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After reports from Aldo’s camp, which included an apology from the actual training partner who hurt the Brazilian champion during practice, it looked as though UFC 189 was a bust. Initially, the injury was assumed to be a fracture, putting the biggest fight in recent memory in jeopardy just three weeks before the bout. While the world waited two excruciatingly long days for the examination results all sorts of crazy things happened.

Both Diaz brothers caused a big stir online by posting (and deleting) about Nate stepping in for José. Turns out they were just trolling everyone, and us here at Fightland certainly talked about the prospect of that actually happening for a solid hour. Meanwhile, Conor took a photo of himself eating ribs—which doesn’t make much sense but is hilarious nonetheless. Then someone on Reddit said they talked to a security guard at the MGM who confirmed his suspicion that all the event posters had been taken down.

Maybe it was because MMA fans everywhere were still high off the conspiracy theories surrounding the recent Bellator main event—Kimbo vs. Shamrock—which let’s face it, looked fake as hell.

But alas, all the chaos is over, and it’s back to the matter at hand: José Aldo will face Conor McGregor on July 11th in Las Vegas. The results are in, and his rib is only bruised. Phew.

The MMA gods have shown us mercy, only scaring us with looming catastrophe. In retrospect, we deserved it for allowing such a terrible display of our beloved sport to be broadcast on national television last Friday.

Anyway, here's the official statement from the UFC:

"In light of recent reports regarding the status of UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo, UFC has received official medical confirmation from several doctors that Aldo did not suffer a broken rib. Following a review of the scans, it has been determined that the champion suffered a bone bruise to his rib and cartilage injury during training. With this news, Aldo has expressed that he has every intention of facing Conor McGregor at UFC 189."

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