“Blessed” repeated history on Saturday night in Detroit.
In the UFC 218 main event, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway retained his title for the first time in a rematch against former longtime division king Jose Aldo, and he did so in exact fashion in which he took away the belt from the Brazilian less than six months ago.
Heading into UFC 212, Aldo was the champ and Holloway the interim champ. Holloway finished the legend with a third-round TKO. Heading into UFC 218, Holloway was the champ and Aldo the challenger, but yet again, Holloway scored a third-round TKO, stopping the featherweight great with ground-and-pound with just seconds left in the frame.