"I asked Jose Aldo for the featherweight belt back but he said no.

http://www.mmamania.com/2010/12/14/1876002/wec-gm-reed-harris-i-asked-jose-aldo-for-the-featherweight-belt-back
WEC GM Reed Harris: "I asked Jose Aldo for the featherweight belt back but he said no."Props: Sherdog.com

LOL

Why would they want it back?

MMAEYES wrote:

Why would they want it back?

Take back the WEC belt and give him the UFC belt. But Jose wants both lol.

Yeah but the ufc already presented his ufc belt to him so wth? If Zuffa wanted the wec belt back they should have made the trade right there and then.

MMAEYES wrote:

Yeah but the ufc already presented his ufc belt to him so wth? If Zuffa wanted the wec belt back they should have made the trade right there and then.

Yep, they should have lol. Now Aldo has 2 belts.

No, that makes no sense. I haven't clicked on the article yet but you keep the UFC belt once you win it. Champs always get a belt to add to their display case. Overeem has two Strikeforce ones.

He was just joking.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

No, that makes no sense. I haven't clicked on the article yet but you keep the UFC belt once you win it. Champs always get a belt to add to their display case. Overeem has two Strikeforce ones.

to put it in context:
Cruz and Jorgensen ought to be clearing some room in their trophy cases, as the winner will leave with both the WEC and UFC belts.
“They’ll be the forever holder of that title in the WEC, and then also they’ll be the new UFC bantamweight champion at the end of that fight,” Harris explained.

So, did Aldo get to hang on to his WEC belt as well?

“Yes, he did. I asked him for it back, but he said ‘no.’”

this is normal, champions KEEP THEIR BELTS, for instance in boxing when a champion is beaten normally the former champ allows the new champ to pose with the belts, then the belt is returned to the former champ, he keeps his belt and a new belt is made for the new champion.

This situation produced a funny law suit when Lennox Lewis snagged Hasim Rahmans belts after the rematch and refused to give them back, Lennox received his new belts and refused to give Rahman his belts back, Rahman had to sue to get them back.

Aldo should be allowed to keep the belt I dont know why the WEC would want them back, pretty petty

I wonder what Reed Harris will do now that he can't pretend to be a CEO anymore.

he probably sold it to get some extra dough

Wolf is right. They get their own belt, the one you see displayed at fights in a general use belt. Rashad Evans said as much on MMA Live, he has his own belt and the one they strap to his waist is the company owned one. However, I remember when Ric Flair didn't return the NWA belt when he went to the WWF, because they hadn't paid him the 25K he was owed. He even showed up at WWF events with the belt over his shoulder until they were forced to pay up. A judge even sided with him against the promotion.