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Jose Aldo's training partner says Champ to train Tuesday, try to determine UFC 189 status
Jun 29, 2015 - 5:00:18 PM Jose Aldo's training partner says Champ to train Tuesday, try to determine UFC 189 status

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

"I think he will probably fight. And I hope so. I will be with him on Tuesday to see what he's capable of doing during training or not, but my opinion right now is that he’s going to fight. I'm going to be optimistic about it because Aldo wants this fight so bad. I think this fight will probably happen... If the pain got worse, he will probably don't fight. But I think the fight is going to happen. I don't think it will get any worse. It's a little bit painful but there are some kinds of pain that we can hold during fights and there are some kinds of pain that we can't hold. I hope that it's one of the ones that we can hold. We will test him on Tuesday. Tuesday is the big day.

He's very strong mentally. Once he decides to fight, the pain won't be a problem. I know he can beat Conor. He totally can beat Conor. Conor never fought someone like Aldo. Conor keeps saying 'oh, he never fought someone like me.' Okay, but neither did [he] fight someone like Aldo. And he's way more different than people who Conor fought. Aldo is so much better. I really want to see this fight. If he thinks he can fight, he should fight."

-Jose Aldo's main UFC 189 training partner, Jonas Bilharinho, talks to Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour about Aldo's status and why we should know more by Tuesday.

Penick's Analysis: The sooner they can get his status figured out, the better for all involved. If he's going to fight, and is going to be cleared to fight, great. If he's not, give fans time to either get a refund or to get ready for Chad Mendes vs. Conor McGregor. Either way, the quicker they can get a final decision on the situation, the quicker they can move ahead with whatever remains on top of that card.