In 2017, Sherdog announced Jose Aldo as the greatest featherweight the mixed martial arts world has ever seen. One look at his fight portfolio, awards and victories and it’s almost impossible to disagree with that statement. Aldo who is known for his striking and defensive Muay Thai fighting tactics placed himself in a very important juncture in MMA history when he became the last WEC Featherweight Champion and the first UFC Featherweight Champion in same time due to the UFC/WEC merger.
He has also won the UFC featherweight title three times, one of them performing in an interim capacity. Jose Aldo has been consistently in the top 10 of various UFC fighter rankings. In 2015, he clinched the top spot as the UFC’s best pound-for-pound fighter. He once had a memorable 18-game unbeaten streak from November 2005 to December 2015. The 2009 Sherdog Fighter of the Year holds the record for most wins and knockouts in UFC history and of the WEC Featherweight.
Bio of Jose Aldo
Born in Manaus, Brazil on September 9, 1986, JoséAldo da Silva Oliveira Junior grew up knowing hardship on a very personal level. The scar on the left side of his face was from an accident he suffered as a baby. He slipped through the hands of his older sister and fell face down on a barbecue, leaving him with a permanent scar.
Growing up in Brazil, it’s no surprise that Jose’s first and only love was football. He wanted to make it as a professional soccer player, but it seemed like life had other plans. He was so bullied as a child that he eventually had enough and decided to learn how to defend himself. Aldo began training to learn the native fighting style of Capoeira. His focus, however, shifted to Brazilian jiu-jitsu after he had a training session with a jiu-jitsu expert. At the age of 17, with nothing but clothes on his back and determined to make something of himself in mixed martial arts, he moved to Rio de Janeiro. Here he trained at Nova União with the star of the
Career
He was still 17 when he made his professional MMA debut against newcomer and fellow Brazilian Mario Bigola on August 10, 2004. He knocked Mario out with a headbutt 18 seconds into the first round, winning the fight and effectively ending the fight. Mario’s professional career.
In his second match, the fight was to be ended by doctor stoppage after Jose bloodied Hudson Rocha with a flying knee and a barrage of punches. For his third fight five months later, he then forced Luiz de Paula to retire less than 2 minutes into the first round.
Throughout 2005 he fought at different organizations earning brutal victories over Aritano Barbosa, Anderson Silverio and England’s Micky Young. His first professional defeat came against the talented Luciano Azevedo. It was also his longest fight to date as the fighters matched their skills and used different tactics and tricks to outdo each other. Eventually, Luciano won the match with a rear choke.
This setback, however, resulted in Jose Aldore rebounding with a ten-year winning streak. On May 20, 2006, he had a tough fight with Thiago Meller who was undefeated at the time. After three grueling rounds, Jose handed Thiago his first professional loss. He then defeated Shoji Maruyama in the Pancrase 2007 Neo-Blood Tournament Finals, earning the unanimous decision victory. It was his last fight before joining the World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) promotion.
Aldo’s WEC debut came against Alexandre Franca Nogueira WEC 34 on June 1, 2008. It was his first win with the promotion. A year later at WEC 41 he killed Cub Swanson with two flying knees. The fight only lasted 8 seconds.
Jose picked up his first title against Mike Brown in November 2009, when he won the WEC Featherweight Championship at WEC 44. His accomplishments saw him named the 2009 Fighter of the Year by Sherdog and MMA Live. His first WEC decision victory came on April 24, 2010, when he absolutely decimated former champion Urijah Faber in five rounds. A week later, he successfully defended his featherweight title when he knocked out Manvel Gamburyan in the second minute of the second round.
In October 2010, the WEC merged with the UFC. This meant that all fighters under the WEC promotion were transferred to the UFC roster. Jose Aldo, who was the WEC champion at the time, was named the first UFC featherweight champion. He was awarded the title belt on November 20, 2010. After missing his first title defense against Josh Grispi due to a neck injury, he returned to successfully defend it against Mark Hominick on April 30, 2011.
He went on to beat every opponent he challenged for the title. On February 2, 2013, he defeated Kenny Florian via unanimous decision; Chad Mendes by a first-round knockout; and Frankie Edgar via unanimous decision. This saw him set the record for fighter with the most title fights.
After a series of injuries, successful title defenses and his third bonus Fight of the Night, Jose Aldoune’s winning streak ended on December 12, 2015, when he faced Conor McGregor. The fight only lasted 13 seconds, Conor McGregor knocked him out and won his title. This is his first loss in over ten years.
McGregor never defended the title and this forced the promotion to return the title to Aldo after McGregor became the UFC Lightweight Champion on November 26. On June 3, 2017, Jose Aldo recorded his third loss in a fight against interim featherweight champion Max Holloway. However, the fight earned him his fourth career Fight of the Night bonus award.
As of June 28, 2018, the Brazilian born fighter has only lost one other fight, a rematch against Max Holloway. It was his fourth loss in 30 career fights.
Jose Aldo’s wife and family
Jose Aldo’s wife has been with him since his professional career. Vivianne Perreira can always be spotted at ringside whenever Jose faces an opponent. In light of Jose’s more recent failures in the sport, he says his wife Vivianne remains his biggest supporter.
The couple married in 2005 and have a daughter, Joanna, who they gave birth to in 2012.
Height, weight and body measurements
According to recent documents, Jose Aldo weighs 66 kg (145 lbs) and stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 m). Additionally, his arms extend to a length that gives him a reach of 1.78 m (70 inches). Jose has a chest size of 40 inches; 30 inch waist; and 15.5 inch biceps.
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