Referees' slips show that Aldo won the fight before the knockout

Knocked out in the third round, Aldo won the first two rounds against Holloway at UFC 212

Laerte Viana

05/06/2017 | 16:36

Papers show that Aldo won the first two rounds (Photo: Disclosure)

Although he was knocked out and consequently lost the featherweight belt to Max Holloway at UFC 212, held last Saturday (03), the performance of José Aldo It was far from bad. According to the notes from the side judges of the duel, the Brazilian won the first two rounds.

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Guilherme Bravo, Derek Cleary and Chris Lee, the three full-backs who were responsible for scoring the night's main attraction, noted Aldo's superiority in the initial two stages, with everyone scoring 20 x 18 for the now former champion. The knockout suffered by Manauara came in the third round, after Holloway began to put pressure on and connect good sequences of blows.

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This was the second defeat of José Aldo in his three recent fights. Before, he had been knocked out by Conor McGregor at the fateful UFC 194, in December 2015, but recovered by defeating Frankie Edgar by points at UFC 200, in July last year.