Category: Jose Aldo

  • Jose Aldo says there is only one way that Conor McGregor can’t lose fight against Nate Diaz

    Jose Aldo says there is only one way that Conor McGregor can’t lose fight against Nate Diaz

    Current UFC interim featherweight champion Jose Aldo was in Moscow recently for a seminar put together by Reebok. Cageside.ru caught up with Aldo and did an interview and asked the interim champ about what he thinks about the rematch between Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor set for UFC 202 on August 20. Aldo was asked […]

  • Jose Aldo gives major update on Conor McGregor’s next fight

    Jose Aldo gives major update on Conor McGregor’s next fight

    Current UFC interim featherweight champion Jose Aldo is longing to avenge his KO loss to Conor McGregor. Following an impressive win over Frankie Edgar to capture the interim title at UFC 200, Aldo is just waiting for McGregor to finish his business with the non-title welterweight fight with Nate Diaz at UFC 202 so that […]

  • Jose Aldo eyeing superfight with Dominick Cruz

    Jose Aldo eyeing superfight with Dominick Cruz

    While Jose Aldo’s next fight will likely be a title unification fight with Conor McGregor after McGregor has his UFC 202 rematch with Nate Diaz in August, the interim featherweight champion appears to be eyeing a fight with bantamweight kingpin Dominick Cruz. Cruz spoke recently in an interview, where he explained that if McGregor is […]

  • Jose Aldo’s coach questions frequency of Conor McGregor’s drug testing

    Jose Aldo’s coach questions frequency of Conor McGregor’s drug testing

    The US Anti Doping agency has been testing UFC fighters for over a year now. Over the course of the first year of testing, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor was tied for the most tested athlete. With that being said, Nova Uniao head coach Andre Pederneiras doesn’t think it’s enough. Ahead of Jose Aldo’s potential […]

  • Jose Aldo unveils gameplan for Conor McGregor

    Jose Aldo unveils gameplan for Conor McGregor

    Back at UFC 194, Conor McGregor and Jose Aldo finally stepped in the Octagon to fight for the featherweight championship. While many expected the fight to be the toughest test of McGregor’s career, he dispatched of the longtime champion in just 13 seconds. At UFC 200, Aldo earned himself a rematch with McGregor as he […]

  • Jose Aldo clarifies comments about spies in Frankie Edgar’s locker room

    Jose Aldo clarifies comments about spies in Frankie Edgar’s locker room

    At UFC 200, Jose Aldo claimed the interim featherweight championship as he defeated Frankie Edgar via unanimous decision on the main card of the historic event. While Aldo’s win was an extremely impressive one, the former featherweight kingpin drew criticism when he claimed that he had a spy in Frankie Edgar’s locker room who revealed […]

  • Jose Aldo contemplates Conor McGregor never returning to featherweight

    Jose Aldo contemplates Conor McGregor never returning to featherweight

    Since Conor McGregor captured the featherweight championship back in December from Jose Aldo, there has been much speculation as to when, or if, he would return to the featherweight division to defend his belt. Following the win, McGregor quickly signed to fight Rafael dos Anjos in a lightweight title fight at UFC 196. Unfortunately, dos […]

  • Jose Aldo claims he had a spy in Frankie Edgar’s camp during UFC 200 fight week

    Jose Aldo claims he had a spy in Frankie Edgar’s camp during UFC 200 fight week

    Current UFC interim featherweight champion Jose Aldo claims he had some assistance with his game plan going up against former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar at UFC 200. According to MMA Fighting, with the UFC usually separating fighters in two separate groups at the hotel during fight week, Aldo looked at the roster to see […]

  • VIDEO | Jose Aldo’s UFC 200 octagon interview

    VIDEO | Jose Aldo’s UFC 200 octagon interview

    Jose Aldo became with UFC’s interim featherweight champion at last night’s UFC 200 event in Las Vegas by defeating Frankie Edgar via unanimous decision on the evenings main card. In his post fight interview with Joe Rogan, Aldo dedicated the victory to his long time coach and sent a message to current featherweight title holder […]

