Filed under: Featured , News , UFC , Videos RIO DE JANEIRO – It’s still four months away, but this summer’s featherweight title fight grew to a fever pitch today. Promoting their UFC 189 title fight while on a press tour in Rio de Janeiro, featherweight champion Jose Aldo and challenger Conor McGregor shared a stage with UFC President Dana White, then got face to face. But before their heated face-off, there were many words – with McGregor’s coming in the ultimate in hostile territory, in Aldo’s home country of Brazil, where the fans in attendance shouted the Irishman down with the infamous Portuguese “Uh vai morrer!” chant, which means “You’re going to die.” McGregor (17-2 MMA, 5-0 UFC) and Aldo (25-1 MMA, 7-0 UFC) headline UFC 189 on July 11 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas – headlining the card even ahead of a welterweight title fight between champ Robbie Lawler and Rory MacDonald. White told MMAjunkie the UFC abandoned its policy for heavier weight classes taking the main event in cases of multiple title fights on the same card because of the magnitude of the fight. “There’s no doubt this is the biggest featherweight matchup in history,” White said. “It’s a fight people care about, not just in Brazil, not just in Ireland, but all over the world
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UFC 189 media tour begins: Jose Aldo says Conor McGregor is ‘in deep sh-t’ – MMA Junkie