Former Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Extreme Cagefighting featherweight king Jose Aldo plans to hang up his gloves at the end of 2019, ending a hugely successful 15-year career.
Aldo is arguably the greatest-ever featherweight in MMA history defending, having defended the featherweight belt on nine separate occasions -- two in the WEC and seven after the division was absorbed by the UFC. The 32-year-old Brazilian takes on featherweight contender Renato Carneiro in the co-main event of UFC Fortaleza in Brazil on Feb. 2.
Aldo revealed on Wednesday afternoon that he intends to fight the last three bouts on his current contract with the UFC in 2019 and is hopeful all three fights are staged in Brazil before hanging up his gloves for good (via MMA Fighting):
“I want to end my career here in Brazil.