Jose Aldo: “(Josh Grispi) is a great fighter and he deserves to be in there with me.”
On the evening of December 31st, 2010, most twenty-somethings will be out celebrating the New Year in some fashion while consuming alcohol and sharing the occasion with loved ones until 2011 has long-since passed. However, UFC 145-pound champ Jose Aldo is far from an average 24-year old, let alone person, and rather than drinking the night away amongst friends he will likely turn in early in preparation... [Read More...]
Hominick Out, Grispi In for Title Bout vs. Jose Aldo
It appears Jose Aldowill not be defending his UFC featherweight championship against Mark Hominick, as had been previously reported, who has opted out due to injury. Rather, it turns out the talented youngster will instead be facing Josh “The Fluke” Grispi at UFC 125 on January 1st, 2011. News of the switch was reported by Heavy.com. In a press conference earlier this week, UFC President... [Read More...]
Jose Aldo declined December bout with Ken Florian
The question surrounding WEC featherweight champ Jose Aldo eventually testing his skills at 155-pounds has long been a matter of “when” rather than “if” based on his success in the ring. The 24-year old Brazilian has compiled an 18-1 record in his six-year career, holds wins over some of the sport’s top featherweights, and has rendered seven of his last eight opponents unable to intelligently... [Read More...]
Aldo vs. Gamburyan set as all WEC 51 fighters hit mark at weigh-ins
If WEC 51 is half as entertaining as its related weigh-ins were it stands to reason the show could be the best in promotional history. All of the event’s participants stepped on the scale in Broomfield, Colorado Wednesday afternoon in anticipation tonight’s card with more than one memorable occurrence taking place throughout the process. Fortunately, however, none of the stand-out moments involved... [Read More...]
Donald Cerrone wants Jose Aldo at 145 pounds
In what may come as a huge surprise to many, WEC lightweight title contender Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone apparently seems to think he can squeeze his already shredded 5’11″ frame a full ten pounds lower than he competes at currently to challenge the newly crowned featherweight champion many are touting as the future of the division. If Cerrone has his way, we’ll be seeing... [Read More...]
Stamp Of Approval: Anderson Silva is ‘really happy’ to be compared to Jose Aldo
A strong case could be made to coin the newly crowned WEC featherweight king as “Little Ong Bak”, but it now seems as if many have been referring to the just twenty-three year old 145 pound phenom that goes by the birth name of Jose Aldo to a fellow Brazilian with a penchant for making his victims famous via highlight reel knockout defeats that goes by the nickname of “The Spider”. Little... [Read More...]
Mike Brown vs. Jose Aldo for WEC featherweight title in November
WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown is set to face off with the explosive Jose Aldo at WEC 45. The news of the bout was first reported by Aldo to InTheGuard.tv. When Mike Brown was contacted by FiveOuncesOfPain.com‘s Brendhan Conlan the champion was quoted as saying,”Yup, let’s do this.” No location has been announced for WEC 45 but it has been set for November 11. The bout... [Read More...]
Pulver: Jose Aldo is nasty
One of the most impressive performances from Sunday’s WEC event was by featherweight Jose Aldo. Aldo defeated Rolando Perez by TKO after a vicious knee at 4:15 of the first round. UFC / WEC veteran Jens Pulver was very impressed with what he saw. “Jose Aldo is nasty,” Pulver said. “Give him two more years. Let me retire.” Former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber... [Read More...]
Report: Fickett out due to injury; 5 other bouts announced for EliteXC’s June 14th show
MMA Weekly is reporting that Drew Fickett has had to pull out of his June 14 welterweight title fight with Jake Shields due to a knee injury. The news comes from EliteXC Vice President Jared Shaw who was a recent guest on MMA Weekly radio. From MMA Weekly: “Obviously the back injury happened (to Shields) and the easiest thing to do was move him to Hawaii to fight Drew,” said Shaw in the... [Read More...]
Mike Kyle vs. Wayne Cole added to Saturday’s EliteXC/Strikeforce card
A bout featuring heavyweights Mike Kyle and Wayne Cole has been scheduled to replace a postponed EliteXC welterweight title match between Jake Shields and Drew Fickett that had been planned for Saturday’s co-promoted card by Strikeforce and EliteXC. Fickett will remain on the card against an unnamed opponent. His bout has been removed from the televised portion of the show, but could still air,... [Read More...]
