Jose Aldo started his MMA career as a bantamweight in Brazil, but hasn’t hit that mark in more than a decade. On Dec. 13, the day before UFC 245, the former featherweight champion will have to step on the scale at 136 pounds for a fight with Marlon Moraes.
Can he do that?
Longtime training partner Eduardo Dantas is confident that he will be better than ever.
A former 135-pound champion at Bellator, “Dudu” Dantas has trained with Aldo for more than a decade at Nova Uniao in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and he spoke with MMA Fighting about his friend’s first training sessions since getting on a diet targeting his return to the Octagon as a bantamweight in December.