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The MMA Daily: José Aldo officially retires from MMA

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The MMA Daily: José Aldo officially retires from MMA
Jose Aldo on August 20, 2022 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images)

All good things must come to an end, including the reign of the King of Rio.

It was revealed yesterday that José Aldo had informed the UFC of his desire to step away from fighting, putting a bow on the consensus featherweight GOAT’s 18-year career inside the cage. Combate’s Raphael Marinho was the first to report the news.

Ending his run with a record of 31 wins and 8 losses across two weight divisions, and sporting a historic unbeaten streak across 18 fights between 2006 and 2015, the 36-year-old’s name is one that will likely live on for an eternity in the history books.

Obrigado, José.

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The soapbox

MMA Twitter reacts to Jose Aldo’s retirement:

https://twitter.com/SongYaDongMMA/status/1571620050137935872?s=20&t=vxsbHYaI_kJ4y4LfT_Rm5A

The morning view

Chris Daukaus details his fight postponement:

The Weasle breaks down the four rounds of Cory Sandhagen vs Song Yadong:

Israel Adesanya releases his own trailer for Adesanya vs Pereira III:

Done deals

Monday

  • Jarzinho Rozenstruik vs Chris Daukaus rescheduled for UFC 282 on December 10th (per Nolan King)

On this day in MMA…

On the 19th of September, 2019, Khamzat Chimaev earned his third finish inside the UFC in as many months when he faced Gerald Meerschaert at UFC Vegas 11.

Chimaev stalked Meerschart in the opening seconds of the bout before clipping him with a single right cross that dropped the submission wiz where he stood, just 17 seconds into the fight.

Chimaev earned a $50,000 performance of the night bonus for his effort and was put on the fast track to a UFC title fight.

Khamzat Chimaev punches Gerald Meerschaert on September 19, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)

Chris Ferguson is a combat sports reporter hailing from the land down under in Australia. He runs short-format interviews with mixed martial arts prospects hailing from the Oceanic region, as well as a weekly newsletter on Substack, breaking down every debuting fighter on each coming weekend’s UFC card. Catch his hot takes on Twitter @CFerg_mma.

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