re: UFC Fight Night 70-something - Louis Smolka vs. Paddy Hooligan - Dublin, Ireland

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Smart move by Aldo by pulling out

We don't know how good Connor is against a wrestler. If money wins then also fights and beats mendes again

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Its a retarded move by Aldo, VERY risky. Most estimate he would have made over 3 million for this fight, which would be more than he has made in his career as he has never made more than 240k + a 50k bonus in any one fight , and when Conor won he would have gotten a rematch that could have made him more. It actually would have been EASILY in Aldo's best financial interest to lose the first fight so there would be a rematch and the ribs were the perfect excuse.

Now if the impossible happens and Conor somehow loses to Mini-Mendes Aldo will be back to fighting other FWs and doing 200-300k PPV buys which means he will not get any PPV money. If Conor wins as he should things will work out for Aldo but if somehow Mini-Mendes pulls off a miracle then Aldo cost himself millions. I can guarantee you that on July 11th there will be no bigger McGregor fan on Earth than Aldo.