After 13 years in the MMA game, Aldo has finally learned that talking the talk is just as – if not more important (sometimes) – than walking the walk.
“I think it’s great,” Aldo said of smack talking during Tuesday’s UFC 212 press conference in Rio de Janeiro. “That’s what sells fights. That’s what brings us money. We’re in a generation that’s totally different from when I began in the sport. When I started in the sport, with the athletes and fighters, there was honor and respect among us – the whole fight philosophy. There’s high-end fighters, and then there’s real fighters.