José Aldo has congratulated his great rival Conor McGregor on his career after the former two-weight world champion announced his retirement from MMA. A lot of people are still sceptical over the Irishman’s true intentions (us included) but as the days go on since his original announcement, we have received nothing in the way of movement that would indicate that …
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Two of the UFC middleweight division’s very best are reportedly being pegged for a rematch on UFC 230 in November. UFC 194 was the date and in Chris Weidman, the promotion had a middleweight champion who was doing a good job at riding the wave of momentum that came with knocking legend off of a spot he maintained for several …
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It has already been almost two and a half years since Conor McGregor delivered on his promise to knock out Jose Aldo and take his UFC featherweight title. The Irishman exploded onto the scene only two years previously where he immediately began cutting a path straight through the 145 lb division towards the Brazilian legend and undisputed king of the …
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December 12, 2015 marked the day that Conor McGregor delivered on his promise to take over the UFC. After all the hype, all the build-up, it took just 13 seconds for Jose Aldo’s incredible reign to end. The Irish featherweight had taken the 145lb division by storm in 2013, and in a little over two years had reached the summit …
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One of Conor McGregor’s post-fight interviews at UFC 194 contains a bit of a contradiction that the Irishman may well have rethought in the time since. It has been two years to the day since Conor McGregor left the entire MMA world in awe by handing the former featherweight champion of the world José Aldo his first loss in ten …
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Although it seems like an eternity ago, it hasn’t even been two years since Conor McGregor shocked the world by knocking out Jose Aldo in 13 seconds at UFC 194. Heading into the bout, many were still scoffing at the ‘Notorious’ Irishman, claiming that he had simply talked his way into a title fight against the longest reigning featherweight champion …
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José Aldo has made a lengthy statement in which he gave his own views on last weekend’s Mayweather-McGregor fight and explained his heavily-criticised reaction to his great rival’s defeat. José Aldo is a man who could well hold the most vicious one-sided vendetta in MMA today. With us now almost two years removed from his crushing UFC 194 knockout loss …
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Jose Aldo has ruled out any chance of Conor McGregor upsetting the odds and beating Floyd Mayweather in his first professional boxing match. Aldo was knocked out after just 13 seconds of the pair’s blockbuster fight at UFC 194 in December 2015 having remained undefeated over 18 fights, which spanned a 10-year period. Many comparisons have been made with McGregor’s …
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The Notorious Conor McGregor is one of the biggest names in the world right now. Today, the SBG fighter turns 29, to celebrate we’re taking a look at all he’s achieved to date. The amount achieved by McGregor in such a short period of time is truly staggering. Just four years ago this Irish fighter was collecting social welfare. McGregor …
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The UFC’s undisputed featherweight champion Max Holloway shared a rather interesting insight with the world after now having faced both José Aldo and Conor McGregor. Holloway’s career broke on through to the next level just ten days ago when he dispatched the two-time featherweight champion José Aldo in his home country of Brazil in what was a truly inspired performance. …
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‘The king is dead; long live the king’. Never are such words more applicable, or more painful to utter, than after the UFC 212 main event on Saturday, where Max Holloway issued a savage third round beating to featherweight demi-god Jose Aldo. Ever since his 13-second knockout defeat at the hands of Conor McGregor, the aura of invincibility surrounding Aldo has lain …
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It’s roughly a year and a half since Conor McGregor shocked the world and became UFC featherweight champion. Ever since this now infamous knockout, the debate has raged between fans as to whether or not this was a fluke. Fans of McGregor will argue that it was in no way down to luck and will point to the backstage clip of …
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Has Jose Aldo finally given up on the prospect of a rematch with Conor McGregor? It looks like it… Ever since UFC 194 back in December 2015, where “The Notorious” sent Aldo crashing to the canvas with the most precise of counter left crosses before finishing his unconscious opponent off with a couple of lethal hammer fists in a bout …
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When Conor McGregor starched Jose Aldo at UFC 194 back in December of 2015, it was so much more than a star-making moment. The astounding brevity of the fight and the brutal nature of it’s conclusion combined with the fact that McGregor’s victim was a champion who had been undefeated for a decade made this one of the most shocking …
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Conor McGregor’s signature left-hand shot has been broken down in a fantastic new video compiling some of the greatest examples of the ‘touch of death’ in the world of mixed martial arts. Conor McGregor’s infamous left-hand may well be the most well-known weapon in MMA today. Over the past four years now, all but two of his opponents inside the …
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José Aldo made a rather surprising admission recently when he revealed that he now can appreciate the benefits of trash-talking in the modern-day UFC. There are a lot of people within the UFC and the sport of MMA as a whole who claim to dislike or even hate the ‘Notorious’ Conor McGregor but I can guarantee you that there is …
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The unintended recording of Joe Rogan passing remarks about Jose Aldo’s physique at ringside caused quite a stir when it was leaked shortly after UFC 194 in December of 2015. Speaking off air before the titanic Conor McGregor vs Jose Aldo fight, Joe Rogan stated that the then reigning UFC featherweight champion did not look to be in as good …
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Perhaps this is why Jose Aldo has been so vocal about getting a rematch with Conor McGregor… Conor McGregor vs Jose Aldo at UFC 194 was unquestionably the biggest featherweight bout in the history of the UFC. The Irishman and the Brazilian champion had essentially gone on two world tours promoting the bout and, after Aldo pulled out of their …
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