  • VIDEO | Jose Aldo reacts to Conor McGregor intensely watching Frankie Edgar fight

    VIDEO | Jose Aldo reacts to Conor McGregor intensely watching Frankie Edgar fight

    On the main card of UFC 200, Jose Aldo and Frankie Edgar squared off in a highly anticipated rematch for the interim featherweight championship, with the winner getting a crack at Conor McGregor. Aldo got the better of Edgar, winning the fight via unanimous decision, and earning himself a rematch with Conor McGregor. After the […]

  • Jose Aldo says he must rematch Conor McGregor before retiring

    Jose Aldo says he must rematch Conor McGregor before retiring

    Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo will return to the octagon at UFC 200 on July 9 when he squares off with Frankie Edgar for the promotions interim featherweight championship. The bout will mark Aldo’s first fight since suffering a devastating 13-second knockout loss to Conor McGregor in the main event of UFC 194 this […]

  • VIDEO | UFC 200: Jose Aldo – Focused and Determined

    VIDEO | UFC 200: Jose Aldo – Focused and Determined

    Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo is currently coming off the first loss of his UFC career at the hands of Conor McGregor back in December. In addition to the loss being the first of his UFC career, Aldo lost his UFC featherweight championship in the fight, something he is obsessed with reclaiming. Ahead of […]

  • Jose Aldo hopes change in training style will aid him in reclaiming featherweight championship

    Jose Aldo hopes change in training style will aid him in reclaiming featherweight championship

    Since Jose Aldo was knocked out cold by Conor McGregor in just 13 seconds at UFC 194, Aldo has maintained the fact that he is more motivated than ever to reclaim the UFC featherweight championship. At UFC 200, Aldo will have the opportunity to move one step closer to reclaiming the belt as he fights […]

  • VIDEO | UFC 200: Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar 2 Preview

    VIDEO | UFC 200: Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar 2 Preview

    https://youtu.be/wIfMSGLwTyA Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo will square off with former UFC lightweight title holder Frankie Edgar for the promotions interim featherweight championship on the main card of UFC 200 on July 9 in Las Vegas. The bout will mark the second time that Edgar and Aldo have squared off, with Jose winning the […]

  • Jose Aldo analyzes Frankie Edgar’s game ahead of UFC 200

    Jose Aldo analyzes Frankie Edgar’s game ahead of UFC 200

    On July 9th, Frankie Edgar will get the chance to avenge his 2013 loss to Jose Aldo for the featherweight championship when the pair face off in an interim featherweight title fight. In addition to winning the interim featherweight strap, the winner of the fight will secure a featherweight title fight with Conor McGregor for […]

  • PHOTO | Jose Aldo reacts to injury rumors

    PHOTO | Jose Aldo reacts to injury rumors

    Tuesday morning the MMA world was caught off guard as rumors began surfacing that former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo had injured himself in training, and would be unable to compete in his scheduled UFC 200 matchup against Frankie Edgar for the interim featherweight championship on July 9th. Following the rumors, updates then began emerging […]

  • Update on Jose Aldo fighting at UFC 200

    Update on Jose Aldo fighting at UFC 200

    Tuesday morning the MMA world was quickly thrown into a panic as a rumor emerged that former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo had injured himself in training and would be unable to fight in his scheduled UFC 200 bout against Frankie Edgar for the interim featherweight championship. Given that there had been no official comment […]

  • Rumor: Jose Aldo injured, out of UFC 200

    Rumor: Jose Aldo injured, out of UFC 200

    With nearly a month to go until UFC 200, where Jose Aldo will fight Frankie Edgar for the interim featherweight championship in a highly anticipated rematch from 2013, a rumor is picking up steam that Aldo injured himself in training and could be out of his UFC 200 fight with Frankie Edgar. The report comes […]

  • VIDEO | Firas Zahabi breaks down Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar II

    VIDEO | Firas Zahabi breaks down Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar II

    On July 9th, Jose Aldo and Frankie Edgar will square off on the main card of UFC 200 in an interim featherweight title fight. The fight will also serve as a rematch of their 2013 lightweight title fight, which Aldo won via unanimous decision. The fight on July 9th will also determine which man will […]

