Is it just me or Aldo looked great yesterday?

[Rayess]

I really thought he looked old school Aldo. Fast, throwing kicks, stricks with bad intention etc...
I feel that if he finished Zahabi with that crazy soccer kicks, it would have been a complete different outcome.

Now it's like "I'm too old, i don't have the fire anymore". But in my eyes he looked f***** great

 

[Travis Alexander]

Aldo looked amazing imo. I was watching the fight and couldn’t stop commenting to my friends at all the flashes of vintage Aldo. He handily won that fight imo. I hated seeing him get robbed on the way out…what a brutal sport.

 

[smiles mma]

I thought he looked sharp and aggressive. Wish he could have got the finish or at least the decision he deserved

 

[arcadeperfect]

He did until he was depleted. We've all seen Aldo tired, but that was different. Glaring at the clock for a good 2 seconds, and then looking almost asleep on his back you could see his body give out.

 

[Rhood]

He looked even better in the Bautista fight as well.
But Aldo gave up in round 3 last night. He quit fighting near the start of the round.

 

[Rorschachxx]

He looked like vintage Aldo initially. Loved his classic rips to the body.

His cardio failed him hard though. He noticably slowed down and that final sprint to finish the fight gassed him out completely.

I wish he came back to FW when he returned. Would've been the better move imo, but obv. I'm not in his camp.

 

[w00t]

He looked good. The skill level is still there, but the conditioning to maintain it isn't.

 

[Killhippies]

Looked great, but that cardio is the tell tale sign of not taking his off-camp training seriously. He's ready to move on, no need for him to force something that he is not 100% committed to.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

He looked fine when it was going well but prime Aldo would never have had a close fight with Zahabi so even though I thought he won I'm still glad he's retiring.

 

[tritestill]

For a round and a half. Guy was dead in the water in the third and was bullied by a far inferior fighter and should retire. Responses like his help fighters remain delusional. Aldo has had gas tank.issues in the past, that was the worst.

 

[SamuraiBro]

He looked great until the last 2 minutes of the third, where he gassed out and looked up at the clock sucking in air.

 

[kingofthecans]

Jose Lardo looked great for a guy that couldn't make weight.

 

[J'Ghasta]

His post fight interview said it all. Although hes still capable of competing, hes suffering from combat fatigue/mental exhaustion. 20 years of fighting and training will do that. Come to think of it, Aldo might actually stand to benefit from training with David Goggins.

 

[piropiro]

Aldo looked good until he gassed completely and barely survived…

Also the soccer kick was borderline IMO.

Also couldn’t make weight.

Amazing fighter but retirement is a wise idea, especially after a long career and plenty of damage.

 

[ChrisBenoit]

He looked good for two and a half rounds. Gassed bad but still should've gotten a comfortable decision

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

He adrenaline dump chasing a finished and killed his cardio. No vet should ever do that but I get the circumstance.

I do think he clearly won 1 and 2 and did get two knock downs in the 3rd.

 

[Milenkovic]

Weight cut killed my favourite ever fighter

Always WAR ALDO

 

[WildShrimper]

His post fight interview said it all. Although hes still capable of competing, hes suffering from combat fatigue/mental exhaustion. 20 years of fighting and training will do that. Come to think of it, Aldo might actually stand to benefit from training with David Goggins.

Maybe, but the training camps/cutting weight and all of the preparation for the fight is the hardest part of a fighter's career. He probably doesn't wanna do the whole process ever again.

 

[Travis Alexander]

He looked even better in the Bautista fight as well.
But Aldo gave up in round 3 last night. He quit fighting near the start of the round.

He got 2 knockdowns and almost finished his opponent during the first 2 minutes of round 3… you aren’t remembering it correctly sherbro. He did however blow his wad hunting the finish and almost got finished himself in the second half of round 3.

Aldo won the first 12 1/2 minutes of a 15 minute fight but somehow lost the decision. I hate seeing him go out like that.

 

[Danespina]

Some of the best moments in his whole UFC career were in it.
That moment he gassed though was.... oh shit... lol.