One former UFC champion is ready to get back inside the world famous octagon.

It’s been nearly two months since he lost the featherweight title to Max Holloway at UFC 212, but Jose Aldo is ready to step back inside the cage and continue his career.

His most recent loss was the second time that he has lost in his career under the UFC banner. He did lose one bout outside of the UFC. He suffered a third-round TKO loss by the hands of Holloway in a title-unifying headliner in front of his home crowd of Rio de Janeiro.

Aldo recently spoke with Combate.com in Rio, and during the interview, he revealed that he already has a return date lined up. That would be November. As far as who he will fight next, he already has an opponent in mind.

It’s someone whom he defeated via flying knee in the now-defunct WEC more than eight years ago. That person is Cub Swanson.

“I asked to fight again until November, tops because in the past few years I’ve gone a long time without fighting and I think that hindered me a lot,” Aldo said. “But we’re already talking to them so that we can return until November. I think we will go by the rankings.

“I think Cub (Swanson) is a great opponent that we can meet now in order to get back on a winning path.”

Swanson (25-7) has been on fire as of late as he is on a four-fight winning streak and has been looking for a title shot of his own. It appears that neither Aldo or Swanson will be getting the next crack at the title as both Holloway’s manager and UFC president Dana White have indicated that ex-lightweight-champ Frankie Edgar will likely take on Halloway next.

“I think it does take some of the weight – we can go in there and take risks, as usual,” Aldo said. “I’ve always respected every athlete, but now we get to be the ‘snipers’ (term used in soccer to refer to the team that has fewer expectations of winning and, therefore, less pressure) again. We get to do great, exciting fights, which I think is what the fans expect from me.”

When reflecting on his latest bout, he feels that he actually got to show some fight this time compared to his previous championship bout with Conor McGregor. Aldo appears to be somewhat at peace with the circumstances.

“It was very different,” Aldo said. “This time we got to fight, we got to show something. Max is a guy who earned the win, he has his merits, he credentialed himself. He came to Brazil, fought respectfully and won.

“To me, that’s a true athlete. I respect him, and I’m glad the belt is in his hands. Of course, we’d still like to be champion, but we can accept that a great athlete took over.”

When the question of age came about, Aldo shot down that the weight of age is the problem. It should be noted that he has suffered some recent knockout results of a career that went undefeated for an entire decade.

“The Conor fight was a knockout, but this last one wasn’t a knockout,” Aldo said. “(Holloway) connected a good shot, we absorbed it well, I took a beating for practically two minutes of the fight. Still, I didn’t go out. I talked to (referee) ‘Big’ John (McCarthy), saying that I was all right, but he didn’t think I was defending myself at the time and stopped the fight.

“But I think that’s part of it. There’s no way – you can be young or old, when the blow lands in the right place, there’s no way.”