{"id":354503,"date":"2020-06-28T09:19:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-28T16:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=354503"},"modified":"2020-06-28T09:19:28","modified_gmt":"2020-06-28T16:19:28","slug":"photo-jose-aldo-is-looking-absolutely-shredded-ahead-of-ufc-251-title-fight-with-petr-yan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/photo-jose-aldo-is-looking-absolutely-shredded-ahead-of-ufc-251-title-fight-with-petr-yan\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo | Jose Aldo is looking absolutely shredded ahead of UFC 251 title fight with Petr Yan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo is looking absolutely shredded for his upcoming bantamweight title fight against Petr Yan at UFC 251.<\/p>\n

UFC president Dana White gave Aldo the title shot over the other top contenders at 135lbs including Aljamain Sterling, and fans and media have been critical of that decision by the UFC. Despite being a legend of the sport, Aldo has lost his last two fights to Marlon Moraes and Alex Volkanovski, so for Aldo to get a crack at the belt over the other top contenders in the bantamweight division is certainly a controversial decision from the organization.<\/p>\n

That being said, it’s nice to see that Aldo is taking his training for this fight against Yan extremely seriously as we can tell by his photos just two weeks ahead of the fight. Take a look at the photo that Aldo’s training partner Leo Santos<\/a> — who also competes on Fight Island — posted on his Instagram.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CB8-Rf-BbYY\/<\/p>\n

The countdown for UFC 251 – Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. \u2800 Today it was a great sparring day! Thanks to @dede_pederneiras and @josealdojunioroficial Oss I’m coming! TIME FOR FIGHTING!! #leosantosteam #leosantos<\/em><\/p>\n

Getting back to Aldo, White recently explained why he gave him the title shot over the other top contenders at 135lbs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve pretty much said a million times how I feel about that (fight with Moraes). A lot of people felt he won the fight. Jose Aldo\u2019s one of the toughest (fighters).\u00a0That\u2019s the kid that Cejudo wanted<\/a>. He was next in line for the title shot, how do we go back now and tell him Cejudo retired, so you don\u2019t get the fight?\u201d White said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf people disagree with that fight, you know my point of view on that, don\u2019t watch it. Don\u2019t watch the fight if you don\u2019t like it. Aldo\u2019s been around forever, the guy\u2019s a warrior, and to say Aldo doesn\u2019t deserve anything is ridiculous.”<\/p>\n

White also spoke about what Aldo meaning a second UFC title would do for his legacy.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s huge,\u201d White said of Aldo winning a second belt. \u201cI guess everybody would be wrong then, wouldn\u2019t they, that he didn\u2019t deserve the title shot. If he goes in (against Yan) and he gets absolutely dominated and its a one-sided fight and Aldo gets destroyed then they were right and we were wrong. You know, it happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you think Jose Aldo has what it takes to beat Petr Yan at UFC 251?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo is looking absolutely shredded for his upcoming bantamweight title fight against Petr Yan at UFC 251. UFC president Dana White gave Aldo the title shot over the other top contenders at 135lbs including Aljamain Sterling, and fans and media have been critical of that decision by the UFC. 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