Jose Aldo
| Full Name : | Jose da Silva Oliveira Aldo |
| Public : | Jose Aldo |
| Nickname : | Junior |
| Country : | Brazil  |
| DOB : | September 9, 1986 (Age 24) |
| Place : | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Height : | 5' 7" |
| Weight : | 145 lbs. |
| Sport : | Mixed Martial Arts |
| Level : | Professional |
| Status : | Great |
| Mixed Martial Arts | |
| World Extreme Cagefighting | |
| Fight Record : 16 - 1 - 0 | |
| Wins | : 16 |
| by KO | : 11 |
| by submission | : 2 |
| by decision | : 3 |
| Losses | : 1 |
| by KO | : 0 |
| by submission | : 1 |
| by decision | : 0 |
| Draws | : 0 |
| No Contest | : 0 |
| Nickname(s) | : Junior |
| Fighting Style(s) | : Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu |
| Team/Association | : Nova Uniao |
| Weight Division | : Featherweight |
(Updated Dec. 26, 2009)
Jose Aldo da Silva Oliveira Junior (born September 9, 1986) is a Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter. He currently fights as a featherweight in the World Extreme Cagefighting promotion, where he is the current WEC Featherweight Champion. Aldo is currently ranked the #1 featherweight in the world by Sherdog. Although he has a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, he is making his name as a striker with all six of his WEC fights ending victoriously by knockout or technical knockout.
Jose Aldo was not very well off growing up, as WEC general manager Reed Harris states, "They were telling me that Wagnney Fabiano would be at the gym, and Jose would show up, and Wagnney would say, 'Have you eaten today or yesterday?' If not, they would go get him some food. That's how poor he was."
WEC Career
Aldo made his debut for Mixed Martial Arts promoter World Extreme Cagefighting on June 1, 2008 at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, California. In his debut with the organization he defeated renowned fighter Alexandre Franca Nogueira at WEC 34. Aldo won his fight on June 7, 2009 at WEC 41 against Cub Swanson via double flying knee 8 seconds into the first round. Aldo won the WEC Featherweight Championship against Mike Brown on November 18, 2009 at WEC 44. Aldo is on a nine fight win streak and has won his last six fights by TKO or KO.
