Aldo vs Moicano

Who won Aldo vs Moicano?

Jose Aldo beat Renato Moicano by knockout in the 2nd round during the co-main event of UFC on ESPN+ 2, on Saturday 2nd February 2019 at Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste in Fortaleza.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Aldo vs Moicano stats

Jose Aldo stepped into the octagon with a record of 27 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 16 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Renato Moicano made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw and 6 by submission.

This was Jose Aldo's 23rd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2011. Renato Moicano marked his 18th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2014.

Jose Aldo's UFC record stood at 14-9-0, while Renato Moicano's came in at 12-6-0.

The stats suggested Aldo had a massive power advantage over Moicano, boasting a 59% knock out percentage over Moicano's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Moicano had a massive advantage over Aldo, boasting a 46% submission rate over Aldo's 4%.

Jose Aldo was the older man by 2 years, at 38 years old.

Moicano had a height advantage of 4 inches over Aldo. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Aldo was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 16 more fights, and made his debut in 2004, 5 years and 7 months earlier than Moicano, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 53 more professional rounds, 114 to Moicano's 61.

Aldo vs Moicano form

Jose Aldo had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Pedro Munhoz at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Marlon Vera at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Petr Yan at UFC 251 on 11th July 2020 by knockout in the 5th round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had been beaten by Marlon Moraes at UFC 245 on 14th December 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

He had been defeated by Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 237 on 11th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Activity check

Aldo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Moicano's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 2 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 years, 1 month and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Aldo vs Moicano?

Sorry, we couldn’t find any historical odds for Aldo vs Moicano.