Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-02, nice and tough fight between Max Holloway and Jose Aldo 2: it gets three stars.The Ufc Fw champion Max Holloway entered this fight with a professional mma record of 18-3-0 (56% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 featherweight in the world. He suffered two consecutive defeats in 2013, against Dennis Bermudez and Conor McGregor (=McGregor vs Holloway), but then he has won eleven consecutive bouts beating Anthony Pettis (=Holloway vs Pettis) and Jose Aldo in his last two (=Aldo vs Holloway I).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Ufc Fw champion Jose Aldo, has an official record of 26-3-0 (62% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.2 in the same weight class. Before losing to Holloway he had lost to Conor McGregor in 2015 (=Aldo vs McGregor) and he had beat Frankie Edgar in 2016 (=Edgar vs Aldo 2). Holloway vs Aldo 2, main event of Ufc 218, is valid for the Ufc featherweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: UFC 218: Holloway vs Aldo 2
Date: 2017-12-02
Where: Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Division: featherweight (145 lbs, 66 kg)
Title: UFC Featherweight Championship title
UFC 218 fight card (main fights):
Max Holloway vs Jose Aldo 2
Alistair Overeem vs Francis Ngannou
Henry Cejudo vs Sergio Pettis
Eddie Alvarez vs Justin Gaethje
Charles Oliveira vs Paul Felder
Alex Oliveira vs Yancy Medeiros
Their previous fight: Jose Aldo vs Max Holloway I
Aldo’s next fight: Jose Aldo vs Jeremy Stephens
Holloway’s next fight: Max Holloway vs Brian Ortega
Holloway vs Aldo 2 Fight Video:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1-5-SH9NPs
OFFICIAL VIDEO
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Official highlights
DAMN. My Man just doesn’t have the stamina to sustain…Salute to Halloway.
Aldo is shell of himself. I dont see he coming back as a champ. McGregor finished his career.
I’m not sure I’d say a shell…Bc Holloway was in a wheelchair & had a busted up face at the end of the night. But he’s def faded as a fighter….at least vs some of these bigger & longer fighters. He’s been having to deal w/ brutal weight cuts his whole career. & he’s a tweener. Not really big like the guys at 55 but slightly bigger than the 45 LBers. I think what we see when aldo goes against guys who are enormous for the weight like McGreggor & Max at 5’11” 5’9″…What we get is a glimpse of what Jose would look like if he moved up to 55. I’m curious to see what Edgar vs Max would look like. Frankie has been through a lot of wars. But his stamina & wrestling & movement are his calling cards. Aldo just simply has his number. ..at least in the past he did. Styles really do make fights.
at least Aldo still fights… and used to defend his title without all the drama
Nothing away from Max … but Aldo isn’t in his prime as he used to be
I guess Aldo is done, probably a good time for him to think in retirement. He was breathing heavily and overwhelmed by Max to such a point that he wasn’t a contest for Max’s aggression and punch combinations. Max was very composed and displayed better techniques controlling the full fight from the proper distance that best suit his reach advantage.