UFC Calgary: Looking for recovery, José Aldo faces Jeremy Stephens this Saturday

Aldo (left) faces Stephens (right) at UFC Calgary. Photo: Reproduction /YouTube ufc

Considered the greatest featherweight of all time, José Aldo returns to the octagon tonight in an unusual situation. The Brazilian will make his first fight in Ultimate, which will not be valid for the title, at UFC Calgary, an event that takes place this Saturday (28), in Canada. After two defeats to the current champion Max Holloway, the 'People's Champion' faces the North American Jeremy Stephens and needs victory to stay alive and regain the throne of division. The duel will be the second most important fight on the show.

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The main attraction of the attraction brings one of the most anticipated fights of the year: Dustin poirier against Eddie Alvarez. The rematch takes place after the first fight ended without result. The winner of the duel could be the next challenger for the lightweight title.

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In addition to Aldo, Brazil also has the presence of flyweight and a promising MMA fighter, Matheus Nicolau, who measures forces against Dustin Ortiz.

The UFC Calgary card starts at 17pm (Brasília time) with the preliminary event. The main fights take place from 21pm.

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The return of the people's champion

Coming off two consecutive losses to the featherweight champion, Max Holloway, José Aldo there will be no easy way against Jeremy Stephens in the UFC Calgary co-main event. After losing the belt to Conor McGregor 13 seconds into the first round in December 2015 at UFC 194, the Brazilian is on a bad streak in the organization. In three fights, Manauara won just one over Frankie Edgar when they won the interim division title.

While his opponent scored two devastating knockouts over Doo Ho Choi and Josh Emmett your career. In his professional MMA record of 28 fights, Stephens finished 19 of them with his opponent 'blacked out'.

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For Aldo to win, he cannot make mistakes against Stephens. The Brazilian is technically better than his opponent, but he needs to demonstrate this inside the Octagon. The North American will look for Manauara's mistakes to counterattack, this is Jeremy's specialty

A rematch on the way to the belt

The rematch between E. Alvarez (left) and D. Poirer (right) will be the main fight of UFC Calgary. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram @ufc

In search of a bully, Eddie Alvarez and Dustin poirier face each other again after a year. In the first encounter, the former champion ended up inflicting illegal knees on his opponent, which resulted in the confrontation ending in a 'no contest'. 'The Diamond' was better in the fight, but 'The Underground King' is difficult to knock out.

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Dustin Poierer has a record of 28 fights with 22 wins, five losses and one fight without result. The American Top Team athlete is coming off two consecutive technical knockout victories over Anthonu Pettis and Justin gaethje.

Eddie Alvarez has 35 fights in his career, with 29 victories, five setbacks and one no contest. The Blackzilians fighter is coming off a TKO victory over Gaethje in December last year at UFC 218.

As Poirer is not a great defender, Alvarez's strategy should be to put pressure on the opponent to come away with a victory. Meanwhile, Dustin is in a good moment with significant victories, which could make the difference in the clash.

Matheus Nicolau, the MMA revelation

Matheus Nicolau at 25 years old, he is already one of the main revelations of the new MMA crop. In just three fights in the organization, the Minas Gerais native is in 12th place in the flyweight rankings. This Saturday, the Brazilian will have one of the biggest challenges of his career against the experienced Dustin Ortiz. The North American is ninth in the ranking and with the victory, the Nova União fighter can appear in the TOP 10 of the category.

Matheus Nicolau He has a record of 15 fights, with 13 wins and two losses. The Brazilian became known after participating in TUF Brasil 4, but in the semi-final he was defeated by Dileno Lopes. Even so, he was hired by Ultimate and began his career in the organization in 2015 with a submission triumph over Bruno Rodrigues.

Meanwhile, Dustin Ortiz has 15 fights in his career, with 18 wins and seven defeats. At 29 years old, the North American began his journey in the UFC in 2013 in Goiania when he beat José Maria Tomé with a technical knockout. He is coming off two victories over Hector Sandoval and Alexandre pantoja.

UFC Calgary technical sheet

DATE AND TIME: 28/07/2018, from 17pm (Brasília time)

PLACE: Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Canada

STREAMING: Combat Channel

Main Card

Lightweight: Eddie Alvarez x Dustin poirier

Feather weight: José Aldo x Jeremy Stephens

Strawweight: Joanna Jedrzjeczyk x Tecia torres

Lightweight: Alex Hernandez x Olivier Aubin-Mercier

Preliminary Card

Welterweight: Jordan Mein x alex morono

Feather weight: Hakeem dawodu x Austin Arnett