Jose Aldo: Not even a fight with McGregor would make me stay... Release me.
No. Not even that [Call from Dana saying that he would fight McGregor next]
because that would be the right thing to happen, This fight is the fight that
should happen next in the featherweight division. I conquered that [right]
ever since I entered the UFC. I saw other champions losing and fighting right
away for the belt. That was the right thing.
I didn’t fight for the belt. They made me fight for the interim title, I
went there and won, and still have no definition whatsoever. To me, not even
a fight with McGregor [would make me stay]… It’s not abou fighting him now
or not. I don’t care where he’s going. I want to follow my path. Today, the
right is me getting released from the contract.
It’s hard for me. If there’s something good [the UFC can do] is release me,
I don’t want to fight for other promotion. I’m at the level above. There’s
no reason why leave the first division to fight at the second division when I
’m well appreciated in the first division, it would mean taking a step back.
I don’t want to fight for other promotion. I want to follow my way in a
different sport, do new things. I’m a young guy, and I want to enjoy that
side, too.
Everybody knows he’s scared to fight [me], He knows how dangerous I am for
him for the fact that my last fight, everybody said that I had a safe
performance and if I fight this way I don’t lose to anyone. I’ve seen him
in press conferences saying that he would fight with Frankie Edgar but not
against me.
I think he’s scared.