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However, it's not a move that's necessarily going to happen anytime soon, if at all, especially if Aldo's manager/trainer Andre Pederneiras has his way.
"If it depends on me, it won’t happen," Pederneiras said in an interview with Sherdog.com this week. "Unless he leaves the team to train somewhere else and someone agrees with that, because I will not. It won’t happen for now, unless he goes straight for a title shot. Not, 'Oh no, he left the featherweight belt, moved up to lightweight and started from the beginning,' no way."
For now, the Lightweight Title will be on the line at the end of February in the UFC 144 main event between Frankie Edgar and Ben Henderson. After that, we'll have to see what happens.
Penick's Analysis: Of course, a matchup between Aldo and Edgar or Henderson is a salivating prospect for MMA fans, and if the UFC feels they don't have a legitimate #1 contender for the lightweight title in either Melvin Guillard or Jim Miller, or in the featherweight division yet for Aldo, it's certainly a fight that could be put together. There's no reason for Aldo to leave the division if he isn't having issues making the weight, because he's fantastic where he's at right now. He's either going to face The Korean Zombie, or possibly Dustin Poirier next, or he the UFC will see if he's interested in going up to fight the winner of Edgar-Henderson. It would make for a huge lightweight fight, but I don't think that's what we're going to see.
Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_12183.shtml
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