While he is about to exhaust his
Ultimate Fighting Championship contract,
Jose Aldo
isn’t interested in other MMA promotions — despite having lucrative
offers on the table.
Aldo
CBS Sports. “When I started talking to
Sean [Shelby] and Dana [White] back in January, we had talked about
signing a new deal. But I decided against it because I wanted to go
in there, I needed to show them, I needed to show myself and
everyone where I’m at, what I can still do and how I can still
perform. We have a lot of offers. We could have a boxing match
lined up pretty quickly if we wanted to do that as well. So I told
them, ‘Let’s wait, let me go in there and put on that performance
and then we’ll talk. After that we’ll see if we have a new deal or
not.”
In addition to various boxing offers, Aldo also claims to have been
offered massive paydays by rival MMA promotions. However, the money
won’t lure the former UFC featherweight champ away from the Las
Vegas-based promotion.
“We’ve been reached out by other organizations and offered big
million-dollar purses and things like that. But it’s really not a
matter of financial decision,” Aldo said. “I needed to have that
break. I wanted to pursue my dream of boxing, and now I’m coming
back. I never really thought of fighting anywhere else other than
the UFC. So, we just have to see where I’m at right now with this
fight and kind of see where I’m gonna go from there.”