76 Facts About Jose Aldo

Jose Aldo da Silva Oliveira Junior, commonly anglicized as Jose Aldo, is a retired Brazilian professional mixed martial artist.

Jose Aldo last competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the Bantamweight division after previously competing at Featherweight, and was the fourth and final WEC Featherweight Champion.

Jose Aldo is widely considered as one of the best mixed martial artists of all-time, and as the greatest featherweight ever after defending his UFC title seven times and his WEC title twice.

Jose Aldo was born on 9 September 1986, in Manaus, Brazil.

Jose Aldo used to train capoeira on the streets after the classes, once gaining attention of a Brazilian jiu-jitsu trainer.

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Jose Aldo invited Aldo to try one session of jiu-jitsu and after the session, Aldo decided to leave capoeira to start training jiu-jitsu.

At the age of 17, Jose Aldo moved from Manaus to Rio de Janeiro having only his clothes with him and determination to train mixed martial arts there until he achieved something in the sport.

Jose Aldo is a teammate and training partner of former UFC Bantamweight champion Renan Barao at Nova Uniao.

Jose Aldo fought fellow countryman and newcomer Mario Bigola, whom he defeated by knockout in just 16 seconds into the first round.

Jose Aldo fought fellow Brazilian Hudson Rocha, in his second fight for Shooto Brazil.

Jose Aldo took de Paula down in the clinch early on in the fight.

Jose Aldo quickly gained mount, where he rained down punches before transitioning to an arm-triangle choke, forcing de Paula to tap at 1:54 of the first round.

Jose Aldo spent the next several years jumping from organization to organization.

Jose Aldo next fought Vale Tudo and Shooto veteran Aritano Silva Barbosa, who had lost four of his last five fights, at Rio MMA Challenge 1 on 12 May 2005.

Jose Aldo landed two knees to the chin of Barbosa in the opening seconds of the fight, sending him to the canvas where Jose Aldo swarmed with punches.

Barbosa attempted a single-leg takedown, but Jose Aldo pulled away and threw two soccer kicks to the prone Barbosa before the referee stopped the fight at twenty seconds of the first round, awarding Jose Aldo the victory via knockout.

Less than two months later Jose Aldo fought newcomer Anderson Silverio at Meca World Vale Tudo 12.

Jose Aldo defeated Silverio with soccer kicks, 8:33 into the first round.

Jose Aldo then traveled to England, where he fought Micky Young at FX3- Battle of Britain on 15 October 2005.

Jose Aldo defeated Young just 1:05 into the first round by TKO .

Only a month later, in November 2005, Jose Aldo went up a weight class to lightweight and fought respected Luta Livre black belt Luciano Azevedo at Jungle Fight 5.

Jose Aldo won the first round, winning most of the exchanges with solid combinations and leg kicks and stuffing Azevedo's numerous takedown attempts, as well as landing a solid knee as Azevedo went for a takedown.

Jose Aldo shrugged off Azevedo's first few takedown attempts in the second but was eventually taken down against the ropes by a double leg.

Jose Aldo raised his hips up looking for triangles and other submissions, but Azevedo easily defended.

Jose Aldo quickly gave up his back and rolled into the ropes.

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Jose Aldo controlled Azevedo's hands for several seconds before falling back into the corner of the ring, where Azevedo was able to secure the fight-ending rear-naked choke 3:37 into round two.

Jose Aldo rebounded in his next fight, returning to featherweight against the then-undefeated Thiago "Minu" Meller at Gold Fighters Championship I on 20 May 2006, winning a unanimous decision in a very close fight.

Round one could have gone either way, with Jose Aldo getting two takedowns and cutting Meller's right eyebrow with a left hand.

Jose Aldo won a lackluster round two, again taking Meller down and landing some hammer fists.

Jose Aldo won a unanimous decision, dominating Maruyama standing and on the ground.

Jose Aldo was able to land the cleaner shots in exchanges, where he connected with leg kicks and knees while in the clinch.

Jose Aldo took Maruyama down almost at will with trips and body-locks; whereas Maruyama failed in all his attempts to get Aldo to the mat.

Jose Aldo made his debut for mixed martial arts promoter World Extreme Cagefighting on 1 June 2008, at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, California.

Jose Aldo won his fight on 7 June 2009, at WEC 41 against Cub Swanson via double flying knee eight seconds into the first round.

Jose Aldo was able to get Brown in the back mount, where he landed a barrage of punches, ending the fight at 1:20 of the round.

Jose Aldo was the recipient of Fighter of the Year accolades for 2009 from both MMA Live and Sherdog.

