José Aldo (32-10, 18) was born in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil on September 9, 1986. At the age of 17 years on August 10, 2004, he made his professional MMA debut against Mario Bigola, winning the fight via 1st-round KO.
On April 30, 2011, 24-year old José Aldo made his UFC debut on his 20th professional MMA fight at UFC 129 against a 28-year old Mark Hominick, winning the fight via 5-round unanimous decision.
Aldo's last fight was a 3-round unanimous decision loss to Aiemann Zahabi at UFC 315 at age 38 on May 10, 2025. He retired on a 2-fight losing streak.
He has fought 23 times in the UFC, and has a record of 14 wins and 9 losses in the promotion.
Some of José Aldo's best fights have been against Chad Mendes, Jung Chan-sung, Mike Brown, Manny Gamburyan, Mark Hominick, Frankie Edgar and Kenny Florian.
Aldo has 10 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
42  | May 10, 2025 38 years, 8 months 32-10 (18) | 37 years, 5 months 12-2 (8) | UFC | FT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
41  | Oct 5, 2024 38 years 32-9 (18) | 31 years, 3 months 14-2 (9) | UFC | BT | 3 | SD | LOSS |
40  | May 4, 2024 37 years, 7 months 32-8 (18) | 30 years 19-4 (11) | UFC | BT | 3 | UD | WIN |
39  | Aug 20, 2022 35 years, 11 months 31-8 (18) | 31 years, 7 months 14-4 (4) | UFC | BT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
38  | Dec 4, 2021 35 years, 2 months 31-7 (18) | 34 years, 5 months 19-4 (12) | UFC | BT | 5 | UD | WIN |
37  | Aug 7, 2021 34 years, 10 months 30-7 (18) | 34 years, 11 months 19-5 (13) | UFC | BT | 3 | UD | WIN |
36  | Dec 19, 2020 34 years, 3 months 29-7 (18) | 28 years 18-6-1 (16) | UFC | BT | 3 | UD | WIN |
35  | Jul 12, 2020 33 years, 10 months 28-7 (18) | 27 years, 5 months 14-1 (7) | UFC | BT | 5 | TKO | LOSS Punches For UFC bantamweight title Vacant |
34  | Dec 14, 2019 33 years, 3 months 28-6 (18) | 31 years, 7 months 22-6-1 (16) | UFC | BT | 3 | SD | LOSS |
33  | May 11, 2019 32 years, 8 months 28-5 (18) | 30 years, 7 months 19-1 (14) | UFC | FT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
32  | Feb 2, 2019 32 years, 4 months 28-4 (18) | 29 years, 8 months 13-1-1 (6) | UFC | FT | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches |
31  | Jul 28, 2018 31 years, 10 months 27-4 (17) | 32 years, 2 months 28-14 (21) | UFC | FT | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
30  | Dec 2, 2017 31 years, 2 months 26-4 (16) | 25 years, 11 months 18-3 (10) | UFC | FT | 3 | TKO | LOSS Punches For UFC featherweight title |
29 | Jun 3, 2017 30 years, 8 months 26-3 (16) | 25 years, 5 months 17-3 (9) | UFC | FT | 3 | TKO | LOSS Punches Lost UFC featherweight title |
28  | Jul 9, 2016 29 years, 10 months 26-2 (16) | 34 years, 8 months 20-4-1 (9) | UFC | FT | 5 | UD | WIN Won UFC featherweight title Interim |
27  | Dec 12, 2015 29 years, 3 months 25-2 (16) | 27 years, 4 months 18-2 (17) | UFC | FT | 1 | KO | LOSS Punch Lost UFC featherweight title |
26  | Oct 25, 2014 28 years, 1 months 25-1 (16) | 29 years, 5 months 16-1 (8) | UFC | FT | 5 | UD | WIN Defended UFC featherweight title |
