Aldo Still Looked Very Good in Both Fights Against Holloway

[Gabe]

I've been surprised to see how many people are confidently picking Stephens over Aldo and honestly I can't see how anyone can give Stephens any more than a punchers chance. I don't think people realize how hard it is to win rounds against a fighter of Holloways caliber. He is bigger, more durable, younger, and keeps an insane pace. The fact that Aldo was able to win the first two rounds of both fights is a testament to how skilled he still is.

He looked as good as ever, even fought more aggressively than past fights. The problem is he just ran into a guy who is the cream of the crop of the next generation. Provided Stephens doesn't land a clean punch, Aldo should have this in the bag especially in a three rounder.

 

[Anomonis]

No, no he didn't.

 

[sirmorbach]

I think very good is a bit of a stretch, but I do agree with your overall point. It's not that Aldo sucks, it's just that Max Holloway is great.

 

[ArtOfDrowning]

In first, kinda.

In second, fuck no.

And Holloway used two completely different tactics to beat Aldo in those two fights. Max can pretty much choose how he wants to beat Aldo.

 

[cambo78]

Aldo didn't look "bad" against Max but he certainly looked like he's lost a step. That added to Stephens going the distance with Max and currently on a 3 fight win streak and Aldo being ko'd in 3 out of his last 4 gives you the reason many are picking Stephens.

 

[Crom Cruach]

I'm going to be controversial here and say that not only did he not look good against Holloway (either bout) but he looked bad against Edgar as well.
Tippy-Tappy point fighting performance, full of fear.
Problem was, Aldo was so much bigger than the FW of his era. Good for him.
Then the game changed when these fucking monsters (Conor, Max, Brian, Yair etc) started starving themselves to make his weight.
Game over.

 

[ScarfaceJr]

uh yea

Holloway is just younger, taller, and a bit quicker.
Aldo is shorter and had to punch up so a lot of steam was taken off his punches.

Though he does need to stop throwing everything behind every single punch

 

[Gamer007]

Damn Aldo is sneaky with those flying knees, he's always a clean connection from putting anyone out.

 

[ImNotSurpisedDonks!]

Aldo is undefeated versus the old gaurd type fighters, but he is 0-3 versus the new gen giant cream of the crop 145'ers. People don't want to hear this and chalk it up instead to Aldo fading, and tho I think he may have lost some quickness, I still think he is as good as ever and makes up for it in experience, IQ and overall skill set. Above all other divisions, I think featherweight has seen the biggest jump in talent/size/athlete since the WEC days. There are probably 20-30 fighters that could beat or give WEC Mike Brown or Faber a run for his money that now fight at FW, and guys like Zabit and Ortega had no historic equivelant. It is a super interesting division with possibly the largest talent pool and I'd love to see where it will be in five years.

 

[Ballsaque]

I'm going to be controversial here and say that not only did he not look good against Holloway (either bout) but he looked bad against Edgar as well.
Tippy-Tappy point fighting performance, full of fear.
Problem was, Aldo was so much bigger than the FW of his era. Good for him.
Then the game changed when these fucking monsters (Conor, Max, Brian, Yair etc) started starving themselves to make his weight.
Game over.

What? What an awful post

 

[kalabula]

I agree. He's not a bad fighter. He's still quite good in fact. Just some tough SOB's in his division.

 

[Workaholic]

It's not like his chin is shot either. The Conor KO aside it took Max unloading holy hell on him to finish him off

I'm gonna pick Aldo to outclass Stephens

Although I'm not going to be completely shocked if Stephens lands a bomb and he crumples either

 

[Kneeuinthenutz]

I thought he looked perfectly fine in both fights....

He absolutely crushed Max with blows that would have dropped or ended the fight with 99% of the division. Max just has an incredible chin, great cardio, and he's a really good all around fighter.

 

[Siesta]

I've been surprised to see how many people are confidently picking Stephens over Aldo and honestly I can't see how anyone can give Stephens any more than a punchers chance. I don't think people realize how hard it is to win rounds against a fighter of Holloways caliber. He is bigger, more durable, younger, and keeps an insane pace. The fact that Aldo was able to win the first two rounds of both fights is a testament to how skilled he still is.

He looked as good as ever, even fought more aggressively than past fights. The problem is he just ran into a guy who is the cream of the crop of the next generation. Provided Stephens doesn't land a clean punch, Aldo should have this in the bag especially in a three rounder.

Not as good as against McGregor, right?

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[VitorBelfoTRT]

Delusional. He got carried.

 

[HelloJapan]

He had his moments, lets not go crazy (Aldo fan here). He shouldn't have taken that second fight on short notice, that was silly. Also, his game planning was still too predictable, still not enough leg kicks, etc .

Imo, Jose's biggest problem has been his mindset, too focused on being some boxing star (silly). His head hasn't been in the game. He says he's refocused, we'll see. For young man, he has lots of miles on him.

 

[Nightwish]

Stephens by latebloomers totally savage KO.

 

[FlyingDeathKick]

Lol at all the fucktards, he looked great early on in both fights. He's still crazy fast and explosive, Max is just a better fighter.

 

[20falarVerdades]

Prime Aldo beats Holloway 10 out of 10 times. Even today's Aldo might beat him with the right gameplan, which doesn't involve boxing 90% of the time

 

[TheRealMikeson]

Aldo didn't look "bad" against Max but he certainly looked like he's lost a step. That added to Stephens going the distance with Max and currently on a 3 fight win streak and Aldo being ko'd in 3 out of his last 4 gives you the reason many are picking Stephens.

Being KOd isn't the same as being TKOd. I'd be worried if he legitimately got KOd 3 times in the last 4.