Is Jose Aldo in for a bad time at bantamweight?
I saw the photo, and so did you: Aldo (28-5 MMA, 10-4 UFC), apparently being propped up by his Nova Unaio teammates after a training session, looking like he was suffering from starvation, with a gaunt face that made him look like he was about 20 years older than he actually is.
And that was before he even got to Las Vegas. Fight week hasn’t exactly been reassuring.
Aldo had some rough moments trying to make 145 during his long run as featherweight champion, and when there was talk about moving to different weight classes, it usually was about a move *up* to lightweight.
But here’s where we are: Aldo has been pretty well boxed out of the top spots at featherweight, having lost four of his past seven with three of those coming by way of finish, and he’s decided 135 is the way to go. There, he’s going to meet one of the game’s pound-for-pound most creative and violent finishers in Moraes (22-6-1 MMA, 4-2 UFC), who has a point to prove as he looks to rebound from his loss to Henry Cejudo in the matchup for the vacant bantamweight title. Maybe Aldo will prove everyone wrong, but we wouldn’t bank on it.
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