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Jeremy Stephens agrees to fight Jose Aldo at UFC Singapore
Jeremy Stephens agrees to fight Jose Aldo at UFC Singapore Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo and perennial division contender Jeremy Stephens appear to be on a collision course for June’s UFC event in Singapore. Earlier this month, CanalCombat reported that Jose Aldo was offered and had accepted a bout with “Lil Heathen” for the […]
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Jose Aldo says he’s been offered a fight with Jeremy Stephens in Singapore
Former featherweight champion Jose Aldo and long-time featherweight contender Jeremy Stephens have recently expressed mutual interest in fighting one another. From the sounds of it, the’ll get their wish. According to Sport TV and CanalCombat reporter Ana Hissa, Aldo has officially been offered a bout with Stephens. The bout is being targeted for the UFC’s […]
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Jose Aldo believes Frankie Edgar made “biggest mistake” fighting Brian Ortega on short notice
If things had gone according to the original plan, Frankie Edgar would have battled UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway in the main event of UFC 222. Regrettably, Holloway was forced out of this fight with an injury, which left Edgar in a short-notice, non-title fight with Brian Ortega – a fight he would lose by […]
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Jose Aldo still interested in boxing, but currently focused on reclaiming UFC title
Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo currently only has four fights left on his UFC contract. In the past, the former champ has said that he will move to boxing when this current UFC contract expires. “He’s training boxing because he has this dream of competing in professional boxing,” Aldo’s coach Andre Pederneiras told MMAFighting […]
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Jose Aldo Wants Showdown with Jeremy Stephens Next
It felt like we would never see the days that the longtime featherweight ruler, Jose Aldo wouldn’t be in the title mix. But here we are. After suffering two consecutive losses for the first time in his career, both by TKO(also a first) to current champion, Max Holloway, the consensus greatest featherweight of all time […]
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Jose Aldo is Ready to Walk Away From the UFC As Soon As Possible
The accomplishments of Jose Aldo speak for themselves. For a decade, he reigned supreme over the featherweight division; through the WEC, the UFC, and the entire world. Much like the pioneers of BJ Penn and Jens Pulver before him did with lightweight, he put the 145-pound class on the map and made people tune in […]
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Jose Aldo Releases First Statement Since losing to Max Holloway at UFC 218
A torch seemed to have passed at UFC 218. Jose Aldo was beaten for the second time by Max Holloway, which is the first time anyone has ever fought and won against Aldo back-to-back. While only one of them can wear the belt, both have displayed championship class throughout the fallout of their sophomore encounter. […]
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VIDEO | Max Holloway and Jose Aldo’s Touching Display of Respect That The PPV Didn’t Show
The fallout from the UFC 218 chaos is still growing as the lightweight division is shaken up by former champion Eddie Alvarez, as featherweight settles in with its new king. While Max Holloway’s last win over Jose Aldo felt like an upset, this rematch felt like a complete passing of the torch. The Hawaiian champion […]
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Max Holloway pays big respect to Jose Aldo and Brazil
Max Holloway successfully defended his UFC featherweight title against Jose Aldo at UFC 218 on Saturday night. The two met in an immediate rematch with Frankie Edgar having to pull out of the originally scheduled title fight against Holloway due to an injury. Just like their first fight at UFC 212 in June, Holloway finished […]
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PHOTO | Jose Aldo made a fans night following his UFC 218 loss to Max Holloway
Jose Aldo made a fans night following his UFC 218 title fight loss to Max Holloway. The former featherweight kingpin, Aldo, suffered his second straight TKO loss to Max Holloway in the main event of last night’s UFC 218 fight card in Detroit. Aldo had a solid opening few minutes before Holloway would once again […]
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Pros react to Max Holloway stopping Jose Aldo at UFC 218
Pros react to Max Holloway stopping Jose Aldo at UFC 218 UFC 218 delivered in a big way some amazing fights and spectacular finishes. A featherweight title fight rematch between current champ Max Holloway and former division kingpin Jose Aldo served as the main event of tonight’s UFC 218 event in Detroit. Holloway delivered on […]
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UFC 218 Results: Max Holloway finishes Jose Aldo (VIDEO)
UFC 218 Results: Max Holloway vs. Jose Aldo A featherweight title fight rematch between current champ Max Holloway and former division kingpin Jose Aldo served as the main event of tonight’s UFC 218 fight card in Detroit. Round one begins and Max lands an early jab. Aldo takes the center of the octagon. Max leaps […]
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VIDEO | Jose Aldo Drops An Absolutely Ridiculous Quote About His Weight Cut
Weigh-ins are always a tough time for anyone, but especially for championship bouts. So many fights have been ruined by a bad weight cut. Last night’s main event for The Ultimate Fighter finale was even switched up due to kidney failure. Both Max Holloway and Jose Aldo appeared to be going through tough cuts and […]
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VIDEO | Max Holloway is Channeling Drake and Sporting Big Sean For UFC 218
One by one he took them out. Every single one of them. No matter who the UFC threw at Max Holloway, he dispatched them. He stacked up a 10-fight win streak, seven of them being either by submission or TKO/KO. Topping it all off by finishing the former featherweight king Jose Aldo. After ushering in […]
