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Jose Aldo releases statement, called interim belt ‘a toy’

On Tuesday evening, the UFC revealed that UFC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo would no longer be competing at UFC 189 against Conor McGregor due to a rib injury which occurred during training.

On Wednesday, Aldo released the following statement: (Courtesy of Combate)

For three months, I trained three times a day. I invested my time and money, bringing training partners from Brazil and other countries, to do the best training camp of my life so I would be ready to defend by belt for the eighth time on July 11.