Jose Aldo’s spectacular victory over Renato Moicano on Saturday night at UFC Fortaleza was one of the fight business’s oldest tales: The legend letting the up-and-comer know that he wasn’t ready to step aside just yet.
Moicano had won five of his six UFC bouts going into the evening’s co-feature attraction, and a victory over the man who held the lineal world featherweight championship for six years would have been the fight which announced he had finally arrived among the elites at 145 pounds once and for all.
Instead, Aldo dazzled the crowd at Centro de Formação Olímpica do Nordeste with a vintage striking display which recalled his heyday, earning a TKO 44 seconds into the second round.