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Published 07:53 21 Jul 2016 BST
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"If I kicked, he’d take me down," Aldo said in quotes appearing on MMA Fighting. "We had a few spies from the other side, people that were training close to him the entire week, and they always came and talked to us. So I had to stop kicking and [using] my left hand, because he would counter on that."
Aldo only threw four kicks in the 25 minutes and defended all 11 of Edgar's takedown attempts and he admitted that that was a concerted gameplan.
"Of course I had [spies]. Otherwise, why wouldn’t I kick? That’s my instinct," Aldo said. "So we always have a spy. We send someone to be a part of that training [room] and then they give us information. We get that information and know what they are training."
Aldo stopped short of naming his mole but the interim UFC featherweight champion claims it was not the first time that he has received strategic tips from opponents' teammates.
"Thank God it always happens, man," Aldo said. "We always have Brazilians in the other corners. When I go train in the first day, I also see the list of cornerman. And, if there’s a Brazilian, we go after him and ask him to take a look, because that helps a lot."
Mark Henry has since responded to Aldo's statement.
"I don't care," he told MMA Fighting. "I couldn't care less. I think we should have been able to adjust anyway.
"I believe I should have adjusted no matter what he did. I should have been smart enough to adjust. Right after the fight was over, there were 20 things I thought about that I should have adjusted."
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