Jose Aldo gets brutally beaten, and UFC has a new featherweight champ

With a series of vicious punches, Max Holloway stopped Jose Aldo via TKO in the third round of UFC 212 to become the undisputed featherweight champion. It wasn't so surprising that Aldo lost it was the manner in which he lost.Once Holloway took Aldo to the mat, it was over. Holloway wouldn't let up

With a series of vicious punches, Max Holloway stopped Jose Aldo via TKO in the third round of UFC 212 to become the undisputed featherweight champion.

It wasn't so surprising that Aldo lost — it was the manner in which he lost. Once Holloway took Aldo to the mat, it was over. Holloway wouldn't let up and pounded Aldo over and over.

After almost two minutes of defense, Max Holloway finally knocks out Jose Aldo#UFC212 #AndNewpic.twitter.com/dbh0QrxdOB

— World of MMA (@CM_fights) June 4, 2017

This  one shot pretty much says it all:

Max Holloway landed 100+ sig. strikes for the 5th time in UFC career at #UFC212. Only Michael Bisping and T.J. Dillashaw have done that. pic.twitter.com/PHOtmNuabc

— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohnMMA) June 4, 2017

Aldo looked the part of a beaten fighter ...

#UFC212 pic.twitter.com/jX3cRsL306

— Zombie Prophet (@ZPGIFs) June 4, 2017

... and you could see the pain in his walk back to the locker room.

A devastated Jose Aldo makes his way back to the locker room following his #UFC212 loss. pic.twitter.com/32oKafOdR6

— John Morgan (@MMAjunkieJohn) June 4, 2017

For his part, Holloway was jubilant.

Welcome to the #BlessedERA love you all! pic.twitter.com/iNFuBmlHtG

— Max Holloway (@BlessedMMA) June 4, 2017

Holloway, 25, improved to 18-3. Aldo fell to 26-3, but two of his last three bouts have been loses. He lost his featherweight crown to Conor McGregor in UFC 194 in December, 2015. Aldo beat Frankie Edgar in UFC 200 to win the interim featherweight bout, and was awarded the undisputed belt when McGregor was stripped of his title when he didn't defend it.

You Might Also Like

Fights

Conor McGregor will finally defend his featherweight championship, and we now know his opponent

By

MMA

UFC 218 results: Featherweight Champion Max Holloway vs. Jose Aldo

By

Fights

Anthony Pettis disrespected Max Holloway before the fight, and paid for it in a TKO featherweight title loss

By

MMA

Francis Ngannou's Uppercut Knockout Lives Among UFC's Most Iconic

By

ncG1vNJzZmiekaOvtsbZZ5qopV%2Bbtqi006xmo6ejmnqiuMOoZKCdpKh6o77UrZilpKlir6at056lZpmemXq2ssJmn5qrXZZ6r7HWZp2emaSdsrPDxKKeoaxdmLWiuc9o

 Share!