Jose Aldo laid down his gloves in the midst of the Octagon to indicate his retirement following his unanimous resolution loss to Aiemann Zahabi at UFC 315.
Jose Aldo Retires
The previous two-time featherweight UFC champion fought properly towards Zahabi, with the battle in the end coming all the way down to the ultimate spherical after a carefully contested opening two rounds.
Aldo smelled blood after dropping the Canadian to the canvas with a knee to the face early within the third spherical. As Zahabi acquired again to his ft, Aldo greeted him with a head kick, which despatched him straight again all the way down to the canvas. The battle seemed all however completed, with Zahabi stumbling throughout your entire Octagon earlier than consuming one more vicious head kick from Aldo.
But by some means, miraculously, Zahabi weathered the storm and recovered extremely shortly. At this level, Aldo’s fuel tank was empty. The Brazilian even disengaged for a second to take a look at the clock, which learn that there have been 3 minutes left of the spherical. In his exhaustion, Aldo shot a determined takedown, which was simply stuffed and reversed by Zahabi. The Canadian landed relentless floor and pound, slicing open Aldo’s brow with repeated elbows. That is the place the battle was misplaced for Aldo.
Jose Aldo Makes the Resolution to retire
In his post-fight interview within the Octagon, Jose Aldo admitted (by way of his translator), “I don’t have it in my coronary heart anymore” and that his “physique mentioned no.”
The latter may clarify why the Brazilian didn’t make weight for this battle, unable to chop to the bantamweight restrict of 135 lbs. On the final minute, the battle was modified to a featherweight bout to permit it to happen.
Regardless of this, Aldo needs to be praised for his contributions to Combined Martial Arts. He has had a glittering profession, boasting probably the most profitable title defenses in UFC featherweight historical past (7), and even went on an 18-fight win streak from 2006 to 2014. He’s extensively thought to be the best featherweight of all time. Regardless of this, ‘Father Time’ catches up with everybody, and at age 38, Aldo will be happy with his accomplishments and maintain his head up excessive; he was aggressive proper till the very finish.
