Profile
José Aldo
Mixed Martial Artist
Male
Born
Sep 9, 1986
Age
26
Hometown
Manaus
Nationality
Brazilian People
Jos%C3%A9 Aldo is a Brazilian mixed martial artist, who competes as a featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he is the first and current UFC Featherweight Champion. Aldo was also the fourth and final WEC Featherweight Champion. His… Read More
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Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1986
Birth
Born on September 9, 1986.
TEENAGE
2004
17 Years Old
Known by the nickname "Junior", José Aldo da Silva Oliveira Júnior fought his first professional MMA fight at the age of seventeen at EcoFight 1 on August 10, 2004.
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Aldo spent the next several years jumping from organization to organization. He next fought Vale Tudo and Shooto veteran Aritano Silva Barbosa, who had lost four of his last five fights, at Rio MMA Challenge 1 on May 12, 2005.
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2006
19 Years Old
Aldo rebounded in his next fight against the then-undefeated Thiago "Minu" Meller at Gold Fighters Championship I on May 20, 2006, winning a majority decision in a very close fight.
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TWENTIES
2007
20 Years Old
In his last fight before joining the WEC, Aldo fought Pancrase veteran Shoji Maruyama in the Pancrase 2007 Neo-Blood Tournament Finals.
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2008
21 Years Old
Aldo made his debut for mixed martial arts promoter World Extreme Cagefighting on June 1, 2008 at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, California.
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Aldo won his fight on June 7, 2009 at WEC 41 against Cub Swanson via double flying knee eight seconds into the first round.

Aldo faced former title holder Urijah Faber on April 24, 2010 at WEC 48.
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Aldo made his first title defense against Mark Hominick on April 30, 2011 at UFC 129 by defeating the Canadian by a unanimous decision in a bout that earned Fight of the Night honors.
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Aldo faced Chad Mendes on January 14, 2012 at UFC 142 he spent most of the fight defending Mendes' take-down attempts with ease.
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