Tag: Jose Aldo

UFC 136 Results: Top 5 Challengers for Jose Aldo’s Featherweight Title

UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo successfully defended his title last night against veteran fighter Kenny Florian. Though Florian put up a good performance and even arguably won a couple of rounds, the fight never really seemed like it was slipping…

UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo successfully defended his title last night against veteran fighter Kenny Florian. Though Florian put up a good performance and even arguably won a couple of rounds, the fight never really seemed like it was slipping away from the champion.

Aldo has now made it five championship victories, though his actual winning streak extends 13 fights, all the way back to May 2006. The unbelievable streak has included victories over most of the top 145-pound fighters in the world, including previous WEC featherweight champions Urijah Faber and Mike Brown.

Some believe that Aldo has cleared out the 145-pound division so much that he should really consider making the move up to 155 pounds to give himself a bigger challenge. But on the contrary, there are still numerous exciting contenders remaining for Jose Aldo at 145 pounds. Here are the top five challengers remaining for Aldo right now in the UFC featherweight division.

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UFC 136 Results: 4 Exciting Fights for Leonard Garcia

Leonard Garcia and Nam Phan won Fight of the Night honors at UFC 136, a rematch from December of 2010 where Garcia was awarded a highly disputed split decision.This time the judges got it right and Garcia won the fight via unanimous decision; neverthel…

Leonard Garcia and Nam Phan won Fight of the Night honors at UFC 136, a rematch from December of 2010 where Garcia was awarded a highly disputed split decision.

This time the judges got it right and Garcia won the fight via unanimous decision; nevertheless, Garcia has nothing to be ashamed of as it was one of the best fights of 2011.  

Garcia will always be criticized for winning highly disputed decisions, but fans can’t deny how appealing his let it all hang out brawling style is.  

On a two-fight losing streak, here’s a few fighters who could give Garcia an enticing match up.  

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UFC 136 Results: Ranking The Top 10 Featherweights in the UFC

Saturday night, Jose Aldo was able to defend his title by defeating Kenny Florian by unanimous decision.Although it wasn’t a brutal knockout as many, like me, were expecting, it was an impressive display nonetheless, as Aldo won four out of five rounds…

Saturday night, Jose Aldo was able to defend his title by defeating Kenny Florian by unanimous decision.

Although it wasn’t a brutal knockout as many, like me, were expecting, it was an impressive display nonetheless, as Aldo won four out of five rounds from Florian.

Kenny was known for a long time as one of the best lightweights in the UFC, and as soon as he dropped to featherweight, he became an immediate title challenger.

Unfortunately, he still didn’t earn his UFC gold, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t a top featherweight.

Check out the updated top 10 rankings.

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UFC 136 Results: PPV Fight by Fight Analysis

UFC 136 last night lived up to the pre-fight hype that it would be one of the best, if not the best card of the year. With even more stacked cards like UFC 139, 140, and the UFC on Fox debut all now less than two months away, last night was as deliciou…

UFC 136 last night lived up to the pre-fight hype that it would be one of the best, if not the best card of the year. With even more stacked cards like UFC 139, 140, and the UFC on Fox debut all now less than two months away, last night was as delicious of an appetizer as there is to the main courses coming up.

Here is one more look back at the pay-per-view fights, and what’s next for the fighters.

And, here we go.

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UFC 136 Results: Ranking the Striking Of the UFC Champions

On Saturday, fans were treated to a stacked card.  Two championship fights were featured, in which José Aldo retained his belt by besting Kenny Florian by unanimous decision, and Frankie Edgar rid himself of Gray Maynard with a fourth …

On Saturday, fans were treated to a stacked card.  Two championship fights were featured, in which José Aldo retained his belt by besting Kenny Florian by unanimous decision, and Frankie Edgar rid himself of Gray Maynard with a fourth round technical knockout.

The two bouts were largely standup affairs, and showed off the striking abilities of the two champions.  How do Aldo and Edgar’s striking compare with the striking of other champions?  Read to find out!

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UFC 136 Results: Power Ranking Jose Aldo’s 4 Title Defenses

Jose Aldo has now defended his UFC featherweight title twice. Combine that with his two WEC title defenses, and he has four.Only one of those title fights was a finish, but Aldo looked good in every fight.He may not be destroying people left and right,…

Jose Aldo has now defended his UFC featherweight title twice. Combine that with his two WEC title defenses, and he has four.

Only one of those title fights was a finish, but Aldo looked good in every fight.

He may not be destroying people left and right, but at the championship level that can’t always happen.

Which defense was most impressive for Aldo?

How about least impressive?

Check it out.

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