Aldo reconsiders retirement, thanks Russia...

[stielar]

UFC interim featherweight champion Jose Aldo has reconsidered his decision to call time on his mixed martial arts career – and thanked Russia for changing his mind. The Brazilian posted a message of gratitude to his Twitter account, firstly in Portuguese, outlining the reasons for his decision: “I have reviewed my decision to conclude my MMA career. I have spoken with my family and I’ve seen the pleas from the fans. Expect good news.”


View: https://twitter.com/josealdojunior/status/789651189684137984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw


Aldo then signed off his message with the words “Thanks Russia,” written in English.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Aldo travelled to Russia in August of this year to oversee a masterclass for fans of mixed martial arts.

Link to full article on RT

 

[Greenbean]

This is great news. Aldo is an all time great and that would have sucked to see him leave on those terms.

 

[member 3289]

So this was all just a big show?

How about he try fighting more than once a year?

 

[stielar]

So this was all just a big show?

It seems so. What a bastard, right?


View: https://twitter.com/thenotoriousmma/status/722492455732584448

 

[member 3289]

It seems so. What a bastard, right?


View: https://twitter.com/thenotoriousmma/status/722492455732584448

At least he fights 3-4x a year, every year

 

[stielar]

At least he fights 3-4x a year, every year

He does fight regularly, that is true. However you have to consider he is young, and he makes lots of money every fight he takes. Comparing that to Aldo, who's been fighting for over a decade and gets a fraction of what Conor makes I think is unfair. And I'm not even an Aldo fan.

 

[nuraknu]

He doesn't say he's rescinding his request for release from UFC. Did he do that already?

 

[Papi Chingon]

He probably just signed with m1, lol.

 

[benjo0101]

Weird. Good news. But weird

 

[otaku1]

He probably just signed with m1, lol.

He might start missing DFW once he starts dealing with the Russian mob

 

[SCADA]

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[lueVelvet]

Everyone seems to be selling out to Russia lately. I wonder how much dirt Putin dug up on these folks in exchange for their "support' lol

 

[Neural]

It seems so. What a bastard, right?


View: https://twitter.com/thenotoriousmma/status/722492455732584448

Lmao, absolutely destroyed, well done.

 

[Papi Chingon]

He might start missing DFW once he starts dealing with the Russian mob

I doubt it, since all he has to do is go back to brazil.

 

[Ghost Bro]

Everyone seems to be selling out to Russia lately. I wonder how much dirt Putin dug up on these folks in exchange for their "support' lol

Russia has always been good to fighters

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGvI2Lu0dr0


Roy Jones Jr officially becomes Russian citizen with Moscow passport ceremony

Putin is not the best guy in the world, but he's not the whole russian country and your US presidential candidates are selling a lot of wolf tickets with an impending war with Russia. It didn't happen in the cold war era and it won't happen now, it serves both countries to fight over geopolitical influence in the middleast

 

[lueVelvet]

Russia has always been good to fighters

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGvI2Lu0dr0


Roy Jones Jr officially becomes Russian citizen with Moscow passport ceremony

Putin is not the best guy in the world, but he's not the whole russian country and your US presidential candidates are selling a lot of wolf tickets with an impending war with Russia. It didn't happen in the cold war era and it won't happen now, it serves both countries to fight over geopolitical influence in the middleast

Yet if you question his decisions or question the propaganda coming out of RT you get jailed or simply disappear. yeah that's someone I'd like to be associated with!

Anyway, we digress. I hope Aldo and the UFC can work something out and allow him to compete and make some money again.

 

[Ghost Bro]

Yet if you question his decisions or question the propaganda coming out of RT you get jailed or simply disappear. yeah that's someone I'd like to be associated with!

Anyway, we digress. I hope Aldo and the UFC can work something out and allow him to compete and make some money again.

But not everyone who is Russian has to be associated with Putin, like the people getting jailed. He's authoritarian, so is erdogan in turkey, yet the US supports that establishment..its propaganda both ways bro, there's no good guys and bad guys, just people in power putting people against each other. Russia is a beautiful place, one that might give him good future career options. Aldo doesn't have to take all that political prosecution into account, he probably doesn't even know anything about it, nor should he be expected to..he isn't joining putin's private army by going there is my point.

As far as Aldo's career options go I'd rather see him in Bellator(as he can also fight in rizin events) rather than M-1 or one fc..if ufc is not an option