José Aldo reveals: 'relationship with McGregor is friendly and calm'

Aldo (left) and McGregor (right) faced each other in December last year. (Photo: Disclosure / UFC)

No one expected this. Despite having had one of the biggest MMA rivalries in recent times, José Aldo e Conor McGregor They are far from being declared enemies, as many people think. According to Aldo himself, the two maintain a friendly atmosphere when they are not in front of the cameras, and he even praised his rival's way of promoting himself.

“(The relationship) is friendly, calm. For me, I don't see any problem with the guy doing his marketing, and from the financial side, it was very good, I think there should be more fighters like him in the featherweight division, it would be very profitable, but I'm not friends with him, he let him go one way and I'll go the other”, revealed the Brazilian to the program 'Revista Combate'.

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If in front of the cameras McGregor is agitated and provocative, on a daily basis it is very different. According to the interim featherweight champion, Conor is a calm guy, focused on what he wants. Aldo even revealed a recent meeting where the Irishman even served coffee for the Brazilian, which portrays the peaceful relationship between them.

“There are several moments. I've seen him stand in front of the wall, looking into space and everyone trying to provoke him, and he's just staring at it. Sometimes he makes jokes and he himself laughs. There was a day when we were sitting and he said to get coffee, and I replied that I wanted it with sugar, and he responded as if it was 'good'. I met him recently at the hotel, he was having his breakfast and I said I wanted a barbecue, he replied that it was his coffee, naturally. But most of the times we met, there was always someone filming, so he had to maintain that. But without a camera, the guy changes completely.”

However, he makes one caveat: it's only when a loudmouth sees a camera that his personality changes: “He's a normal, calm guy, but if he sees a camera or some Irish people nearby, the guy changes. Outside you see him laughing, joking, talking shit, but talking normally. Now, you saw a little camera or some Irish people, the guy climbs in such a way that you think: 'son of a b***h'”, narrated the Brazilian.

Interim featherweight champion, José Aldo awaiting the return of Conor McGregor to the category to do the rematch that is worth unifying the belt. Victim of the Irishman at the end of last year, the Brazilian sees a new duel as a matter of honor.

McGregor won the featherweight belt in December last year with a quick knockout over José Aldo. Since then, the Irishman has had two fights against Diaz and has not defended his belt on any occasion. Aldo, in turn, defeated Frankie Edgar in July, at UFC 200, and won the interim title of the 66 kg division.

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