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Jose Aldo Wants To Walk Away On His Terms

Jose Aldo will be taking on Renato Moicano in the co-main event of this weekend’s UFC on ESPN+ 2 card in Fortaleza, Brazil. Many fans were surprised when UFC President Dana White said Aldo had requested the co-main event slot in favor of a five-round fight. Aldo Doesn’t Want To Be Stuck Speaking with Portal […]

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Jose Aldo will be taking on Renato Moicano in the co-main event of this weekend’s UFC on ESPN+ 2 card in Fortaleza, Brazil.

Many fans were surprised when UFC President Dana White said Aldo had requested the co-main event slot in favor of a five-round fight.

Aldo Doesn’t Want To Be Stuck

Speaking with Portal do Vale Tudo, Aldo dropped another bombshell. That is, the greatest featherweight to ever live no longer cares about collecting belts.

“If I fight for the title and win, my contract pretty much gets renewed on its own,” Aldo said (translation via Bloody Elbow). “Then Dede (Pederneiras) will have to step in and negotiate, which is exactly what I don’t want to happen, I don’t want to be stuck.”

“My goal is to fight in Fortaleza. Then in May. And then end it here (in Rio de Janeiro). Because I know there’ll be another card here, and they know that” Aldo continued. “There’s no reason for them to give me a title shot. But make no mistake, I’ll make it hard for everyone who steps in front of me, I’ll win all three fights.”

Free Agency Or Retirement

Whether or not Aldo is giving some early warning signs of a fighter looking forward to free agency remains to be seen. The former two-time featherweight champ insists that retirement and family are the motivating factors for his decision.

“I want to stop and not spend my money getting my health back,” he said. “Today, I’m spending my money to be healthy. I want to feel well. I want to enjoy seeing my daughter grow. Travel with my family. Smile, play, I don’t want to fight into my forties and performing badly like I see so many of our great idols do. I programmed my entire life to be financially stable so I could stop whenever I felt like it.”

You can watch all of Aldo’s interview with Portal do Vale Tudo below.

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Jose Aldo Explains Why He No Longer Wants To Pursue UFC Gold

It looks like former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo is done pursuing UFC gold. The 32-year-old recently admitted that his fighting days are winding down. He plans to fight three more times, finishing out his UFC contract, before retirement. The f…

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Marlon Moraes: Its ‘Time To Win And Earn My Title Shot’

Marlon Moraes will rematch fellow Brazilian Raphael Assuncao in the main event of this weekend’s UFC Fortaleza card. The rematch will come 18 months after Assuncao welcomed “Magic” to the Octagon with a split decision loss at UFC 212. Since then, Moraes has rolled off three straight wins. Each progressively more impressive than the last. […]

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Marlon Moraes will rematch fellow Brazilian Raphael Assuncao in the main event of this weekend’s UFC Fortaleza card.

The rematch will come 18 months after Assuncao welcomed “Magic” to the Octagon with a split decision loss at UFC 212. Since then, Moraes has rolled off three straight wins. Each progressively more impressive than the last.

As a matter of fact, Moraes believes he should be on a 17 fight winning streak, and that his first fight with Assuncao was way too close to call.

“It sure didn’t (make it clear who won),” Moraes told Combate in a recent interview. “It was very technical fight, it wasn’t really clear who won. I’m not complaining, I lost and now I have another fight on February 2, that’s my opportunity to make it different. Honestly, if he was fighting for the belt, I couldn’t complain or anything, because he won. Since he isn’t, he will now have to defeat me, which I know he won’t.”

Moraes has found the “Magic” of the old World Series of Fighting days. In his last two fights, he put Aljamain Sterling and Jimmie Rivera to sleep in under two minutes combined.

It seems Moraes has learned his lesson as it comes to leaving it in the judge’s hands.

Marlon Moraes vs. Raphael Assuncao will headlines UFC on ESPN+ 2 on February 2, in Fortaleza, Brazil.

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Jose Aldo “Don’t Give A Sh*t” About Being Underdog Against Renato Moicano

Jose Aldo doesn’t have many fights left in his mixed martial arts (MMA) career. One of his last is set to go down next month at UFC on ESPN+ 2 from the Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste in Fortaleza, Brazil on February 2nd. He’ll face rising featherweight contender and fellow countryman Renato Moicano. Despite […]

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Jose Aldo doesn’t have many fights left in his mixed martial arts (MMA) career.

One of his last is set to go down next month at UFC on ESPN+ 2 from the Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste in Fortaleza, Brazil on February 2nd. He’ll face rising featherweight contender and fellow countryman Renato Moicano. Despite being one of the greatest featherweights of all time, and coming off a TKO win over Jeremy Stephens in July, Aldo is listed as a betting underdog against Moicano.

Speaking to Combate, Aldo said he “don’t give a sh*t” about being an underdog:

“I couldn’t care less about it,” Aldo said. “I don’t give a sh-t. I don’t care about gambling at all. I’m only interested in my training, my team and my potential to get in there and win my fights.”

Aldo suffered his first defeat in over a decade to Conor McGregor in December of 2015. He went on to reclaim the featherweight throne against Frankie Edgar the following July. However, he’d again drop the title, this time, to Max Holloway in back-to-back fights. This past summer Aldo won his first fight since July of 2016.

He finished Stephens in the first round of their match-up in Calgary. With just three fights left on his UFC contract, Aldo is hoping for another run at the gold before hanging up his gloves.

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Jose Aldo On Underdog Status Against Moicano: ‘I Don’t Give A Sh*t’

Jose Aldo insists he doesn’t care about being an underdog going into his fight with Renato Moicano. Aldo will meet Moicano in the co-main event of UFC on ESPN+ 2 on Feb. 2. The bout will take place inside the Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordes…

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Justin Gaethje vs. Edson Barboza In The Works For UFC Philly

A barn burner between Justin Gaethje and Edson Barboza might be part of an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) card in Philadelphia. There was some confusion over the initial reporting of the match-up. MMAJunkie initially reported Gaethje vs. Barboza as being targeted for UFC Nashville. Gaethje’s manager Ali Abdelaziz denied it. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto later reported […]

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