The MMA World is reeling from the news that Jose Aldo has reportedly fractured a rib and is out of the blockbuster UFC 189 main event against Conor McGregor.
The UFC hype-train had been in overdrive for this fight, as 10 UFC Embedded episodes were announced to cover the build up, on the back of the ridiculously popular UFC 189 World Tour event, but now it has come to a shuddering halt.
And we should have seen it coming.
Jose Aldo very regularly gets injured for his scheduled fights. Lets take a look Aldo's injuries since he became UFC featherweight champion following the acquisition of WEC.
UFC 125: Jose Aldo scheduled to defend his belt for the first time against Josh Grispi, but he was injured in training for the fight. Rather than wait for Aldo to mend, Grispi accepted an interim fight against Dustin Poirier, where he lost, and thus lost his number one contender status. Aldo then defeated Mark Hominick at UFC 129.
UFC 149: Jose Aldo scheduled to fight Erik Koch, but he was injured in training and the bout was rescheduled, only for Koch to get injured this time, and he was replaced by Frankie Edgar for UFC 153, however...
UFC 153: When due to fight Frankie Edgar who was stepping in for Erik Koch, Aldo got injured again. This time the re-scheduled fight between Aldo and Edgar took place three events later at UFC 156.
UFC 176: Jose Aldo scheduled for a rematch against Chad Mendes, but he got injured in training, and instead fought Mendes three events later at UFC 179 in October 2014, he hasn't fought since.
That makes four times Aldo has been forced to withdraw from a fight, which isn't a great record at all when you consider that he has fought seven times in the UFC.
