Coach: Aldo will 'go to court' to get out of UFC contract

Jose Aldo could be preparing to go head-to-head with the UFC.

The interim featherweight champion was up in arms on Tuesday once reports emerged that undisputed featherweight champion Conor McGregor will challenge Eddie Alvarez for the lightweight title at UFC 205.

Based on comments made by UFC president Dana White in the past, it was Aldo's understanding that he would either get a shot at McGregor, or Aldo's belt would be promoted to undisputed status. Instead, McGregor will bring his title into the bout with Alvarez in an attempt to become the first fighter to hold two UFC titles simultaneously.

Aldo initially threatened to demand his release from the organization, then upped the ante by saying he would walk away from the sport entirely based on how he has been treated by White and the UFC. On Wednesday, his coach Andre Pederneiras told Brazil's Combate news site that they may get lawyers involved to free Aldo from his contract.

"I think Dana and the new owners have to understand that there's a completely unsatisfied employee who doesn't want to continue," Pederneiras said, according to MMA Fighting's Guilherme Cruz, translating from Portuguese. "If that was in Brazil and a guy said 'Boss, I want to leave,' I'd say 'OK, I can't hold you.' The contract we have in the UFC, 'Boss, I want to leave,' the answer is 'No, you'll be stuck with me, you might not do anything, but you can't leave here.' Is that something nice?

"I think it creates dissatisfaction, and he will want to go to court. He would have to go to court to cut this contract. And the damage a dissatisfied person, someone like Aldo, talking s--- to everyone about a lot of things, I think the company wouldn't want a guy like this every day in the media talking trash. Since the guy doesn't want to do it, let him leave! 'I just want to leave, I don't want to stay here anymore, I don't want to fight here. I don't want to be in anymore.' We don't want a war, we don't want a fight, we don't want to talk bad about anyone. We only want the right to say 'I don't want to be here anymore. It's not about money, I don't want to be here anymore.'"

Aldo won an interim belt with a unanimous decision win over Frankie Edgar at UFC 200 this past July, but he has been hunting for a rematch with McGregor ever since the Irishman took the featherweight title from him last December with a 13-second KO.

Should McGregor defeat Alvarez, White has said that "The Notorious" will have to forfeit one of the belts. Even if this leads to Aldo regaining undisputed status, the damage to his relationship with the UFC may already be done.