Jose Aldo gives uncharacteristic enraged response to Conor McGregor's boxing call-out

Former UFC featherweight legend Jose Aldo is usually a calm and collected character, but when it comes to his old rival Conor McGregor, the Brazilian can become uncharacteristically fiery.

Aldo, who fought fellow UFC veteran Jeremy Stephens to a majority draw in this weekend’s Gamebred Boxing 4 event, was questioned about a possible boxing match with ‘The Notorious’ in the event’s post-fight press conference.

This was because, earlier, the Irishman had taken to Twitter to suggest that he ought to take on Aldo in a boxing match – despite the fact that he has a fight against Michael Chandler scheduled for the octagon in the near future.

“Me and Aldo should box"

Aldo was quick to shoot down the idea of facing off with McGregor in the squared circle. He didn’t mince his words, claiming that the Irishman should “shut his mouth”.

“Conor [has a] big mouth. He always talks a lot of sh*t. He has a scheduled fight....Conor, shut your f*cking mouth. We were supposed to fight before in the UFC. You run, and now you still talk sh*t.”

Based on Brazilian's comments, as well as the Irishman’s current contract with the UFC, it’s unlikely that we’ll see Jose Aldo vs. Conor McGregor in the boxing ring any time soon. As always, though, stranger things have happened.

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What happened in the Jose Aldo vs. Conor McGregor fight in the UFC?

Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor famously clashed in the octagon at UFC 194 back in December 2015, with Aldo’s featherweight title on the line.

Despite Aldo remaining unbeaten until this point, it didn’t take ‘The Notorious’ long to deliver on his promise to finish the Brazilian.

He caught a nervous-looking Aldo with a beautiful counter left hook just 13 seconds into the first round of the bout, knocking him out cold to claim his first undisputed title in the octagon.

Aldo spent the following few years fishing for a rematch, even claiming an interim featherweight title by beating Frankie Edgar a few months later.

However, he could never pin McGregor down for a second fight and ended up dropping to bantamweight in 2019. After a brief run there, the Brazilian hung up his MMA gloves in 2022, and was quickly inducted into the UFC’s Hall of Fame shortly after.

His bout with Jeremy Stephens this weekend was his second in the boxing ring after his retirement from MMA.