Congrats to Jose Aldo on making history
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Hey more history- one more title defense and Aldo ties Anderson Silva and GSP's record of 10. 2 more and he breaks it.
Conor's inflammatory rhetoric fuels us.
Isn't that kind of meant to be a "straight title defense" record? I mean Silva didn't get KTFO in the middle of his reign.
Nah. Anderson and GSP will still have the consecutive defense record. Aldo will tie their total record with 1 and break it with 2.
Be that as it may, I still think the more impressive record Aldo has is "winning" two titles without having to actually fight. I can't see that ever being broken.
He caved in Gamburyan's skull to keep the title he won and defended already. He was champ when WEC was folded over and the division was created, so derp. He wasn't given anything (if there was any question who the best FW in the world was, he answered it when he turned Hominick into the elephant man).
With this second undisputed title, he won when he outclassed Frankie Edgar again and Conor fell in love with fried foods and decided his fat ass couldn't make it to 145 anymore.
Stop crying. It'll be ok. He'll defend this only belt he has left anymore someday...
Conor winning titles
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Haha okay I will concede that point to you, but what have all those title defenses gotten him? He's still just a pawn for the UFC to use as they see fit.
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They have the same number of titlesHaha okay I will concede that point to you, but what have all those title defenses gotten him? He's still just a pawn for the UFC to use as they see fit.
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True, but then I would just circle back to the original point that Conor KO'd two guys to get his titles, and Jose Aldo twice got a text one day telling him he was a UFC champion.They have the same number of titles
I mean, should Jose be proud to be the FW champ by virtue of having a guy just move up a weight division and leave it behind? A guy who KO'd him in 13 seconds?
Yeah. Aldo wanted the rematch, Conor didn't.
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Maybe he respects Conor too much to take a fight short notice, like when Jon Jones turned down Chael Sonnen.
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I'd buy that if he and his coach hadn't been talking mad shit in the two months prior about how all they wanted was a rematch and how Aldo was in training all the time waiting for a call to get a rematch and how Aldo would make an exception to his "title-shot only" demand if and only if he got a non-title fight against Conor.
The UFC called Aldo's bluff, and all the excuses in Brazil couldn't save Aldo from looking like he had been full of shit the entire time.
If Conor had such an easy time, what was his issue with defending the title? The UFC never let anyone else attempt what he got to (twice) without having to make a title defense first. Didn't even have to be Aldo. He could have rematched Holloway or fought Frankie. But he didn't, so here we are.
I dunno man, that's a hard stance to justify seeing as, you know, Aldo turned down the rematch when it was offered to him (after months of bragging that he'd fight Conor any time, any where).
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Conor is about pursuing greater things in MMA. A rematch with Aldo or Holloway simply wouldn't have elevated his greatness the way a fight for the 155-lb title did. As for Edgar, he had his chance and he lost it by losing to Aldo.
Then you agree Aldo wasn't given anything, he earned it by schooling Edgar...
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That fight was for the interim title. He was given the undisputed title when Conor chose not to return to the featherweight division (I'm assuming the UFC asked Conor which title he wanted to give up and he chose the 145 belt).
The fight against Gamburyan was Aldo defending his WEC title. He was given the UFC title when they added the division.
So yes, he's been given two titles.
Given two titles! Neva been done before!! He's so good, he doesn't even have to fight for em- they look at him and know he's the best in the fookin world!!