“We’re waiting for the belt all the time… I made five fights there and won all of them well, so I think I’ll have the opportunity. If they give me, I’ll train very hard and focused for the fight…. The fans are excited… Every fight that I do there, we’re gaining more and more fans. I like it a lot! The guys love my aggressive style, we get there and try to do the best for the public…. I fought [at 135 pounds] in the past and, if I could, I would fight [Miguel Torres]. But, now, I prefer to take the belt of my category, earn it, and then yes (I’d fight him). If I’m well and with the belt, I’d go fight with him…. He already said he wanted to fight with me… I have nothing against him, but I think it would be a good fight. I would look for the standing fight and, if it goes to the ground, I would show my jiu-jitsu. He has a good jiu-jitsu too, but I guarantee myself in mine.”

-WEC featherweight title contender Jose Aldo recently spoke with Tatame.com about the possibility of dropping to the bantamweight division to take on current 135-pound champ Miguel Torres. Aldo is widely believed to be next in line for a shot against WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown, however, his Nova União teammate and good friend, Wagnney Fabiano is also a title contender at featherweight so a drop to bantamweight might make sense for Aldo as the two would be unlikely to face one another.

Aldo extended his win streak to 8 in his last fight at WEC 41 by defeating Cub Swanson in just 8 seconds via brutal flying knee. He is now 5-0 in the WEC, with all five wins coming by way of TKO or KO. The brilliant striker holds notable wins over Alexandre Franca Nogueira, Jonathan Brookins, Rolando Perez, Chris Mickle, and the aforementioned Swanson.

Overall, Aldo sports a very impressive MMA record of 15-1, with only 3 of his career wins going to a decision. He suffered his lone loss against Luciano Azevedo at Jungle Fight 5 in 2005.