Jose Aldo threatens to sue Chael Sonnen and the UFC over his injury accusations
As we all know Jose Aldo, UFC’s long-time featherweight champion pulled out of his UFC 189 bout with Conor McGregor due to his rib injury. And he received some negative reactions for withdrawing, from many people including MMA analyst Chael Sonnen and the UFC president Dana White himself. It seems like “Scarface” has had enough negativity on his injury and has taken a step further by threatening to file a defamation suit against the former fighter Sonnen.
Sonnen on his "You're Welcome!" podcast said:
"I get a phone call. So I answer it on the car speaker. It's a lawyer from Brazil threatening to sue me for defamation. Her client? Jose Aldo. They said, 'we won't sue you if you stop talking about it.' I said, 'Hold on, I'll go a step further than that, if I said it and it's not true, I'll give them an apology.' I don't want to go around saying the guy put out two X-rays if that's not true, but I'm a little confused here. I parroted this information, I heard it and I repeated it, so where did this story come from? I heard this at a UFC press conference. The attorney said, 'yeah, well pay attention in the next few days, you won't hear the UFC saying it anymore because before we called and threatened you with a lawsuit, we called and threatened them with a lawsuit.' I have to assume he's telling the truth. Jose Aldo is threatening to sue me and claims that he threatened to sue the UFC. That's a pretty big bluff. That's a big enough bluff that I think he's telling the truth."
He also tweeted the following:
I just got threatened with a lawsuit, you won't guess by who. LISTEN HERE: http://t.co/oNckpPoHyu
— Chael Sonnen (@sonnench) July 22, 2015
The “American Gangster” also invited Aldo to appear on his podcast to set things straight. It would have been one hell of a podcast if the champion would have taken him up on the offer.