
Aldo retires from UFC: 'Can't do this anymore'
Jeff Wagenheim
created: May 11, 2025, 3:33 p.m. | updated: May 11, 2025, 7:53 p.m.
Open Extended ReactionsJosé Aldo, a two-time UFC featherweight champion who made a record seven title defenses, retired following a brutal loss to Aiemann Zahabi at UFC 315 on Saturday night in Montreal.
"I don't think I have it in me anymore," Aldo said through an interpreter after dropping a unanimous decision.
Jose Aldo dropped a unanimous decision to Aiemann Zahabi and announced his retirement afterward, saying, "I just don't have it in my heart anymore."
Aldo became featherweight champion in the UFC's sister promotion, the WEC, in 2009, and when that promotion and its roster were absorbed by the UFC the following year, he was named champion.
Aldo won an interim title the following year, and after McGregor was stripped for not defending his belt, Aldo again was named champion.
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