FIGHT! Life: José Aldo - The Beautiful Game

At just 23, WEC champ José Aldo stands poised to reign atop MMA's featherweight division (not to mention every pound-for-list on the planet) for years to come. But fighting wasn't the 2009 FIGHT! Magazine Fighter of the Year's first love. Once upon a time, the dirt-poor kid from Manaus, Brazil, had dreams of becoming the next Diego Maradona. This may have caused some problems with his fellow Brazilians, but it didn't take long for the pint-size kid to get them to stop yapping. And then, one day, his coach made a suggestion that would change his life forever. Produced and directed by Matthew Ross. Camera: Rick Lee, Michael Mardonez, Randy Ward. Edit: Ashley Cahill and Ryan Jackson-Healy.

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[LemonNation]

Training on asphalt what a fucking gangster.

[gkdrummerboy]

Jose Aldo's secret weapon to devastating kicks: SOCCER.

[sensfan10000]

In my opinion number 1 pound for pound fighter in the world...no one has ever come close to even challenging him..unlike GSP and Silva.

[thunderchundering]

@felipede0107 hold on... going to take down gsp?? hahaha your kidding right first of all he needs to get the weight then beat fair few people in that division before he gets a title shot and gsp destroys people with his wrestling. i like aldo for his muay thai but i dont think he could beat gsp.

[felipede0107]

ok he was poor who cares if he coult help him self to get out there this how here is like brazil but we all grow strong become best soccer players and fighters and bjj it how it is and we even got the best girl in the world i love my contry the way it is it poor but we have fun jose aldo all day best fighter in the wether weight and going take down gsp... BRAZIL

! E NOIS

[MangoBastard]

Aldo vs Hominick was SICK

[HistoryHmoobGuy]

JOSE ALDO = White Boys pimp !

[scrillah81]

@scrillah81 OK, just making sure. I know this girl who says she was floripa but she wasn't even born there. Her parents were born and raised in Floripa. The girl was born in California so I told her that she was a gringa.

[mesquitadrox]

@scrillah81 Manaus, Amazonas Brazil

[scrillah81]

@mesquitadrox where were you born?

[jaganmaster]

@BAGUIOSbadboy01 & now hominick

[ssjanime250]

underdog movie script.