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Andre Pederneiras says Jose Aldo's UFC 189 status still up in the air, will be checked again next week
Jun 27, 2015 - 8:25:15 AM Andre Pederneiras says Jose Aldo's UFC 189 status still up in the air, will be checked again next week

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

It's not looking good for Jose Aldo actually fighting at UFC 189. According to his coach Andre Pederneiras, there are conflicting medical exams between his doctors in Brazil and those who checked him out in America. Either way, he's currently not able to do much, and if he's unable to work out enough to cut weight, Pederneiras says he won't put him into that position.

"There's medical report here and an evaluation there. I'm not a doctor to say which one is correct," Pederneiras said to Brazilian media after Friday's Shooto Brazil 55 event (via Guilherme Cruz at MMAFighting.com). "I know he's injured and this rib injury is painful. He's using anti-inflammatory and we will wait to see if he gets better. The fight is on, and we'll check him again next week.

"We will only have this answer next week. He's under treatment," Pederneiras continued. "He did an injection and is under a PRP (platelet-rich plasma) treatment, and is waiting to get better. They take his blood, use only the good plasma, and inject it on the injury. The fight is 15 days away. Doctors say he will get better day after day. We can't say how he will feel 15 days from now.

"If he can't do any exercise to cut weight, he won't fight at all. That doesn't concern me at all. He's forbidden to do anything right now. If you move, the injury won't heal, so he needs to stay to some rest. He's used to pain but is feeling a lot of pain right now. It's hard to fight at 100 percent. But if he can take a punch and don't feel the pain he's feeling right now… He broke his foot in the first round against 'Korean Zombie' and kept fighting. He's used to pain. We'll only let him fight if he's well."

Penick's Analysis: We're two weeks away from the fight, and this certainly sounds like Aldo won't be fighting. Chad Mendes-Conor McGregor provides some significant intrigue in its own right, though it risks McGregor's money fight with Aldo; still, it seems we're heading that direction right now given these comments, because they're going to need to make a call one way or the other here in the next week.