José Aldo

“Junior”

MMA

32-10RECORD

17KO / TKO WINS

1SUBMISSION WINS

14DECISION WINS

Profile

Full name	José Aldo da Silva Oliveira Júnior
Nickname	Junior
Date of birth	9 Sep 1986
Nationality	Brazilian
Birthplace	Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Lives in	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Division	Featherweight / Bantamweight
Team	Nova União
Height	170 cm (5′7″)
Reach	178 cm (70″)
Stance	Orthodox
Years active	since 2004
Status	Not added yet
Pro debut	10 Aug 2004
Last fight	Loss vs Aiemann Zahabi, 10 May 2025

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Titles and honours

Inaugural UFC featherweight champion (two reigns, 7 defences)
UFC interim featherweight champion
Final WEC featherweight champion
UFC Hall of Fame (2023)

Background

Unbeaten for 10 years from 2005 to 2015 and the first holder of the UFC featherweight belt after the WEC merged into the UFC.

Fight history

42 professional fights. Newest first.

Result	Opponent	Method	Round	Time	Event	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	Aiemann Zahabi	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC 315	10 May 2025	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Final fight
Loss	Mario Bautista	Decision (split)	3	5:00	UFC 307	5 Oct 2024	Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Win	Jonathan Martinez	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC 301	4 May 2024	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Loss	Merab Dvalishvili	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC 278	20 Aug 2022	Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Win	Rob Font	Decision (unanimous)	5	5:00	UFC on ESPN: Font vs. Aldo	4 Dec 2021	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Win	Pedro Munhoz	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC 265	7 Aug 2021	Houston, Texas, USA
Win	Marlon Vera	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal	19 Dec 2020	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Loss	Petr Yan	TKO (punches)	5	3:24	UFC 251	12 Jul 2020	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	For vacant UFC bantamweight title
Loss	Marlon Moraes	Decision (split)	3	5:00	UFC 245	14 Dec 2019	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Bantamweight debut
Loss	Alexander Volkanovski	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC 237	11 May 2019	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Win	Renato Moicano	TKO (punches)	2	0:44	UFC Fight Night: Assunção vs. Moraes 2	2 Feb 2019	Fortaleza, Brazil
Win	Jeremy Stephens	TKO (punches)	1	4:19	UFC on Fox: Alvarez vs. Poirier 2	28 Jul 2018	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Loss	Max Holloway	TKO (punches)	3	4:51	UFC 218	2 Dec 2017	Detroit, Michigan, USA
Loss	Max Holloway	TKO (punches)	3	4:13	UFC 212	3 Jun 2017	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Lost UFC featherweight title
Win	Frankie Edgar	Decision (unanimous)	5	5:00	UFC 200	9 Jul 2016	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Won interim UFC featherweight title
Loss	Conor McGregor	KO (punch)	1	0:13	UFC 194	12 Dec 2015	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Lost UFC featherweight title
Win	Chad Mendes	Decision (unanimous)	5	5:00	UFC 179	25 Oct 2014	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Defended UFC title
Win	Ricardo Lamas	Decision (unanimous)	5	5:00	UFC 169	1 Feb 2014	Newark, New Jersey, USA	Defended UFC title
Win	Chan Sung Jung	TKO (punches)	4	2:00	UFC 163	3 Aug 2013	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Defended UFC title
Win	Frankie Edgar	Decision (unanimous)	5	5:00	UFC 156	2 Feb 2013	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Defended UFC title
Win	Chad Mendes	KO (knee)	1	4:59	UFC 142	14 Jan 2012	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Defended UFC title
Win	Kenny Florian	Decision (unanimous)	5	5:00	UFC 136	8 Oct 2011	Houston, Texas, USA	Defended UFC title
Win	Mark Hominick	Decision (unanimous)	5	5:00	UFC 129	30 Apr 2011	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Defended UFC featherweight title
Win	Manny Gamburyan	KO (punches)	2	1:32	WEC 51	30 Sep 2010	Broomfield, Colorado, USA	Defended WEC title
Win	Urijah Faber	Decision (unanimous)	5	5:00	WEC 48	24 Apr 2010	Sacramento, California, USA	Defended WEC title
Win	Mike Brown	TKO (punches)	2	1:20	WEC 44	18 Nov 2009	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Won WEC featherweight title
Win	Cub Swanson	TKO (flying knee and punches)	1	0:08	WEC 41	7 Jun 2009	Sacramento, California, USA
Win	Chris Mickle	TKO (punches)	1	1:39	WEC 39	1 Mar 2009	Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
Win	Rolando Perez	KO (knee and punches)	1	4:15	WEC 38	25 Jan 2009	San Diego, California, USA
Win	Jonathan Brookins	TKO (punches)	3	0:45	WEC 36	5 Nov 2008	Hollywood, Florida, USA
Win	Alexandre Franca Nogueira	TKO (punches)	2	3:22	WEC 34	1 Jun 2008	Sacramento, California, USA	WEC debut
Win	Shoji Maruyama	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Pancrase: 2007 Neo-Blood Tournament Finals	27 Jul 2007	Tokyo, Japan
Win	Fábio Mello	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Top Fighting Championships 3	2 May 2007	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Win	Thiago Meller	Decision (majority)	3	5:00	Gold Fighters Championship 1	20 May 2006	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Loss	Luciano Azevedo	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	3:37	Jungle Fight 5	26 Nov 2005	Manaus, Brazil	Lightweight bout
Win	Micky Young	TKO (punches)	1	1:05	FX3: Battle of Britain	15 Oct 2005	Reading, England
Win	Phil Harris	TKO (doctor stoppage)	1		UK-1: Fight Night	17 Sep 2005	Portsmouth, England
Win	Anderson Silverio	TKO (soccer kicks)	1	8:33	Meca World Vale Tudo 12	9 Jul 2005	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Win	Aritano Silva Barbosa	KO (soccer kicks)	1	0:20	Rio MMA Challenge 1	12 May 2005	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Win	Luiz de Paula	Submission (arm-triangle choke)	1	1:54	Shooto Brazil 7	19 Mar 2005	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Win	Hudson Rocha	TKO (doctor stoppage)	1	5:00	Shooto Brazil 4	23 Oct 2004	São Paulo, Brazil
Win	Mario Bigola	KO (head kick)	1	0:18	Eco Fight Championship 1	10 Aug 2004	Macapá, Brazil	Professional debut