Jose Aldo called time in his legendary career after undergoing shock loss at UFC 315.
The former featherweight champion was supposed to compete against the teammate of Georges St-Pierre, Aiemann Zahabi, in a rooster weight fight on Saturday evening.
However, a weight cutting problem saw Jose Aldo’s UFC 315 fight went to 145 pounds at the last minute.
“ Scarface ” subsequently committed his future to the featherweight division when he announced a major career adjustment after having failed to gain his contractual weight – but he made another major announcement after the fight.
Jose Aldo abandons the decision at Aiemann Zahabi
Aldo looked at the best of his blisters at the start of the first round. The temple of UFC fame landed early and often on its opponent, which appeared a little dizzy for a few minutes.
Towards the end of the first executive, Zahabi began to press the action and exchange in the pocket with the man that many people consider the largest featherweight fighter of all time.
Georges St-Pierre’s teammate brought his momentum in the second round. Zahabi was much more competitive in a pinch of less than five minutes of action from Kickbox to the Bell Center in Quebec, Canada.
Aldo had seriously oscillated his opponent in the third framework. The Brazilian artist Ko sprouts for the arrival, but he was grazed after failing to close the show.
Zahabi quickly rebounded and took advantage of the legend of the MMA visibly broken, which died unusually for a withdrawal which left it in a vulnerable position on the ground.
Aldo survived to hear the final bell, but it was on the wrong side of the unanimous dashboards 29-28.
Jose Aldo withdraws from MMA
After the announcement of the result, Aldo removed his gloves to signify his retirement from the sport.
“I no longer think I have it in me,” he told Daniel Cormier via a translator.
“It was a difficult week. It was not only a question of cutting weight and everything else.
“I just felt that there were so many things that happened. It was very difficult to cross all of this.
“There was a point, it was a very difficult week, where I felt that I did not have it in me. I didn’t want to cut it anymore, my body said no. I just don’t think I have it.
“I think it’s the last time you’re going to see me, I can’t do that anymore.”