Jose Aldo faced former titleholder Urijah Faber on 24 April 2010, at WEC 48.

Jose Aldo was able to use effective leg and body kicks to stifle Faber, sending him to the canvas several times with solid kicks.

Jose Aldo defended his title against Manny Gamburyan by KO at 1:32 of the second round on 30 September 2010 at WEC 51.

Jose Aldo became the inaugural UFC Featherweight Champion, receiving the first ever UFC featherweight title belt on Saturday, 20 November 2010 at UFC 123.

Jose Aldo was forced to withdraw from UFC 125 after suffering a neck injury.

Jose Aldo made his first title defense against Mark Hominick on 30 April 2011, at UFC 129 by defeating the Canadian by a unanimous decision in a bout that earned Fight of the Night honors.

Jose Aldo had his second title defense against Kenny Florian on 8 October 2011, at UFC 136, where he won by unanimous decision.

Jose Aldo next faced Chad Mendes on 14 January 2012, at UFC 142, Jose Aldo won via KO in the final second of the first round.

Jose Aldo was expected to face Anthony Pettis on 3 August 2013, at UFC 163.

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Jose Aldo defeated Jung via fourth-round TKO, finishing Jung with a flurry of strikes after Jung suffered a dislocated shoulder while throwing an overhand right.

On 1 February 2014, at UFC 169 Jose Aldo defended his title by defeating Ricardo Lamas by unanimous decision .

Jose Aldo again was in talks to fight Pettis after defending his title against Lamas.

Jose Aldo was scheduled to face Conor McGregor on 11 July 2015, at UFC 189.

Jose Aldo faced McGregor in a title unification match on 12 December 2015, at UFC 194.

Jose Aldo lost the fight via knockout 13 seconds into the first round, resulting in his first defeat in over ten years and his first ever loss at featherweight, ending a 15 fight win streak in the division.

Jose Aldo faced Frankie Edgar in a rematch on 9 July 2016, at UFC 200 for the interim UFC Featherweight Championship.

Jose Aldo faced interim featherweight champion Max Holloway in a title unification bout on 3 June 2017, in the main event at UFC 212.

Jose Aldo was scheduled to face Ricardo Lamas on 16 December 2017, at UFC on Fox: Lawler vs dos Anjos.

However, Jose Aldo was pulled from the bout in favour of a rematch with Holloway two weeks earlier at UFC 218, replacing an injured Frankie Edgar.

Similarly to the first fight, Jose Aldo found success in the opening rounds before slowing down and losing the fight via TKO in the third round.

Jose Aldo faced Jeremy Stephens at UFC on Fox 30 on 28 July 2018.

Jose Aldo won the fight by TKO after a left hook to the body dropped Stephens, and the fight was stopped due to subsequent strikes from Jose Aldo.

Jose Aldo faced Renato Moicano on 2 February 2019 in the co-main event at UFC Fight Night 144.

Jose Aldo faced Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 237 on 11 May 2019, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

On 24 June 2019, it was announced that Jose Aldo had signed a new exclusive eight-fight contract with the UFC prior to his bout with Volkanovski.

Jose Aldo faced Marlon Moraes at UFC 245 on 14 December 2019.

Jose Aldo lost the largely contested bout via split decision.

Jose Aldo was expected to face UFC Bantamweight Champion Henry Cejudo on 9 May 2020 at then UFC 250.

The UFC then announced that Jose Aldo would be facing Petr Yan at UFC 251 on 12 July 2020, for the vacant bantamweight title.

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Jose Aldo lost the bout via technical knockout in round five.

Jose Aldo faced Marlon Vera on 19 December 2020 at UFC Fight Night 183.

Jose Aldo faced Rob Font in the main event of UFC on ESPN 31 on 4 December 2021.

Jose Aldo was officially granted his release and is free to pursue other opportunities.

Jose Aldo is known primarily for his Muay Thai style striking and leg kicks, coupled with defensive wrestling.

Jose Aldo holds a black belt in Brazilian native Catch wrestling style Luta livre and Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.

Jose Aldo has trained Muay Thai with Dutch shootboxer Andy Souwer since his fight with Mark Hominick.

Jose Aldo has the most wins and knockouts in UFC and WEC featherweight history; he has landed a total of 691 significant strikes in the UFC and the WEC.

Jose Aldo was poor growing up and often went on days with little to no food.

Jose Aldo is married to Vivianne Perreira, who has a purple belt in jiu-jitsu and has fought twice professionally in Muay Thai.

Jose Aldo is an avid football fan and supports Clube de Regatas do Flamengo and English Premier League club Chelsea FC.