The world of martial arts has just a huge number of outstanding fighters. But there are such athletes who will not be out of place to pay special, close attention. One of the brightest champions of our time is the Brazilian Jose Aldo, who a few years ago stole the cohort of the best and to this day literally tyrannizes his division in the best promotion in the world - the UFC.
Star of Favel
Jose Aldo was born on September 9, 1986. His native country is Brazil. But in the article we will not pay attention to the place of birth and the reasons that pushed to become his fighter of mixed martial arts. Like many people from the poor, the guy has high moral-volitional qualities and stamina, which in many respects ensured him success and winning titles.
Sports start
Jose Aldo debuted in professional fights on August 10, 2004. He completed the first fight by knockout. After that, the Brazilian began the winning streak. Throughout his career, so far he has lost only once. This happened on November 26, 2005 in a duel with Luciano Azvedu, in which Aldo missed a strangulation and was forced to give up.
Fights in WEC
Jose Aldo held the first fight in this organization in 2008. His opponent was Alexander Nogueira, who was eventually defeated by a young talent. After some time, Aldo becomes the champion of promotion and holds successful defenses of his title with such famous fighters as Uraya Fiber and Manny Gamburyan. As a result, the Brazilian remained the full champion of the division in this organization, which had already sunk into oblivion.
UFC fights
In October 2010, WEC was acquired by the UFC. A month later, Jose became the champion of a new promotion for himself. During his stay in the status of the best fighter of the featherweight weight category, Aldo managed to beat Chad Mendes (twice), Frankie Edagra, Ricardo Lama, Chan Sun Zhong, Kenny Florian.
All of the above fights are the best fights of Jose Aldo at the moment. But everyone understands that the most serious test is yet to come and his name is Conor McGregor.
Irish bully
In anticipation of the impatiently anticipated by MMA fans of the Aldo - McGregor match, many events have occurred. A native of Ireland, being a noble wit, repeatedly accused the Brazilian of cowardice, sluggishness, insincerity and other weaknesses. In many ways, the fire of passions does not quench due to the postponement of their planned match, the reason for this was the notorious Aldo injury, which only the lazy did not discuss. One of the UFC managers - Dana Uyat expressed his doubts about the authenticity of the damage to the champion's ribs. To which Jose replied that he was above all this and was ready to prove his case, even in court, at least in the octagon farts.
By the way, according to the champion, he did not see anything new in the battle between McGregor and Mendes from the Irish side and is absolutely confident in his victory in their future meeting in person. As for the financial side of the issue, this fight will be the most anticipated and, most likely, the highest grossing one in the last period, because there are so many insults (in particular, what is the phrase of an Irishman that has flown all over the world: Aldo does nothing, extremely rarely protecting his belt) the world of mixed martial arts has not heard for a very, very long time.
In conclusion, I would like to note that Jose Aldo, whose statistics, of course, is impressive, is a favorite in the planned confrontation with Conor, although not as obvious as the impression of an inexperienced person. Well, what will be the result of this epic battle - time will tell. We just need to wait for the appointed date and hope that the battle once again will not be canceled, and the audience disappointed.