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The Clinch

Brazil “Junior” 2008-2025 · 96 rounds on file

Jose Aldo

22-9-0 W-L-D in this database

Jose Aldo, photograph by Andrius Petrucenia on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop)
Strike accuracy 1,617/3,492
Takedown accuracy 14/27
Sig. strikes / round 16.8
Control / round 0:32
Inside the distance 50% 11 of 22 wins
Height
5′7″170.2 cm
Reach
70″177.8 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
4009 SEP 1986
Listed weight
135 lb61.2 kg
Distance Striker Automatically assigned from data across 31 fights - 0.8 takedown attempts and 11% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 15 12-3-0 vs 1602 avg
Positional Controller 11 8-3-0
Submission Grappler 4 4-0-0
Striking 9 4-5-0 vs 1591 avg
Distance Striker 8 4-4-0
Pressure Striker 1 0-1-0
Hybrid 4 3-1-0 vs 1593 avg
Well-Rounded 4 3-1-0
-- Not classified 3 3-0-0 --

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 15 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

01 JUN 2008 - beat Alexandre Franca Nogueira · Technical Knockout 05 NOV 2008 - beat Jonathan Brookins · Technical Knockout 25 JAN 2009 - beat Rolando Perez · Technical Knockout 01 MAR 2009 - beat Chris Mickle · Technical Knockout 07 JUN 2009 - beat Cub Swanson · Technical Knockout 18 NOV 2009 - beat Mike Brown · Technical Knockout 24 APR 2010 - beat Urijah Faber · Decision (Unanimous) 30 SEP 2010 - beat Manvel Gamburyan · Technical Knockout 30 APR 2011 - beat Mark Hominick · Decision (Unanimous) 08 OCT 2011 - beat Kenny Florian · Decision (Unanimous) 14 JAN 2012 - beat Chad Mendes · Technical Knockout 02 FEB 2013 - beat Frankie Edgar · Decision (Unanimous) 03 AUG 2013 - beat Chan Sung Jung · Technical Knockout 01 FEB 2014 - beat Ricardo Lamas · Decision (Unanimous) 25 OCT 2014 - beat Chad Mendes · Decision (Unanimous) 12 DEC 2015 - lost to Conor McGregor · Technical Knockout 09 JUL 2016 - beat Frankie Edgar · Decision (Unanimous) 03 JUN 2017 - lost to Max Holloway · Technical Knockout 02 DEC 2017 - lost to Max Holloway · Technical Knockout 28 JUL 2018 - beat Jeremy Stephens · Technical Knockout 02 FEB 2019 - beat Renato Moicano · Technical Knockout 11 MAY 2019 - lost to Alexander Volkanovski · Decision (Unanimous) 14 DEC 2019 - lost to Marlon Moraes · Decision (Split) 11 JUL 2020 - lost to Petr Yan · Technical Knockout 19 DEC 2020 - beat Marlon Vera · Decision (Unanimous) 07 AUG 2021 - beat Pedro Munhoz · Decision (Unanimous) 04 DEC 2021 - beat Rob Font · Decision (Unanimous) 20 AUG 2022 - lost to Merab Dvalishvili · Decision (Unanimous) 04 MAY 2024 - beat Jonathan Martinez · Decision (Unanimous) 05 OCT 2024 - lost to Mario Bautista · Decision (Split) 10 MAY 2025 - lost to Aiemann Zahabi · Decision (Unanimous)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 96 rounds across 31 of 31 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 16.8
Sig. strikes absorbed 17.6
Takedowns landed 0.1
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.0
Control time 0:32 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 46% 1,617/3,492
Takedowns 52% 14/27
Opponents’ accuracy 40% 1,689/4,251

Where the strikes land

Head 66% 1,064
Body 20% 322
Leg 14% 231

And from where

At distance 87% 1,409
In the clinch 4% 60
On the ground 9% 148

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 11 won Technical Knockout · 11-4
Decision 11 won Decision (Unanimous) · 11-3 Decision (Split) · 0-2

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
10 MAY 2025 Aiemann Zahabi Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 68 99 UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena
05 OCT 2024 Mario Bautista Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 51 49 UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr.
04 MAY 2024 Jonathan Martinez Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 77 52 UFC 301: Pantoja vs. Erceg
20 AUG 2022 Merab Dvalishvili Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 38 57 UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards
04 DEC 2021 Rob Font Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 86 149 UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Aldo
07 AUG 2021 Pedro Munhoz Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 114 75 UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane
19 DEC 2020 Marlon Vera Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 44 46 UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal
11 JUL 2020 Petr Yan Lost Technical Knockout R5 3:24 83 194 UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal
14 DEC 2019 Marlon Moraes Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 58 59 UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington
11 MAY 2019 Alexander Volkanovski Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 29 95 UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade
02 FEB 2019 Renato Moicano Won Technical Knockout R2 0:44 26 24 UFC Fight Night: Assuncao vs. Moraes 2
28 JUL 2018 Jeremy Stephens Won Technical Knockout R1 4:19 29 20 UFC Fight Night: Alvarez vs. Poirier 2
02 DEC 2017 Max Holloway Lost Technical Knockout R3 4:51 87 174 UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2
03 JUN 2017 Max Holloway Lost Technical Knockout R3 4:13 55 104 UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway
09 JUL 2016 Frankie Edgar Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 80 79 UFC 200: Tate vs Nunes
12 DEC 2015 Conor McGregor Lost Technical Knockout R1 0:13 1 5 UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor
25 OCT 2014 Chad Mendes Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 102 77 UFC 179: Aldo vs Mendes 2
01 FEB 2014 Ricardo Lamas Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 62 41 UFC 169: Barao vs Faber 2
03 AUG 2013 Chan Sung Jung Won Technical Knockout R4 2:00 32 17 UFC 163: Aldo vs Jung
02 FEB 2013 Frankie Edgar Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 76 60 UFC 156: Aldo vs Edgar
14 JAN 2012 Chad Mendes Won Technical Knockout R1 4:59 11 13 UFC 142: Aldo vs Mendes
08 OCT 2011 Kenny Florian Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 51 40 UFC 136: Edgar vs Maynard 3
30 APR 2011 Mark Hominick Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 94 71 UFC 129: St-Pierre vs Shields
30 SEP 2010 Manvel Gamburyan Won Technical Knockout R2 1:32 25 8 WEC 51: Aldo vs. Gamburyan
24 APR 2010 Urijah Faber Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 77 20 WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber
18 NOV 2009 Mike Brown Won Technical Knockout R2 1:20 38 18 WEC 44: Brown vs. Aldo
07 JUN 2009 Cub Swanson Won Technical Knockout R1 0:08 2 0 WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber 2
01 MAR 2009 Chris Mickle Won Technical Knockout R1 1:39 16 5 WEC 39: Brown vs. Garcia
25 JAN 2009 Rolando Perez Won Technical Knockout R1 4:15 27 13 WEC 38: Varner vs. Cerrone
05 NOV 2008 Jonathan Brookins Won Technical Knockout R3 0:45 43 20 WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown
01 JUN 2008 Alexandre Franca Nogueira Won Technical Knockout R2 3:22 35 5 WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver

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