Jose Aldo bought right into a heated faceoff with Jonathan Martinez forward of his return to the Octagon at UFC 301 on Saturday.
Aldo is about to face Jonathan Martinez within the co-main occasion of UFC 301 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It marks his first MMA combat since August of 2022 when he misplaced a call to Merab Dvalishvili. Since then, the UFC allowed Aldo to take boxing fights, as he had three of them, however he’ll combat out his contract on Saturday.
Forward of his return combat at UFC 301, Jose Aldo and Jonathan Martinez had an intense faceoff because the Brazilian bought proper into his opponent’s face.
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Aldo bought proper into Martinez’s face as the 2 had their foreheads touching. A UFC employees member needed to pull Aldo away from Martinez on the finish of the faceoff, displaying how intense it was. The Brazilian is the betting underdog as he’s a +130 underdog on FanDuel.
UFC 301 will probably be Jose Aldo’s last combat on his UFC contract, and though he has talked about returning to boxing after this, he isn’t ruling out having extra MMA fights after this.
“Rio is the place I bought my begin,” Aldo stated to the New York Put up. “It’s the place I dwell. It’s the place I prepare. It’s the place my mates are. So, clearly, very significant to be combating right here. However in the long run, I need to get in there and do my finest and present everybody what I’ve been doing… “After we began speaking to the UFC about this, the chance was doing a brand new contract, a brand new settlement. However what I actually need to do proper now’s simply present everybody the place I’m at, how I’m doing, do that combat, after which we are able to sit down with the UFC and see the way it’s gonna go.”
Jose Aldo enters this combat with an MMA file of 31-8. Earlier than the loss to Dvalishvili, Aldo was on a three-fight successful streak as he beat Rob Font, Pedro Munhoz, and Marlon Vera all by resolution.