Jose Aldo

José Aldo is the Manaus-born featherweight who went nearly ten years without a loss. He won the WEC featherweight title by beating Mike Brown in 2009, stunned fans with his flying-knee knockout of Cub Swanson and his leg-kick destruction of Urijah Faber, and became the inaugural UFC featherweight champion when the promotions merged in 2011.

He made seven straight UFC defences, beating Chad Mendes twice, Frankie Edgar and the Korean Zombie, before Conor McGregor knocked him out in 13 seconds at UFC 194. He regained the title, moved down to bantamweight late in his career and entered the UFC Hall of Fame in 2023. CagePotato covered the injuries, the pull-outs and the McGregor build-up in detail.