  • VIDEO | Jose Aldo training for Frankie Edgar fight

    VIDEO | Jose Aldo training for Frankie Edgar fight

    https://youtu.be/lM0YoVpyLyc Back at UFC 156, Jose Aldo defended his UFC featherweight championship against Frankie Edgar. Aldo managed to secure the unanimous decision win to retain the belt, defending the belt for the 4th time. At UFC 200, Frankie Edgar will have his chance at revenge, 3 years after the pair’s initial meeting. In this fight, […]

  • Renan Barao says ‘future will tell’ if he will ever fight with teammate Jose Aldo

    Renan Barao says ‘future will tell’ if he will ever fight with teammate Jose Aldo

    Nova Uniao teammates and former champions Renan Barao and Jose Aldo used to run the bantamweight and featherweight divisions, respectively. Now with Barao going up to the featherweight division, chances are that the two Brazilian teammates will have to face one another in the Octagon if they are both on the same path of becoming […]

  • VIDEO | Jose Aldo vows to “get that piece of s**t” Conor McGregor

    VIDEO | Jose Aldo vows to “get that piece of s**t” Conor McGregor

    While Jose Aldo is currently gearing up for his UFC 200 interim featherweight title fight against Frankie Edgar, an eventual rematch with Conor McGregor seems to be the main focus of Aldo. Aldo spoke to media members in Brazil prior to UFC 198, where he discussed his fight against Edgar, a rematch with Conor McGregor, […]

  • Jose Aldo on Frankie Edgar: ‘If he stands with me, he’s going to go down’

    Jose Aldo on Frankie Edgar: ‘If he stands with me, he’s going to go down’

    Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo is set to face former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar for the second time at UFC 200. Aldo and Edgar fought back at UFC 156 in 2013 with Aldo taking a unanimous five round decision. Now, with Aldo coming off the first knockout loss of his professional career against Conor […]

  • Jose Aldo offers to fight Conor McGregor in the street

    Jose Aldo offers to fight Conor McGregor in the street

    Conor McGregor once made a comment that if this was the medieval times, he would ride into the favelas of Brazil on horseback, and kill everyone who was unfit to work. After Aldo was KOd stiff in just 13 seconds at UFC 194, where he lost his featherweight championship, he stated that he would fight […]

  • Jose Aldo’s advice to his younger self

    Jose Aldo’s advice to his younger self

    Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo, who is currently gearing up for his UFC 200 interim featherweight title fight against Frankie Edgar, has a well documented love of soccer. Aldo’s soccer skills have even show throughout his MMA career when it comes to battering the legs of his opponents with leg kicks. Ahead of the […]

  • Jose Aldo’s interesting analysis of UFC 198

    Jose Aldo’s interesting analysis of UFC 198

    On Saturday, UFC 198 hits Curitiba, Brazil. On the highly anticipated card, quite a few Brazilian MMA legends will fight in front of Brazilian fans. With that being said however, former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo believes that Cris Cyborg and Fabricio Werdum are the only Brazilian fighters he is confident will win. Unfortunately, former […]

  • VIDEO | Jose Aldo and Michelle Tavares grappling

    VIDEO | Jose Aldo and Michelle Tavares grappling

    https://youtu.be/a-phwwfuUI0 With UFC 200 rapidly approaching on July 9th, training camps are in full swing for the event. On the Pay-Per View portion of the card, Jose Aldo and Frankie Edgar will be competing for the interim featherweight championship, with the winner facing Conor McGregor for the undisputed featherweight championship at a later date. The […]

  • Jose Aldo’s prediction for Frankie Edgar fight

    Jose Aldo’s prediction for Frankie Edgar fight

    At UFC 200 on July 9th, Jose Aldo and Frankie Edgar will fight for the interim UFC featherweight championship, with the winner facing Conor McGregor for the undisputed featherweight championship at a later date. Aldo and Edgar met once before at UFC 156 back in 2013 for Aldo’s featherweight championship. Ultimately, Aldo was given the […]