Jose Aldo will have three fights left on his contract with the UFC after Saturday’s featherweight clash with Jeremy Stephens in Calgary, and he doesn’t intend to sign a new deal. That doesn’t mean he’s pursuing free agency, or even a career in boxing, something he has mentioned in the past. After four fights or less, Aldo will hang up his gloves.
The former UFC and WEC featherweight champion, one of the greatest fighters in MMA history, will compete in a non-title bout for the first time since 2009 at UFC on FOX 30, and told Brazilian reporters in an online scrum on Wednesday that his career is coming to an end.