By The Numbers: Jose Aldo

Jose Aldo spent the better part of a decade in lockstep with greatness.

The former Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Extreme Cagefighting titleholder announced his retirement from mixed martial arts in September, leaving the stage while he still had something left in the tank. Aldo closed out his career with a 31-8 record, his resume highlighted by victories over Frankie Edgar (twice), Chad Mendes (twice), Ricardo Lamas, Chan Sung Jung, Kenny Florian and Urijah Faber. The Nova Uniao cornerstone last competed on Aug. 20, when he wound up on the wrong side of a unanimous decision against Merab Dvalishvili in their three-round pairing at UFC 278.

As Aldo moves on to the next chapter in his life, a look at some of the numbers that accompanied him throughout his MMA journey:

36: Years of age for Aldo, who was born on Sept. 9, 1986 in Manaus, Brazil.

19: Consecutive years in which Aldo has fought at least once. In addition to his 0-1 mark in 2022, he went 2-0 in 2004, 5-1 in 2005, 1-0 in 2006, 2-0 in 2007, 2-0 in 2008, 4-0 in 2009, 2-0 in 2010, 2-0 in 2011, 1-0 in 2012, 2-0 in 2013, 2-0 in 2014, 0-1 in 2015, 1-0 in 2016, 0-2 in 2017, 1-0 in 2018, 1-2 in 2019, 1-1 in 2020 and 2-0 in 2021.

17: Aldo victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 55% of his career total. His list of UFC victims: Mendes, Jung, Renato Carneiro and Jeremy Stephens. Aldo holds one other victory by submission (3%)—he dispatched Luiz de Paula with an arm-triangle choke at a Shooto Brazil event in 2005—and 13 more by decision (42%).

8: Seconds needed for Aldo to bury Cub Swanson with a flying knee and follow-up punches at WEC 41 on June 7, 2009. It went down as his fastest finish in 39 professional appearances.

114: Significant strikes landed by Aldo in a unanimous decision over former Resurrection Fighting Alliance titleholder Pedro Munhoz at UFC 265 in August 2021. It established a new high-water mark for the Brazilian, surpassing his previous best of 102.

2,037: Days spent by Aldo as undisputed UFC featherweight champion, his time at the top spread across two reigns. He held the title from Nov. 20, 2010 to Dec. 12, 2015 and again from Nov. 26, 2016 to June 3, 2017.

1: Submission loss on the Aldo ledger. He bowed to a rear-naked choke from Luciano Azevedo under the Jungle Fight banner in 2005.

406,500: Dollars in post-fight bonuses banked by Aldo across his 28 appearances in the WEC and the UFC. He was awarded “Fight of the Night” on four occasions, “Knockout of the Night” three times and “Performance of the Night” twice.

6: Countries in which Aldo has suited up as a mixed martial artist. He went 15-4 in the United States, 11-3 in his native Brazil, 2-0 in England, 2-0 in Canada, 1-0 in Japan and 0-1 in the United Arab Emirates.

.768: Cumulative winning percentage between the seven men—Dvalishvili, Azevedo, Max Holloway (twice), Petr Yan, Marlon Moraes, Alexander Volkanovski and Conor McGregor—who defeated Aldo. They boast a combined record of 141-42-2.