After reports of UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo's injured ribs surfaced, there has been a cascade of opinions about the Brazilian's highly anticipated UFC 189 title fight against Conor McGregor. Former No. 1-ranked lightweight and featherweight contender Kenny Florian is among the latest to chime in, warning Aldo of fighting the charismatic Irishman with injured ribs.

"Here's the problem of why this fight may not come together is also the fear," Florian said on his weekly podcast. "You know as a fighter, yeah, we go into fights having bumps and bruises and injuries and different things like that. But the fact that Conor McGregor knows exactly what the injury is, where it is, and all the other issues make it very difficult for a fighter like Jose Aldo, with so much on the line, to go in there and take that risk."

Florian fought Aldo for the featherweight title back in 2011, and also fought with a rib injury against Dokonjonosuke Mishima back in 2007, giving credence to his comments.

"At this level, man, if I'm Conor McGregor I'm salivating. Knowing that Jose Aldo would hav eto come into this fight with a bad rib injury, I'm going to attack it all day. You know all's fair once that bell rings and you're good to go. All is fair and as an opponent, you know whatever, it's not cheating once you're in there. If you know that part of the body is injured, you can attack it, it's simple as that. And I think that's where the struggle was partly with Jose Aldo in his camp and whether they're going to take this fight or not. Everybody knows where the injury is and Conor McGregor is a devastating body puncher and obviously an awesome kicker as well, so a lot of risk there."

The UFC has announced that should Aldo decide to pull out of the fight, McGregor will be facing No. 1 featherweight contender Chad Mendes for the interim UFC featherweight championship on July 11.