Jose Aldo suffered only his second loss in the past decade when he fell to Max Holloway by third round TKO on Saturday night at UFC 212 in Brazil.
Despite a strong start in the fight, Aldo got hammered with a big combination in the third round that knocked him to the mat before Holloway pounced on him to get the finish.
After the fight, Aldo didn’t speak to media or attend the post-fight press conference but broke his silence on Monday with a post on Instagram (translation courtesy of MMAFighting).
“I only have to thank my ‘dad’ Andre Pederneiras, the best team in the world, Nova Uniao, because if it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t be the people’s champion, and [thank] all my trainers, who did a super well done job and got me ready, and all my fans who are always with me, here’s my love and my thank you.