Here’s one corroborating what @Jackonfire said— that José had to drop his FW belt if he wanted to compete for another. Conor, of course, had to do no such thing. He didn’t even have to defend his belt first. Not sure what to tell you if you don’t like my sources or don’t remember this.
https://www.mmaweekly.com/jose-aldo...enge-anthony-pettis-for-ufc-lightweight-title
Now thats better.
But its one of those "coulda ,woulda, shoulda" isnt it? It was just never in his cards to be champ champ.
I think an aldo pettis would have been a great matchup, sucks we never saw it.
That being said, we can only judge by accomplishments. Beating two champions is an exclusive club to be in.
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