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VIDEO | Jose Aldo looking heavily drained and uncomfortable at UFC 218 weigh-in
UFC 218 is set to take place tomorrow night as Hawaiian Max Holloway will look to defend his UFC featherweight title against former champion Jose Aldo in an immediate rematch. The two are scheduled for a five-round title fight in the main event of the evening, which takes place at the Little Caeser’s Arena in […]
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VIDEO | Watch Jose Aldo Win The WEC Featherweight Title Before UFC 218
Before the infamous “turteen” second Conor McGregor knockout, Jose Aldo was on a run of destruction and dominance only comparable to names like Anderson Silva and Fedor Emelianenko. He was on an 18-fight win streak and carried over the WEC featherweight title over to the UFC. It was the title he earned by taking out […]
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Jose Aldo Threatens to ‘Smother’ Max Holloway After His Injury Jabs
When Max Holloway stepped into the cage with former featherweight king Jose Aldo for the first time, he took Aldo out in the third round. Something was missing though, which caused a lot of people to ask, ‘What if?’ Absent were the infamous and thundering leg kicks from the previous champ. It is one of […]
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Listen to the UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2 Conference Call Here
The penultimate UFC PPV of 2017 will feature one of the most important featherweight championship fights in history. Defending champion Max Holloway will put his belt on the line for the first time in a rematch against former champ, Jose Aldo. The belt changed hands in their first fight as Holloway escaped early trouble to […]
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Jose Aldo defends Conor McGregor after Bellator 187 incident
Conor McGregor recently dominated headlines for a bizarre incident at Bellator 187, in which he stormed the cage during his teammate Charlie Ward’s fight, and ultimately shoved referee Marc Goddard, and slapped a commissioner. These actions understandably generated scorn from the vast majority of the MMA community. Not everyone, however, faults McGregor for the way […]
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Ricardo Lamas Thinks He Should Be Fighting Holloway at UFC 218
Frankie Edgar challenging Max Holloway was a fight everyone wanted to see. The two somehow haven’t fought yet and Edgar — along with Chad Mendes — were perpetually switching out for the second best featherweight in the world next to Jose Aldo. When an injury forced him out of his third chance at the title at UFC […]
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VIDEO | Max Holloway is Dropping a Must-See Shirt Inspired by Tupac
It is what it is! Dropping soon! @moskova pic.twitter.com/cCliKDFnfA — Max Holloway (@BlessedMMA) November 17, 2017 Fresh off the heels of the announcement of his rematch with Jose Aldo, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway will drop a shirt thanks to a collaboration with Moskova. When Frankie Edgar unfortunately had to pull out of the initial […]
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VIDEO | Joe Rogan Praises ‘Straight Up Killer’ Max Holloway For Jose Aldo Rematch
After Frankie Edgar was forced to back out of his fight with Max Holloway at UFC 218, all of us were devastated. It’s a fight that we somehow haven’t seen in Holloway’s career, fresh off the heels of the Hawaiian’s dominant performance against former featherweight king Jose Aldo. That was, until we found out it […]
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Both Ricardo Lamas and Jose Aldo Want Max Holloway at UFC 218 Instead
The big story tonight is Frankie Edgar having to pull out of his fight with Max Holloway. It would have been the third time that Edgar would challenge for the UFC featherweight title, but now the gold has slipped away from his grasp once again. He’ll have to wait and heal up before his fight […]
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Kenny Florian questions Jose Aldo’s motivation after Holloway loss
Back in June, featherweight great Jose Aldo stepped into the cage to defend the UFC featherweight title against the streaking Max Holloway. Despite a strong start, Aldo was ultimately TKO’d by his young foe, surrendering the belt in the process. While nothing can be taken away from Holloway, UFC analyst Kenny Florian believes Aldo’s loss […]
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Report: Jose Aldo being targeted for a rematch in December
Jose Aldo has dreamed of fighting in New York at Madison Square Garden and was hoping to get on the UFC 217 card taking place there in November. However, it sounds like the former UFC featherweight champion will have to wait a bit longer for his chance to step into the Octagon or perhaps a […]
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Doo Ho Choi Wants to Return and Fight Jose Aldo
The MMA gods are about to bless us with violence again. Last year, Doo Ho Choi earned a UFC ‘Fight of the Night’ bonus, as well as ESPN’s ‘Fight of the Year’ award, for his war with Cub Swanson. He lost to the top featherweight contender, but it was his first loss since 2010 and […]
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Michael Johnson Says Featherweight Was Always the Plan and Still Wants Aldo
Back on Friday, Michael Johnson told fans and media at the UFC Rotterdam Q & A that he was going to move to featherweight. If that news wasn’t unexpected enough, he told everyone that the first fight he wants for his debut at the weight was none other than Jose Aldo. He’s opened up more […]
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Jose Aldo wants spot on UFC 217, is willing to fight anybody
Jose Aldo is no longer the UFC featherweight champion, having come up short against Max Holloway in June, but he still wants to stay active. In fact, the former champ is eager to insert himself into the lineup for the stacked UFC 217, which goes down this November 4 inside New York’s Madison Square Garden. […]