Dana White already said the fight is happening regardless of whether Aldo wants it or not. I don't think he'd be willing to get stripped of his title over it.
I mean it's one thing when Anderson Silva says he doesn't want to fight someone like Weidman because he only wants big fights. He's getting close to the end of his career, he's cleaned out his division, and the only really big fights for him are super fights with other champions. Aldo vs Pettis is pretty much a super fight with the potential to set up another super fight with the winner of Henderson vs Melendez. There's too much money to be made there to not have this fight.
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