Aldo vs Edgar hopeful for UFC 156 on Jan.19 in Brazil

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/10/25/3551732/ufc-rumor-jose-aldo-vs-frankie-edgar-ufc-156-brazil-mma-news

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Sources close to the promotion on Wednesday told MMA Junkie that the promotion is targeting Jan. 19 for a pay-per-view that would be UFC 156. An exact city, however, is not yet known.

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The UFC has four Brazilian champions, but only one would seem to be a realistic possibility to defend his title in the main event. Heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos puts his belt on the line at UFC 155 in December against Cain Velasquez. Middleweight champ Silva just fought. Interim bantamweight champion Renan Barao is likely to wait for champ Dominick Cruz to be healthy enough to return for a title unification fight.

But featherweight champion Aldo was supposed to defend his title at UFC 153 against former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar, who was a replacement for the injured Erik Koch. But a motorcycle accident wound up sidelining Aldo, postponing the fight with Edgar and forcing the UFC's hand with the Silva-Bonnar fight. Aldo said earlier this month in Rio that he expects to return in January at the latest, and he expects to return against Edgar.

I saw a rumor that the UFC was wanting McDonald vs Barao for co-main event.

OU wrote:

I saw a rumor that the UFC was wanting McDonald vs Barao for co-main event.

With these 2 as the main 2 fights I would buy the PPV for sure!

i concur

Nice.

IMO they should put Rashad vs lil Nog on this card.

OU wrote:

IMO they should put Rashad vs lil Nog on this card.

I agree. This card would be stacked.

Wait I thought everyone hated Shad v Nog, but now it makes a card stacked?

I think Aldo vs Edgar and Barao vs McDonald would be stacked enough for me. Rogerio vs Evans can be saved for another card. I feel like getting greedy now is just gonna mean super bunk cards later if I got my way in wanting more in this one.

GDPofDRC wrote:

I think Aldo vs Edgar and Barao vs McDonald would be stacked enough for me. Rogerio vs Evans can be saved for another card. I feel like getting greedy now is just gonna mean super bunk cards later if I got my way in wanting more in this one.

I agree. Also these 2 fights deserve to be the main 2 fights and can propel their respective divisions forward.

GDPofDRC wrote:

I think Aldo vs Edgar and Barao vs McDonald would be stacked enough for me. Rogerio vs Evans can be saved for another card. I feel like getting greedy now is just gonna mean super bunk cards later if I got my way in wanting more in this one.

I feel like they should stack all cards a little more, especially this far out, to help counter the injuries. Odds are with the card being this far away, someone will go down. Stacking the cards early will help them survive IMO.

Can't wait to see Aldo crush Frankie, stamp it, mark it, do whatever ya gotta do it's happening

MMAEYES wrote:

Can't wait to see Aldo crush Frankie, stamp it, mark it, do whatever ya gotta do it's happening

I'm interested to see how it goes down.

If barao vs macdonald goes down I am more interested in that fight. I think that could be a incredible fight .

Know when I say crush I mean "at some point" Aldo is gonna really hurt Frankie. But when that happens in the fight IDK because I can def see Aldo conserving gas in the early rounds.

GDPofDRC wrote:

If barao vs macdonald goes down I am more interested in that fight. I think that could be a incredible fight .

I don't know if I would be more interested in that then Aldo-Frankie, it's about equal for me. I really want to see both fights.