Jose Aldo says fight against Max Holloway at UFC 208 is off

Jose Aldo says the fight with Max Holloway is off

Jose Aldo is an unhappy champion.

Aldo (26-2) was last seen winning a unanimous decision victory over Frankie Edgar at UFC 200, earning the promotion’s interim featherweight title in the process and guaranteeing a rematch against Conor McGregor.

However, after McGregor earned his second UFC title with a violent TKO over lightweight Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205, the UFC stripped McGregor of his 145-pound title and promoted Aldo to the new undisputed champion. As a result, the fight between Holloway and Pettis was changed to an interim title fight, with the winner earning a shot at Aldo in the near future.

Holloway would go on to defeat Pettis with a third round TKO. Not long after, Aldo revealed he the title unification bout against Holloway would go down at UFC 208 in Brooklyn.

But now, in an interview with MMAFighting, the Brazilian is revealing the fight is off the February card, though it has nothing to do with him and his team

Holloway (17-3) is currently riding an incredible 10-fight win streak. Prior to his destruction of Pettis, the young Hawaiian earned an impressive decision win over former title Ricardo Lamas at UFC 199 in June. He previously scored back-to-back stoppage wins over Cub Swanson and Oliveira before earning a decision over Jeremy Stephens.

But even with his fight against Holloway off and his rival McGregor, who defeated Aldo in 13-seconds at UFC 194, sticking at lightweight for the foreseeable future, Aldo still considers himself the man to beat at 145-pounds.

Aldo currently holds several UFC records, including the most successful and consecutive title defenses in UFC featherweight history (7). This also gives him the fourth most consecutive title defenses in UFC history.