Jose Aldo announces his retirement after a controversial loss to Aiemann Zahabi at UFC 315, ending a legendary MMA career with a record of 32-10.
Jose Aldo took another tough loss by decision at UFC 315 on Saturday night, and the Hall of Famer called it a career—for the second time. Aiemann Zahabi handed the Brazilian legend a controversial unanimous decision loss, and a dejected Aldo took his gloves off and called it a career.
“I don’t want to go into war all the time and go through this,” Aldo said through an interpreter after the fight. “I just don’t have it in my heart anymore. I think this is the last time you’re going to see me. I can’t do this anymore.”
Here is a look at the post-fight interview.
Tributes poured in after Aldo’s announcement from his peers and others in the MMA community.
It was a tumultuous week for Aldo. He had a rough weight cut. The fight with Zahabi was supposed to be a bantamweight fight, but Aldo couldn’t get down to 136 pounds. Zahabi agreed to fight at featherweight to save the spot on the main card.
Despite the weight cut issues, Aldo, 38, looked strong through the first two rounds. Many believe he won the fight. Even in the third round, Aldo had Zahabi hurt and seemingly on the cusp of being stopped.
However, an exhausted Aldo wound up on his back for the final two minutes of the round, and he was absorbing nasty elbows from Zahabi.
