At the end of 2022, Jose Aldo announced his retirement after losing to Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 278. It was the Aldo match that lost the point, but still showed that he owned the level of a leading boxer. In the context of Merab constantly close to hugging, Aldo calmly resolved.
At the end of 2022, Aldo tried with a professional boxing playground, but the journey was not as smooth as he thought. That is why this boxer decided to return to UFC. Aldo returned perfectly with the victory over Jonathan Martinez, but later he lost to Mario Bautista.
In terms of skills and class, Aldo is still the leading boxer. Aldo is also on the list of UFC's favorite boxers, but the burden of age weighs on his shoulder is real. Before the UFC 315 event, Aldo was unable to squeeze the Bantamweight inherent weight, and his match was forced to push up the Featherweight ranking.
Aldo's opponent at UFC 315 is Aiemann Zahabi. This boxer had a series of 5 wins at UFC against Aldo's competition, and he extended the winning circuit to 6. However, the victory of Aiemann Zahabi was very hard, in the context of persistent Aldo to play to the last seconds.
This is the second time Aldo declares retirement, and maybe he will really take a break. UFC's golden martial artists gradually left the game when their age became a burden to prevent them from competing. In the next 2 months, after Aldo retired, Dustin Poirier will match the final match at UFC.