UFC 218 weigh-in has a push from Cowboy and a 'promise' from José Aldo

Aldo (right) promised victory against Holloway (left) (Photo: Reproduction Youtube ufc)

The Brazilians stole the show at the UFC 218 ceremonial weigh-in. One day before the event this Saturday (02), the 26 fighters who will be in action on the show weighed in for the public and faced their opponents for the last time before the fight. And the highlight was José Aldo, who faced the champion seriously Max Holloway, and promised that he will get the belt back, in addition to Alex Cowboy, who got weird with Yancy Medeiros and pushed his rival in the face.

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The former champion lost his title at UFC 212, at home, when he was knocked out by Holloway himself. The Hawaiian would face Frankie Edgar, but the former owner of the lightweight belt was injured and opened the way for José Aldo claim your throne again.

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“I'm very calm about my ability, I know I'll be champion the day after tomorrow. The plan is to attack from start to finish. Believe me, I'll have my belt back starting tomorrow”, assured the Brazilian.

In the preliminaries, the big highlight was the pre-fight awkwardness between Alex Cowboy and Yancy Medeiros. Both are former lightweight fighters in good form at welterweight. But Cowboy didn't like Medeiros touching his face during the face-off and pushed him. The North American argued that the Brazilian put his face too close to his. At the weigh-in between strawweights Amanda Cooper and Angela Magaña, “ABC” Cooper provoked her opponent with a kiss in the air, greatly irritating Magaña.

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