Jose Aldo declined a rematch with Conor McGregor on less than two weeks' notice when Rafael dos Anjos pulled out of Saturday’s UFC 196 due to a broken foot, and he doesn’t regret his decision.
Aldo, who lost to "The Notorious" in 13 seconds last December, was willing to step in and face McGregor "at any time, anywhere", but had just returned to training when his manager Andre Pederneiras got the call from UFC president Dana White offering the bout in Las Vegas.
"Any professional needs time to train," Aldo told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s The MMA Hour.