José Aldo da Silva Oliveira Júnior, best known as Jose Aldo, a retired Brazilian professional mixed martial artist who last competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in the Bantamweight division had a nine-year undefeated run that saw him win 18 straight fights.
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The streak ended at UFC 194 in 2015 when Conor McGregor knocked him out 13 seconds into their matchup.
After his first MMA defeat in November 2005, Aldo remained undefeated for over a decade, winning 18 straight fights until UFC 194 in December 2015.
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Aldo failed to recover from the painful loss to McGregor. Since that loss, he was just 6-6 in his last 12 bouts.
Aldo was named Sherdog’s 2009 Fighter of the Year and in Sherdog’s April 2017 pound-for-pound ranking, he was called “the greatest featherweight in mixed martial arts history.”
Aldo became the first UFC Featherweight Champion following the UFC/WEC merger and as mentioned earlier, hs is widely considered as one the best mixed martial artists of all-time, and as the greatest featherweight ever.
As of August 23, 2022, he was ranked #6 in the UFC bantamweight rankings.
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