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“I got the news – it was God that sent it,” Pederneiras told reporters with a laugh, during a media day in Rio de Janeiro last week. “I got a call and they asked if I was going to take the fight. I said, ‘What fight? Aldo already has a fight scheduled.’ They said, ‘You haven’t heard? I said no. ‘Frankie Edgar just got hurt and won’t fight.’
“Aldo, in front of me, said, ‘Sign me up.’ I messaged (the UFC) right then and, the following day, it was done.”
I’m very motivated by this change,” Aldo said earlier in the same media day. “I don’t see a problem. I’m feeling much more prepared this time than the last time.”
“I think he’s a lot more motivated for this fight than he was for the previous one,” Pederneiras said. “Not to take away from his opponent, but fighting for a belt, with the person who beat you? He’s ready.
“(Aldo) spent some time in the U.S., training boxing. When he returned, he started training. So, when they scheduled it, his body was trained. He started a camp much sooner than usual, so these two weeks won’t make a difference.”
“They can expect the best kickboxing, the best muay Thai,” Aldo said. “I’m going for it all the time. I want to kick a lot in this fight. I want to lay hands, too. Everything I’ve learned recently, I want to go in there and I want to implement it. ”
For Pederneiras, too, this is a game-changer.
“When you take someone’s best weapon, and you give it back to them, it’s certainly going to make a difference,” Pederneiras said.
I want to make something very clear: First off, Aldo didn’t say anything, I did,” Pederneiras said. “I made a comment when someone asked why he got tired. I never took away from Holloway’s win. In that moment, regardless of whether he had a good leg or not, the punch would have landed and dropped him regardless.
“It wasn’t the leg that dropped him. So we didn’t take away from Holloway in any way. Quite the contrary: We praised him for both the way he became champion and the way he talked about Aldo. So I want it to be very clear. I only disclosed something that had happened, that’s it.”
Aldo’s response to the same question was in line with the coach’s.
“There was no cowardice,” Aldo said. “Whenever I fight in there, it’s the best Aldo possible. Holloway was a great fighter that night. He won and he earned it. There are no excuses at all. What Dede said happened in training. But if I’m up there, it’s the best Aldo possible. He won by his own merit, and he deserved to win.”
War Aldo!
“I got the news – it was God that sent it,” Pederneiras told reporters with a laugh, during a media day in Rio de Janeiro last week. “I got a call and they asked if I was going to take the fight. I said, ‘What fight? Aldo already has a fight scheduled.’ They said, ‘You haven’t heard? I said no. ‘Frankie Edgar just got hurt and won’t fight.’
“Aldo, in front of me, said, ‘Sign me up.’ I messaged (the UFC) right then and, the following day, it was done.”
I’m very motivated by this change,” Aldo said earlier in the same media day. “I don’t see a problem. I’m feeling much more prepared this time than the last time.”
“I think he’s a lot more motivated for this fight than he was for the previous one,” Pederneiras said. “Not to take away from his opponent, but fighting for a belt, with the person who beat you? He’s ready.
“(Aldo) spent some time in the U.S., training boxing. When he returned, he started training. So, when they scheduled it, his body was trained. He started a camp much sooner than usual, so these two weeks won’t make a difference.”
“They can expect the best kickboxing, the best muay Thai,” Aldo said. “I’m going for it all the time. I want to kick a lot in this fight. I want to lay hands, too. Everything I’ve learned recently, I want to go in there and I want to implement it. ”
For Pederneiras, too, this is a game-changer.
“When you take someone’s best weapon, and you give it back to them, it’s certainly going to make a difference,” Pederneiras said.
I want to make something very clear: First off, Aldo didn’t say anything, I did,” Pederneiras said. “I made a comment when someone asked why he got tired. I never took away from Holloway’s win. In that moment, regardless of whether he had a good leg or not, the punch would have landed and dropped him regardless.
“It wasn’t the leg that dropped him. So we didn’t take away from Holloway in any way. Quite the contrary: We praised him for both the way he became champion and the way he talked about Aldo. So I want it to be very clear. I only disclosed something that had happened, that’s it.”
Aldo’s response to the same question was in line with the coach’s.
“There was no cowardice,” Aldo said. “Whenever I fight in there, it’s the best Aldo possible. Holloway was a great fighter that night. He won and he earned it. There are no excuses at all. What Dede said happened in training. But if I’m up there, it’s the best Aldo possible. He won by his own merit, and he deserved to win.”
War Aldo!
