“Stronger than the World,” the bio-pic chronicling the life and career of former Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight titleholder Jose Aldo recently premiered in Brazil and included showings in Rio de Janeiro. Of the 12 local theaters screening the film, six were virtual sellouts, as journalists, MMA fighters and actors were all on hand, along with Aldo, his mother, Rocilene Soccoro Souza, and his wife, Viviane Oliveira.
Aldo admitted he cried the first time he saw the film.
“There’s no way not to cry,” he said. “It’s not only for me or fight fans.