Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo was suffering through a leg injury that prevented him from throwing kicks in his fight with Max Holloway at UFC 212.
That’s according to his head coach Andre Pederneiras, who revealed the injury during a chat with FOX Fight Club after Aldo fell to Holloway in Brazil.
Following a strong first round from Aldo, the longest reigning featherweight champion in UFC history seemed to slow down in the second round before he was put down and out by Holloway in the third.
Throughout the entire fight, Aldo used his boxing but never threw a kick at Holloway, which seemed strange considering that has always been one of his primary weapons.