Featherweight MMA Rankings 1. Jose Aldo (21-1) After his Jan. 14 knockout of Chad Mendes, Jose Aldo was the king of Rio de Janeiro for a moment. Come July, “Scarface” will have the chance to win over the fighting faithful of another country, as Aldo will travel to Calgary, Alberta, to meet [...]
Featherweight MMA Rankings 1. Jose Aldo (21-1) After his Jan. 14 knockout of Chad Mendes, Jose Aldo was the king of Rio de Janeiro for a moment. Come July, “Scarface” will have the chance to win over the fighting faithful of another country, as Aldo will travel to Calgary, Alberta, to meet a yet-to-be-named challenger [...]
Featherweight MMA Rankings 1. Jose Aldo (21-1) It might be too early to call Jose Aldo “the people’s champion,” but the Brazilian dynamo’s sensational first-round knockout of previously-unbeaten Chad Mendes at UFC 142 in Rio de Janeiro — punctuated by his post-fight dive into the carioca crowd – was one of the most [...]
Featherweight MMA Rankings Jose Aldo UFC Champion Chad Mendes (+300) One dimensional, but he's a physical beast. No shame losing to Aldo. Dustin Poirier (+360) Big win over Grispi. Impressive young talent recently beat Holloway. Kenny Florian (+380) overmatch against Aldo, now what? Diego Nunes (+420) biggest win of his life vs Mike Brown, solid [...]
It stands to logic that winning, and then winning some more, will elevate you in the pecking order. That goes for all sports, really, not just mixed martial arts. But there are other ways to earn yourself acknowledgment as being among the crème de la crème. Bisping showed off his strength and grit in going [...]
Featherweight MMA Rankings 1. Jose Aldo 2. Chad Mendes 3. Dustin Poirier 4. Tatsuya Kawajiri 5. Hatsu Hioki 6. Kenny Florian 7. Diego Nunes 8. Erik Koch 9. Patricio “Pitbull” Freire 10. Joe Warren This Saturday night at UFC 141 Jose Aldo will defend his UFC featherweight title against top contender Chad Mendes. The key [...]
Top Ten Featherweight MMA Fighter Rankings 1. Jose Aldo (1): After struggling to cut down to 145 pounds, Aldo has talked about moving up to lightweight, but I think that would be a mistake. I don't think he has the frame for 155, and I think he'd really struggle against big lightweight wrestlers. In fact, [...]
