Jose Aldo versus Max Holloway is, perhaps, the finest featherweight fight the UFC has ever put together. Aldo won the featherweight belt in the WEC in 2009, and held it until his shocking, 13-second knockout defeat at the hands of Conor McGregor in 2015. Now, with McGregor holding the lightweight belt and chasing more lucrative opportunities in the boxing ring, the featherweight strap is back around Aldo’s waist, and, judging by his effortless dismantling of Frankie Edgar last summer, he is as sharp and confident as ever. Perhaps more so.
As a young contender, Aldo was renowned for his explosive Muay Thai.