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Jose Aldo’s retirement has come to an end because AG Fight is reporting that he will be fighting Jonathan Martinez at UFC 301.
Aldo (31-8-0) has won three of his last four in the UFC, with those wins coming over Marlon Vera, Pedro Munhoz and Rob Font. Aldo last competed at UFC 278 in August of 2022, suffering a unanimous decision loss to Merab Dvalishvili. Aldo is a former UFC Featherweight Champion and had previously challenged for the UFC Bantamweight Title at UFC 251.
Martinez (19-4-0) enters the contest riding a six fight winning streak, defeating Zviad Lazishvili, Alejandro Perez, Vince Morales, Cub Swanson, Said Nurmagomedov and Adrian Yanez. Martinez hasn’t been defeated in over three years, with his last loss coming to Davey Grant at UFC Fight Night 187 in March of 2021. Martinez has earned 19 wins as a professional MMA fighter and nine of them have come by way of KO/TKO.
UFC 301 takes place on Saturday, May 4 from the Jeunesse Arena in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil with no main event announced at this time. PWInsiderXtra is providing live coverage of the event, which streams live on ESPN+ pay-per-view.
