{"id":190459,"date":"2016-03-26T20:57:37","date_gmt":"2016-03-27T03:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=190459"},"modified":"2016-03-26T20:57:37","modified_gmt":"2016-03-27T03:57:37","slug":"jose-aldo-makes-case-for-why-he-is-the-greatest-fighter-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jose-aldo\/jose-aldo-makes-case-for-why-he-is-the-greatest-fighter-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Jose Aldo makes case for why he is the greatest fighter of all time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While most MMA fans argue that Jon Jones, Anderson Silva, or Fedor Emelianenko are the greatest fighters of all time, former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo believes he is the greatest fighter of all time.<\/p>\n<p>Aldo went undefeated for nearly 10 years spanning from his GFC 1 win back in 2006 to his UFC 179 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/replay-ufc-179-aldo-vs-mendes-phantom-cam-highlights\/\">title defense against Chad Mendes<\/a>.  In addition, Aldo was undefeated for 5 years in the UFC until <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/replay-mcgregor-knocks-out-aldo-in-13-seconds\/\">Conor McGregor knocked him out<\/a> in just 13 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Aldo was not only the UFC&#8217;s inaugural featherweight champion, he defended his title 7 times over the course of his 5 years as the UFC&#8217;s only featherweight champion.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think he has a case for the greatest fighter of all time?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">10 years undefeated.<br \/>5 years as UFC champion.<br \/>7 title defenses.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IAmTheGreatest?src=hash\">#IAmTheGreatest<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jose Aldo Junior (@josealdojunior) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/josealdojunior\/status\/713824818932658178\">March 26, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While most MMA fans argue that Jon Jones, Anderson Silva, or Fedor Emelianenko are the greatest fighters of all time, former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo believes he is the greatest fighter of all time. 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