The co-main event of UFC Fortaleza saw Jose Aldo pick up a second-round standing TKO finish of fellow Brazilian Renato Moicano. It was a slow-paced first-round, but Aldo hurt Moicano with a left hook early in round two, then swarmed him with a series of unanswered strikes before referee Jerin Valel intervened.
For Moicano, this was just his second defeat in his professional MMA career, and first one due to strikes. Post-fight, Moicano addressed his fans in an Instagram post, and also believed that Velel’s stoppage was premature.
“I came here to say I’m alright,” Moicano said (Portuguese-to-English translation by MMA Fighting’s Guilherme Cruz).