UFC 315 will be finished on Saturday evening in Montreal, Canada, with 12 fights planned.
The Welterweight title is at stake in the main event between champion Belal Muhammad and Jack della Maddalena in Montreal, Canada.
The main map contains what a bantam weight should be a fight between the Canadian competition Aiemann Zahabi and former two -time champion Jose Aldo, one of the greatest featherweights of all time.
Initially set for 135 pounds, Aldo and Zahabi weighed on the weight class above on Friday morning (featherweight), because Aldo could not make the limit of the Bantam weight.
This was not ideal for Zahabi, who was less than a pound away from the contracted weight.
The 37-year-old nevertheless agreed to start the fight on featherweight, with two people especially for his decision.
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Aiemann Zahabi says that brother and teammate have inspired him to accept Jose Aldo fight with featherweight
A fight with Jose Aldo The largest of his career, Zahabi had to make a choice: continue with the matchup at a weight class higher or cancel it completely.
On the fence about taking the matchup, Zahabi says that he received much needed advice from his legendary brother Firas Zahabi, coach of all time Great Welterweight Georges St-Pierre and many other hunters.
“You could say no, but fighting is eliminated,” Zahabi told Sportnet.
“Because they have the rule of the difference of five pounds, fighting is actually eliminated.”
“So my brother told me, what would X do?” Said Zahabi.
'Xavier Alaoui, what would he do? He said: “He will negotiate again. He would take the fight … “
Nicknamed 'The Breadman', Alaoui (15-6) is a teammate of Zahabi's from Tristar Gym, who apparently has that 'everywhere' mentality 'everywhere' when it comes to MMA fighting.
“Xavier Alaoui, Big Shoutout. He is my mind, my spirit animal,” Zahabi continued.
“So we negotiated with Sean Shelby, and he gave me an offer, I accepted it, and the fight is on.”
“We negotiated again, they gave me an offer that I accepted, and the fight is on.”@Aiemannzahabi discusses that Jose Aldo is unable to make the bantam weight limit prior to their match on #UFC315, which will now be disputed at Featherweight pic.twitter.com/k23sdsoay
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Aiemann Zahabi says that Bantamweight Fighting Brasten was cut 'off the table'
With the last-minute weight change, Zahabi confirms that Aldo is not a fine of a percentage of his fighting pass such as those who miss the weight.
Zahabi says that he was told to stop cutting the weight only a few hours before the UFC 315 away with the promotion that requires a feather weight battle instead of a catch.
“I just got into the blankets this morning and I was at 136.8 pounds,” said Zahabi.
“I received the text and the calls to stop cutting:” Jose can't arrive. He is 145. There is no way he will make the weight … “
“And the committee does not allow a weight difference of five pounds in Montreal,” Zahabi added. 'So there is no 20% [fine].
“We have to do a featherweight fight. Can't do a bantam weight fight. Bantam weight option is completely off the table.”
Aiemann Zahabi's currently runs on a five-fighter win-streak in the Bantamweight Division, hoping to make it six in the original weight class of Jose Aldo at Vederweight.
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