Things are getting spicy for [autotag]Jose Aldo[/autotag]’s highly anticipated return to the cage.
The former UFC and WEC featherweight champion had a heated faceoff with his opponent, [autotag]Jonathan Martinez[/autotag], at Wednesday’s UFC 301 media day. It was their first staredown of fight week, and it was a good one, forcing security to step in before things could escalate any further.
You can watch their heated faceoff in the video above.
Aldo (31-8 MMA, 13-7 UFC) takes on Martinez (19-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC) in a bantamweight bout in the co-main event of UFC 301, which takes place Saturday at Rio Arena in Rio de Janeiro. This is Aldo’s first fight since retiring from MMA in 2022.
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