Daniel Cormier, Derek Brunson and more pour tributes for Jose Aldo as the former champion secures dominant victory at UFC Vegas 44


Daniel Cormier, Derek Brunson and more pour tributes for Jose Aldo as the former champion secures dominant victory at UFC Vegas 44

UFC Vegas 44-Jose Aldo vs Rob Font

Twitter reacts to the dominance of the “Undisputed King of Rio” Jose Aldo dominating Rob Font at UFC Vegas 44 via unanimous decision. This was Aldo’s 38th professional fight and 31st career win. The former UFC featherweight champion is rightly “timeless” as said by a famous MMA legend.

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Aldo was ranked #5 as this fight happened in the bantamweight division and his opponent Rob Font was ranked #4. Let’s see how things turn out for the potential bantamweight title challenger Jose Aldo as he makes way to be another consecutive 2-division champion in UFC history.

Belal Muhammad and many more react to Jose Aldo’s UFC Vegas 44 victory on Twitter

Rob Font vs Jose Aldo UFC Vegas 44
Rob Font vs Jose Aldo at UFC Vegas 44 weigh-ins

Following are some of the bizarre reactions from the UFC fighters and a callout from his former opponent included as well. Here’s Belal Muhammad reacting early in the second round of the fight.

Derek Brunson was filled with good spirits and tweeted “Im never betting against [Jose] Aldo . I don’t care if he’s fighting Francis Ngannou, I’m betting that +8000 that’s my boy !”

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MMA fighter and Gilbert Burns‘ brother Herbert Burns said “Aldo is a real legend!! Maximum respect! #UFCVegas44

ESPN sports journalist Brett Okamoto tweets for the fourth round. “Huge round for Aldo in the fourth. Font had stolen momentum at the end of the third, Aldo claims it right back early and dominates the round on the ground. 3-1 Aldo after four on my card.”

Former UFC Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate is highly impressed with the unexpected intensity of the fight!

Aldo’s former opponent, UFC Bantamweight Marlon Vera has issued a 5-round challenge in a rematch! Aldo won against Vera in the first fight via unanimous decision.

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Here’s Okamoto tweeting again after the fight “Legend of [Jose] Aldo continues to grow. What a master of his class, man. Incredible.”

MMA Legend and former 2-division champion Daniel Cormier said “The king of Rio is the man! @josealdojunior what a fight. Hard fight and so much heart from @RobSFont

Chris Leben, UFC Legend, had just one apt word to describe Aldo!

As Brett Okamoto said, the legend of Aldo indeed continues to grow, what did you make of Aldo’s biggest win in the UFC’s bantamweight division? Who do you think should the pride of Brazil fight next?

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