Aldo could be out until October if he's not cleared to fight at UFC 189

Jose Aldo's status for UFC 189 is still very much in the air.

The long-reigning UFC featherweight champion suffered a rib injury during training on Tuesday, but still plans on defending his title against Conor McGregor on July 11. Unfortunately, no matter how badly he wants to throw blistering leg kicks at McGregor, Aldo likely won't be cleared by doctors if he does indeed have a fractured rib.

"He cried. He wants this fight bad, everybody invested a lot in this," Nova Uniao head coach Andre Pederneiras told Combate, according to MMAFighting.com's Guilherme Cruz. "I was with him the whole afternoon. He's heartbroken. He wants to fight anyway. Now we have to wait for the exam results. Aldo is in deep pain."

Aldo's status for UFC 189 won't be determined until "Scarface" is examined by doctors on Wednesday, according to Pederneiras. Should doctors deem him unable to compete, he likely wouldn't set foot in the Octagon until October.

"If the fracture is really confirmed, Aldo will have to stop training, do nothing for three or four weeks until it’s fixed, and then he would be able to do any exercise without forcing his rib," Pederneiras said. "And then he would need a normal time to do a training camp: three months. I believe this fight wouldn’t happen before October."