Director explains why McGregor didn’t make the cut for Jose Aldo bio-pic

Jose Aldo’s biopic “Mais Forte que o Mundo – A História de José Aldo” (Stronger Than the World – The Jose Aldo Story) has been going on a national première tour before it hits theaters in Brazil on June 16. After going to Sao Paulo and Brasilia, the film arrived in Rio de Janeiro in a VIP guest only screening on June 9.

Scheduled to be released back in December of 2015, the film was postponed after Jose Aldo’s loss to Conor McGregor at UFC 194. The film’s director, Afonso Poyart, explained the main plot of the film and why there’s no mention of McGregor or UFC 194.

“The film’s main theme is his relationship with his father, like we show on the screen.” Poyart told Portal do Vale Tudo. “So the…