I saw someone ask what happened to Jose Aldo’s face the other day, and I was like, “Oh, I know this one!” So, I went digging around a bit to make sure I had my facts straight. Turns out, this all goes back to when he was a tiny baby.
When Aldo was just a little kid, his older sisters were playing around and accidentally tossed him into a lit barbecue. Can you believe that? A barbecue! So that’s where he got that distinctive scar on his left cheek. It’s a pretty wild story, right?
- He grew up dirt poor. His dad was a construction worker, and aside from having food on the table and a roof over their heads, they didn’t have much else.
- Because he came from nothing, he had this crazy drive to make something of himself. And boy, did he ever!
- He became the first-ever UFC Featherweight Champion when the UFC and WEC merged. That’s a huge deal!
- A lot of people think he’s one of the best mixed martial artists ever, and most folks agree he’s the greatest featherweight champ of all time. He defended his UFC title seven times and his WEC title twice!
Here are some things I dug up about him:
I even looked into his family life a little. He’s married to Vivianne Perriera, and they have two kids. Their daughter, Joanna, was born in 2012, and they also have a son named Jose Aldo III.
Someone mentioned that UFC 179 match took ten years off Chad Mendes’s life. And you know what? I totally get it after doing all this research on Aldo. The guy’s a total legend!
So, yeah, that’s the story behind Jose Aldo’s scar and a little peek into his life. Pretty fascinating, huh? I thought it was a cool story worth sharing!
