By Eduardo Ferreira

Photo Marcelo Barone

The career of the UFC featherweight champion, Jose Aldo, is again in the hands of Andre Pederneiras, and not with Jorge Guimarães and Ed Soares also as his managers. "I’m his only manager now. We’ve sat down, talked and found it was the best way to go. Since things are happening in Brazil now, we thought it was the best call”, reveals Andre to TATAME.

It comes six months after Junior dos Santos announced he also left Guimarães and Soares’ management.

Nova Uniao head-coach, Pederneiras trained and managed the athlete until his conquest at WEC, when the fighter started to be managed by Black House guys. Pederneiras revealed that other Nova Uniao fighters will continue to be managed by Joinha and Ed, like Johnny Eduardo, Diego Nunes and Luis Ramos. “They helped us to get these guys there (in the UFC), I wasn’t fair firing them”.

Aldo won’t fight in Brasilia

The manager took the chance to deny the rumors about a possibility of Jose Aldo fighting in Brasilia, on April 21, according to what the journalist Ancelmo Gois had published. “Jose Aldo will be at Shooto, event that will take place in Brasilia and will join the anti-crack campaign”, explains. Before going to the capital of Brazil, Shooto’s ring will host athles at Clube Hebraica, in Rio de Janeiro, on March 10.