UFC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo has stoked the flames even further, after withdrawing from his UFC Featherweight Title fight with Conor McGregor next weekend. The Brazilian has called the UFC Featherweight Title "a toy" as Conor McGregor prepares to face Chad Mendes in Las Vegs.

MMA website mmafighting.com, quotes the champion , when speaking about McGregor as saying; "If he beats Chad Mendes, the only thing he will have is a toy belt to show his drunk friends in his country’s bars, because that’s what an interim belt represents to me: a toy. I am the champion."

He also confirmed that he broke a rib when preparing for the fight; "For three months, I trained three times a day. I invested my time and money, bringing training partners from Brazil and other countries, to do the best training camp of my life so I would be ready to defend by belt for the eighth time on July 11. Unfortunately, I fractured my rib during a training session, which I can prove from an official medical report, and besides trying my best to fight, I was forced the other way and that made me really sad. Only I, my family, coaches and teammates know how hard I worked to represent Brazil again."

Brazilian MMA reporter Ana Hissa tweeted pictures of Aldo's x-rays which shows the fracture and damage to his ribs.

Aldo's exams pic.twitter.com/Y6mee0gtPZ

— Ana Hissa (@AnaHissa) July 2, 2015