Aldo showed us again just how elite he is

[usernamee]

15 years ago he was dominating in the WEC.

And now 15 years later after many fights, training camps and weight-cuts, after all the wars, after the KO losses, after retiring and doing boxing - he can still step in there and beat a #12 ranked dude in arguably the toughest division in the UFC.

Goes to show just how elite his skillset is. Especially since he doesn't have quite the same explosiveness as he used have to which was a big part of what made him so dangerous.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

I'll eat mine. I didn't like this fight for Aldo. I'm in awe of the man, after what he did, and I'm glad he won, but I thought he was toast. Genuinely one of the greatest to do it.

 

[Davidjacksonjones]

Aldo bless

 

[davidlemonparty]

Lord Aldo Rules Brazil Tonight

 

[Hazuki Ryo]

GOAT shit. Who does that after 20y of professional fighting?

 

[Spath]

I thought Aldo would outgun him on the feet and that Martinez couldn’t out grapple Aldo. Had some good money on Aldo and damn if I wasn’t on the edge of my seat the whole fight. Amazing performance after the ”retirement” and a lay off.

Hell of a fighter, still. King of Rio, baby!

 

[GOATtalks]

GOAT shit. Who does that after 20y of professional fighting?

It’s actually becoming the norm. Look at longevity of guys like Jones, Poatan, Oliviera, Max, Poirier, Pantoja, Aljo, Figgy, Whittaker, Strickland etc

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Aldo is amazing, one of the greatest fighters ever.. he has looked great in his last 5 UFC fights

 

[EndlessCritic]

there was all this talk about aldo just fighting out his contract and picking up a paycheque. just christ what a legend.

 

[Ludwig von Mises]

Aldo should have been able to get a rematch with Conor. I dont understand how it never happened. If they fought 10 times there would have been 10 different outcomes. It sucks we never got a chance to see them run it back in fight which doesn't result in an early,flash KO.

 

[Harlekin]

Really liked his head movement, so subtle, ufc stats counted a lot of punches on him that was just grazing shit doing nothing.
His boxing really profitted, so much better. His right hand was a beauty.
A few nice kicks added, great TDD.
He looked better in this fight than he has in quite a while.

That opponent either really suited him or he is in damn good shape.

 

[Kryptt]

I picked against him and am not at all saddened to be devastatingly wrong.

Amazing work again by Aldo. Thought he really was making a mistake.

#MuchLuv

 

[checktheknuckles]

I definitely don't think Conor is better than Aldo. There is a reason why Conor ducked all of the rematches with Aldo, but then psychotic begging for rematches with Khabib. We see Conor hasn't won a fight in many years, while Aldo showing he is truly elite.

 

[HerpDerp]

Legend.

 

[HHJ]

Let us praise the King of Rio with great praise

 

[don't ask]

I think every other night in history, Aldo beats Conor. We were the 1 in 14 000 000 universe.

 

[Milenkovic]

It was crazy, cause i though Martinez has pretty good leg kicks, he threw a few and Aldo checked them all and he wanted nothing to do with leg kicks anymore, so much so, Aldo threw a headkick.

Aldo was only ever appreciated by the old school fans, and even at 37, hes one of the best in the world. A proper definition of a martial artist and fighter

 

[Flower2dPeople]

Aldo would bite on Martinez' feints by not backing but by twisting his neck like rolling for the punch. Martinez knew Aldo would stand his ground and counter. Fuct him up psychologically and made him gun shy against Aldo.

 

[AldoStillGoat]

His boxing is way better

He threw an uppercut that if landed woulda shut Martinez lights out

 

[Khaosan]

Aldo is such a fucking G.