Fjäderviktslegendaren Jose Aldo räckte inte hela vägen i titelmatchen mot bantamviktsmästaren Petr Yan i helgens UFC 251. Efteråt visade dock veteranen Aldo att han inte har några tankar alls på att lämna MMA.
Aldo valde att släppa ett uttalande på portugisiska via sociala medier dagen efter förlusten där han tackade sina fans, bad om empati och där han lovade att komma tillbaka ”starkare än han redan är”.
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Today I woke up thinking of what to say to everyone, and what I have to say is that a loss is part of the sport, it’s part of my life, and those who doesn’t fight are the only ones that don’t lose.
I gave my best in this fight, I gave my all and my best in training, gave my best in my nutrition, I worked hard for I wanted even during a pandemic, but unfortunately it didn’t work.
Nobody wanted this belt more than me. I wanted to make history, but my opponent did better last night and he has his merits.
But people tend to carry the idea of a perfect world and forget that losing one battle doesn’t allow you to humiliate or much less discard someone else.
Empathy is always putting yourself on someone else’s shoes. I will come back stronger than I already am.
My gratitude goes to my team Nova Uniao, my friends, fans and family, whom I dedicate my best every day.
Strength and honor, always!
God is with us.
Aldo som har flest antal titelförsvar någonsin inom fjädervikt förlorade helgens match via TKO i femte ronden.