BARUERI, Brazil — Jose Aldo defended the UFC featherweight championship for the seventh straight time against Chad Mendes at UFC 179, and the Brazilian fighter hopes Conor McGregor gets the next shot at his belt.
“I hope he’s next because it would be a huge fight,” Aldo said during a Q&A session before UFC Fight Night 58 official weigh-ins in Barueri, Brazil, on Friday.
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RIO DE JANEIRO — Jose Aldo stays the UFC featherweight champ, but Chad Mendes proved to be an excellent challenge at Saturday night’s UFC 179 in Brazil.
The first and only 145-pound champ, Aldo defended his title for the seventh successive time, the third in Brazil, and he feels even better when performing in the front of his countrymen.
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True to his word, Chad Mendes looked the same as a combatant reborn in his rematch against Jose Aldo at UFC 179. It simply was not enough, as Aldo bested Mendes yet again to defend his UFC featherweight title for a record seventh straight time in what proved to be one of the most combustible and sensational fights of 2014.
While Aldo came from Rio de Janeiro the owner of a 49-46 unanimous decision, the scorecards alone sell the fight brief. Just about any round featured numerous harrowing sequences and wild swings of momentum (and even a couple of minutes of controversy). So go ahead, relive all of the activity from an immediate classic with our jogging timeline in the experts below.
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