UFC commentator disputes José Aldo's motivation: “Does he still want to fight?”

Florian challenged Aldo's motivation (photo) (Photo: Reproduction/Facebook UFC)

Former UFC fighter and current commentator for the organization, Kenny Florian called into question the motivation of José Aldo to continue fighting MMA. After the Brazilian had his rematch scheduled against Ricardo Lamas at UFC Winnipeg, in Canada, on December 16th, Florian questioned whether the former featherweight champion is really willing to follow his path to the top again.

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“For Aldo, this will be an interesting fight. Is he still motivated to fight? Does he still want to fight and put on a show? Especially against a guy he's already beaten, let's quickly find out what José Aldo he wants. Whether he really wants to get back to the top of the division or not,” he declared on his own podcast 'The Anik & Florian'.

As an argument, Kenny recalled Aldo's defeat against Max Holloway, in June this year, when the Hawaiian knocked out the Brazilian in the featherweight belt unification duel. For the commentator, the Nova União athlete only lost the title because he was not 100% concentrated for the duel.

“That’s the big question for me. Even though Aldo unquestionably won the beginning of the fight against Max Holloway, when the confrontation started to unfold, it seemed like he had lost interest. He seemed a little bored, like he didn't want to work hard like he normally does. Holloway took away his motivation, pressured him, made him retreat and destroyed him mentally until he managed to block all of Aldo's abilities. It was beautiful to see,” he concluded.

At 30 years of age, José Aldo He is the greatest champion in the history of the featherweight division. After defending his belt seven times, he was dethroned when he was knocked out by Conor McGregor at UFC 194, in December 2015. Afterwards, he beat Frankie Edgar at UFC 200, in 2016, and regained the interim belt in the 66 kg division, which became linear after his tormentor moved to lightweight. However, he lost again in his last fight. In total, he has a record of 26 wins and only three defeats.