Jose Aldo called it a career for a second time on Saturday night, and it’s not hard to see why that decision may hold up this time around.
In addition to struggling with a weight cut that resulted in his bout with Aiemann Zahabi being moved from bantamweight to 145 pounds, the legendary Brazilian revealed a litany of health issues that affected him heading into UFC 315.
“This fight was hard,” Aldo said in an interview with UFC Brazil (translation via MMAFighting.com). “I had a muscle tear on the arm, I had something on the belly that I forgot the name, down there, [from] kicking a lot.