Jose Aldo

FeatherweightOutfighter
14 - 9

23 UFC Fights | 61% Win Rate | 4 Finishes (29%)

Height
5' 7"
Reach
70"
Weight
135 lbs.
Age
40
Orthodox

Jose Aldo UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Jose Aldo is 14-9 in the UFC across 23 fights, with 4 wins by knockout and 10 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 32-10, 18-1 of it outside the UFC. Aldo competes at featherweight as an orthodox outfighter, standing 5'7" with a 70" reach at 40 years old. The last bout was a loss to Aiemann Zahabi by decision in May 2025.

Best attribute: takedown defense (share of opponents' takedown attempts stopped) — 94th percentile among 191 featherweight fighters (92%).

Jose Aldo's UFC win rate is 61% (14 of 23 fights), and 29% of those wins came by finish. Aldo averages 0.6 takedowns per fight at 50% accuracy and stops 92% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
32-10
UFC Record
14-9
Height
5'7"
Reach
70"
Age
40
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Aiemann Zahabi · Decision · May 2025

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Jose Aldo's Last 5 Fights

Aldo is 2-3 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Aiemann Zahabi · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena · May 2025
  2. Loss vs Mario Bautista · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. · Oct 2024
  3. Win vs Jonathan Martinez · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 301: Pantoja vs. Erceg · May 2024
  4. Loss vs Merab Dvalishvili · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards · Aug 2022
  5. Win vs Rob Font · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Aldo · Dec 2021

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
3.6
Accuracy
45%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.30

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
4.2
Strike Differential
+-0.7
Opp. Accuracy Against
42%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
0.6
Takedown Accuracy
50%
Takedown Defense
92%
elite
Control Time / Fight
1:55
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.2

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
9% KO
0% Sub
R2
4% KO
0% Sub
R3+
4% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Jose Aldo vs Average

Jose Aldo's UFC Fight History

23 UFC fights on record (14-9), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LAiemann ZahabiDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena2025-05-10
LMario BautistaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr.2024-10-05
WJonathan MartinezDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 301: Pantoja vs. Erceg2024-05-04
LMerab DvalishviliDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards2022-08-20
WRob FontDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Aldo2021-12-04
WPedro MunhozDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane2021-08-07
WMarlon VeraDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal2020-12-19
L★Petr YanKO/TKOR5 · 3:24UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal2020-07-11
LMarlon MoraesDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington2019-12-14
LAlexander VolkanovskiDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade2019-05-11
WRenato MoicanoKO/TKOR2 · 0:44UFC Fight Night: Assuncao vs. Moraes 22019-02-02
WJeremy StephensKO/TKOR1 · 4:19UFC Fight Night: Alvarez vs. Poirier 22018-07-28
L★Max HollowayKO/TKOR3 · 4:51UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 22017-12-02
L★Max HollowayKO/TKOR3 · 4:13UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway2017-06-03
W★Frankie EdgarDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 200: Tate vs Nunes2016-07-09
L★Conor McGregorKO/TKOR1 · 0:13UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor2015-12-12
W★Chad MendesDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 179: Aldo vs Mendes 22014-10-25
W★Ricardo LamasDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 169: Barao vs Faber 22014-02-01
W★Chan Sung JungKO/TKOR4 · 2:00UFC 163: Aldo vs Jung2013-08-03
W★Frankie EdgarDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 156: Aldo vs Edgar2013-02-02
W★Chad MendesKO/TKOR1 · 4:59UFC 142: Aldo vs Mendes2012-01-14
W★Kenny FlorianDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 136: Edgar vs Maynard 32011-10-08
W★Mark HominickDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 129: St-Pierre vs Shields2011-04-30

How Aldo Ranks at Featherweight

Percentile among the 191 featherweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume3.6 sig. strikes/min
58th percentile
Striking accuracy45%
52nd percentile
Strikes absorbed4.2/min
30th percentile
Takedowns0.6/fight
38th percentile
Takedown defense92%
94th percentile
Knockdown power0.30/fight
69th percentile

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