evolved in the most awful conditions. Hats off to the players. Tremendous commitment shown.
The pubs and hotels in Dublin must have been hoping for a Limerick win today. 35 or 40 thousand Limerick fans would have made a weekend of it in the capital for the final. The same doesn’t apply to KK as they are there nearly every year.
If 30-40k Kilkenny fans went to a game that would be about 50% of the population. So probably a 25-30% of the population is not half bad turn out!
Show me the stats to back that up or are you just another anti Kk griper?
I’m not anti KK in any way. If u read my contributions on other threads relating to today’s match u would see that. It’s just perfectly understandable … What’s rare is wonderful – in recent decades Limerick average one all Ireland appearance every 8 or 9 years. For Kilkenny it’s almost as common as Christmas.
Not even 50,000 at today’s game!!!
Wayne – u are aware that finals always attract larger attendances than finals?! People living abroad, those struggling financially etc will come for finals where it wouldn’t be realistic (or affordable) to come for semi also. Strange comment …
* finals always attract higher attendance than semis
Wow really thanks for that nugget of wisdom! 190,000 population between today’s 3 counties, and then neutrals! I was there today and I’m a Dub. Attendances down so far this summer by 50-60 thousand across all games.
GAA should be looking at free kids tickets for weaker hurling countys for days like today. Or hold today’s game in Semple instead reducing costs for fans
U were there today, congrats … it probably cost u approx €35 between ticket and getting bus/luas. Treble that amount at least, for someone travelling from Limerick or a few hundred €€ if the wife and kids were with u … Get real Wayne !
Pay attention and read what I suggested 42,000 today, would Semple not have been a better location?
Semi finals and finals always take place in Croke Park. As a Dub u should know that – Teams and their fans know that … If today’s game had been in Thurles the attendance would maybe have been bigger .. But only marginally.
& the costs to the fans attending would have been??? Lower :)
Send an email/write a letter to Peter McKenna or Sean O Neill and ask them to put the hurling semi final(s) on in Thurles and let me know how that works out for u ….
Limerick (City & County) alone has a population of over 160k, so the 3 counties together would have a lot more than 190k. Saying that I was a little disappointed with today’s attendance, 16k down on last year’s.