This is a really interesting rematch.
Aldo's distinct advantage over Max, on paper, are his leg kicks. These are a BIG part of his game. He barely through a single kick, so I'm inclined to believe this leg injury excuse over all his other excuses in the past, because he did not use them at all. It was a weird Aldo performance.
Aldo was also winning the fight right up until Max caught him with the one-two. It's not like Max just walked through him. He caught him good, but before that point it seemed like Aldo was doing what he usually does, less the leg kicks.
However...
Aldo is getting on, and has now been KO'd twice in his last three fights. He also tends to coast in latter rounds, and Max gives absolutely no breathing room. Aldo will need to keep his cardio and wits about him for the full 25 minutes if he can't put him away.
Aldo can only go down from here athletically...while Max can (and is) only going up. To me it's all about whether Aldo can capitalise on leg kicks early on, and use that to throw Max off his rhythm, because once the Blessed One gets going and starts finding his mark, he is relentless like no one else.
I'm pretty excited for this fight, as far as rematches go, anyway. I'm sliding with Max, but it's easy to forget how good Aldo is with the way this boards shits on him.