25  | Feb 1, 2014 27 years, 4 months 24-1 (16) | 31 years, 8 months 13-2 (7) | UFC | FT | 5 | UD | WIN Defended UFC featherweight title |
24  | Aug 3, 2013 26 years, 10 months 23-1 (16) | 26 years, 4 months 13-3 (10) | UFC | FT | 4 | TKO | WIN Punches Defended UFC featherweight title |
23 | Feb 2, 2013 26 years, 4 months 22-1 (15) | 31 years, 3 months 15-3-1 (6) | UFC | FT | 5 | UD | WIN Defended UFC featherweight title |
22 | Jan 14, 2012 25 years, 4 months 21-1 (15) | 26 years, 8 months 11-0 (4) | UFC | FT | 1 | KO | WIN Knee Defended UFC featherweight title |
21  | Oct 8, 2011 25 years 20-1 (14) | 35 years, 4 months 14-5 (12) | UFC | FT | 5 | UD | WIN Defended UFC featherweight title |
20  | Apr 30, 2011 24 years, 7 months 19-1 (14) | 28 years, 9 months 20-8 (15) | UFC | FT | 5 | UD | WIN Defended UFC featherweight title |
19  | Sep 30, 2010 24 years 18-1 (14) | 29 years, 4 months 11-4 (7) | WEC | FT | 2 | KO | WIN Punches Defended WEC featherweight title |
18  | Apr 24, 2010 23 years, 7 months 17-1 (13) | 30 years, 11 months 23-3 (18) | WEC | FT | 5 | UD | WIN Defended WEC featherweight title |
17  | Nov 18, 2009 23 years, 2 months 16-1 (13) | 34 years, 2 months 22-4 (16) | WEC | FT | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches Won WEC featherweight title |
16  | Jun 7, 2009 22 years, 8 months 15-1 (12) | 25 years, 7 months 13-2 (10) | WEC | FT | 1 | TKO | WIN Flying knee and punches |
15 | Mar 1, 2009 22 years, 5 months 14-1 (11) | Chris Mickle | WEC | LT | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
14 | Jan 25, 2009 22 years, 4 months 13-1 (10) | Rolando Perez | WEC | LT | 1 | KO | WIN Knee and punches |
13  | Nov 5, 2008 22 years, 1 months 12-1 (9) | 23 years, 2 months 8-2 (8) | WEC | LT | 3 | TKO | WIN Punches |
12  | Jun 1, 2008 21 years, 8 months 11-1 (8) | 30 years, 4 months 13-4-2 (7) | WEC | LT | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches |
11 | Jul 27, 2007 20 years, 10 months 10-1 (7) | Shoji Maruyama | Pancrase | LT | 3 | UD | WIN |
10  | May 2, 2007 20 years, 7 months 9-1 (7) | 31 years, 10 months 4-4 (2) | LT | 3 | UD | WIN | |
9 | May 20, 2006 19 years, 8 months 8-1 (7) | Thiago Meller | LT | 3 | MD | WIN | |
8 | Nov 26, 2005 19 years, 2 months 7-1 (7) | Luciano Azevedo | LT | 2 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke | |
7 | Oct 15, 2005 19 years, 1 months 7-0 (7) | Micky Young | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | ||
6  | Sep 17, 2005 19 years 6-0 (6) | 22 years, 5 months 9-3 (9) | 1 | TKO | WIN Doctor stoppage | ||
5 | Jul 9, 2005 18 years, 10 months 5-0 (5) | Anderson Silverio | 1 | TKO | WIN Submission to soccer kicks | ||
4 | May 12, 2005 18 years, 8 months 4-0 (4) | Aritano Silva Barbosa | 1 | KO | WIN Soccer kicks | ||
3 | Mar 19, 2005 18 years, 6 months 3-0 (3) | Luiz de Paula | 1 | SUB | WIN Arm-triangle choke | ||
2 | Oct 23, 2004 18 years, 1 months 2-0 (2) | Hudson Rocha | 1 | TKO | WIN Doctor stoppage | ||
1 | Aug 10, 2004 17 years, 11 months 1-0 (1) | Mario Bigola | 1 | KO | WIN Head kick |
