Problem with Aldo is he's not patient and his fights IQ is pretty low for such a legend.
Against Holloway in the rematch he was actually doing really good, he started landing more kicks and his jab to the body was really nice. Go back and watch it. Hollway had his moments as well and looked to have much better distance and range control.
But the fight was pretty close leading up to the 3rd and those kicks were starting to do damage.
So Holloway being smart decided to put the pressure on Aldo. The moment Aldo gets tagged its almost like he can't do anything else but try and throw heavy shots in return. So Max took advantage of this and made Aldo gas in a brawl.
If aldo was to just use his amazing footwork and back away from Holloway every time he wanted to start swinging he could have just kept landing leg kicks, body jab, and the occasinal uppercut, straight left and right he lands.
He tagged Holloway quite a few times in both fights with wicked uppercuts and straight rights. Mix that up with kicks, then disengage and repeat. Eventually chopping down those legs to set up harder punches in the later rounds. But the moment those leg kicks started landing Holloway taunted Aldo dropped his hands and said lets fucking go. Aldo being the hot head he is started swigning hard and when Aldo throws he throws EVERYTHING into his punches, he's very explosive, like Yoel.
The problem is his punches while explosive are tense, so he needs to pace himself. And against a taller and rangy opponent he dropped his gameplan and tried to play a dangerous game against a fighter who knew how to use his reach. So he got fucked up .
He started doing the same thing against Jeremthy luckily he landed that liver punch.
Aldo needs to use the gameplan Conor used against Nate in the rematch. Don't try and brawl against these tall lanky fighters with amazing cardio, its where they thrive. Land land, get out. Rinse and repeat and pray it works.