The first UFC Featherweight Champion, undefeated at 145 pounds for a decade across the WEC and UFC.
José Aldo da Silva Oliveira Júnior is a Brazilian former professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Bantamweight and Featherweight divisions of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he was the inaugural and longest-reigning UFC Featherweight Champion, becoming champion after the UFC/WEC merger. Aldo is also the former interim UFC Featherweight Champion. He formerly competed in World Extreme Cagefighting, where he was the fourth and final WEC Featherweight Champion. Aldo is considered to be one of the greatest mixed martial artists of all time, and is often regarded as one of the greatest featherweights of all time after defending his UFC title seven times and his WEC title twice.
Fighters who debuted in the Unified Rules era, from The Ultimate Fighter generation to the champions of the 2010s.
The first UFC Featherweight Champion, undefeated at 145 pounds for a decade across the WEC and UFC.
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