Jose Aldo Vs. Conor McGregor Update, UFC Fight Night 70 Payroll, UFC Rankings Movement

- UFC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo made headlines last week when he injured his ribs. Despite the injury, Aldo has remained adamant that he plans on fighting. According to training partner Jonas Bilharinho, he'll train Tuesday and decide if he can fight.

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"I think he will probably fight. And I hope so," Bilharinho told Ariel Helwani on the MMA Hour. "I will be with him on Tuesday to see what he's capable of doing during training or not, but my opinion right now is that he's going to fight. I'm going to be optimistic about it because Aldo wants this fight so bad."

- UFC Fight Night 70 caused a bit of a shakeup in the official UFC Rankings. Hacran Dias moved two spots up to #12 in the Featherweight rankings after his win, as Yoel Romero jumped three spots up to #3 after his win. Lyoto Machida fell one spot to #5.

- The UFC Fight Night 70 payrolls have been released. You can see them below, but they do not represent all of a fighter's earnings, as several bonuses are included.

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Yoel Romero ($33,000 + $33,000 = $66,000) def. Lyoto Machida ($200,000)

Lorenz Larkin ($33,000 + $33,000 = $66,000) def. Santiago Ponzinibbio ($10,000)

Antonio Carlos Junior ($17,000 + $17,000 = $34,000) def. Eddie Gordon ($15,000)

Thiago Santos ($16,000 + $16,000 = $32,000) def. Steve Bosse ($10,000)

Hacran Dias ($13,000 + $13,000 = $26,000) def. Levan Makashvill ($12,000)

Alex Oliveira ($12,000 + $12,000 = $24,000) def. Joe Merritt ($10,000)

Leandro Silva ($13,000 + $13,000 + $2,000* = $28,000) def. Lewis Gonzalez ($8,000*)

Tony Sims ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) def. Steve Montgomery ($10,000)

Sirwan Kakai ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) def. Danny Martinez ($10,000)

Gonzalez foreited 20-percent of his purse to Silva after missing weight

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