‘Absolute legend’: MMA community reacts to Jose Aldo’s retirement

Former UFC champion Jose Aldo has called it a career, causing many in the MMA community to take a trip down memory lane.

“The King of Rio” hung them up and as news broke of this, many fighters, personalities, and media members took a nostalgic journey down memory lane.

A consensus all-time great, [autotag]Jose Aldo[/autotag] left a lasting impacts on fighters and followers of MMA since he burst into the national spotlight in 2008. Sunday, news surfaced of his retirement.

Read below what the MMA community had to say about the first UFC featherweight champion ever retiring from mixed martial arts.