On at the present time in 2005, Jose Aldo suffered a loss before bouncing back with certainly one of the best runs within the history of the game.
Aldo announced his second UFC retirement earlier this 12 months, with the ‘King of Rio’ receiving one last moment in front of his adoring home fans.
The previous featherweight champion boasts some of the remarkable careers that the game has ever seen.
While Aldo’s profession can have ended with a loss to Aiemann Zahabi in May, the Brazilian icon had a knack for not letting losses define his profession.
In reality, he suffered defeat for the primary time in only his eighth pro fight, before putting together a win streak that arguably made him the best featherweight of all time.
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Luciano Azevedo said you possibly can only beat Jose Aldo with grappling
Jose Aldo’s incredible run within the WEC and reign because the UFC’s inaugural featherweight champion were a component of a ten-year stretch where he went undefeated.
The 18 consecutive wins that made him certainly one of the pound-for-pound best fighters within the history of the game was bookended by losses.
On November 26 in 2005, Aldo suffered his first pro defeat when he was submitted by Luciano Azevedo within the second round of their bout at Jungle Fight 5.
It wouldn’t be until December of 2015 that the Brazilian would taste defeat again, having been stopped by Conor McGregor in 13 seconds at UFC 194.
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Similar to McGregor comforted Aldo within the immediate aftermath of their clash, Azevedo showed respect towards his former opponent within the years after they met within the cage.
In a 2012 interview with Sherdog, Azevedo said this when previewing the featherweight champion’s first meeting with Chad Mendes at UFC 142.
“After we fought, he was pretty much as good and as aggressive as he’s today,” the Brazilian reflected. “I traded some strikes with Aldo and managed to win in the world that, to me, is his weakness: the bottom. I believe if someone desires to beat Aldo, they’re going to should try to do it on the bottom because he’s too good within the stand-up.”
While he did suffer 4 knockout losses in his profession, Aldo wasn’t submitted in his 42-fight profession following his loss to Azevedo in 2005.
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What happened to Luciano Azevedo after he beat Jose Aldo?
Luciano Azevedo never made it to the UFC and fought totally on small regional promotions, apart from one bout in Pride back in 2006.
Nevertheless, the Brazilian did face off with several opponents, along with Jose Aldo, whom even have Octagon experience.
Just two fights after beating Aldo, he defeated current UFC commentator Din Thomas.
Azevedo also shared the cage with the one man to beat Islam Makhachev, Adriano Martins, before ending his 27-fight pro profession with one last bout in 2014.