What happened to Aldo vs McGregor?

On December 12, 2015, Conor McGregor shocked the world after dethroning long-reigning featherweight champion, José Aldo, with a knockout within the first 13-seconds of their title fight.

Was the McGregor fight rigged?

UFC, the Fight Was Fixed but Not Fruitless. And so it has come down to this in MMA fandom: Many folks root for letters and numbers over actual people. The UFC, they need to start stepping up and doing things like that,” he said, per MMA Fighting’s Shaun Al-Shatti. …

How much did McGregor make from the Aldo fight?

McGregor produced an extraordinary performance to dismantle Jose Aldo in just 13 seconds to win the featherweight title, taking home a likely paycheck of more than $16 million (almost $1.3 million for each second of action) and keeping his remarkable juggernaut of popularity chugging along apace.

How did McGregor knockout Aldo?

Aldo then charged in and caught McGregor with a lunging left hand, but McGregor moved backwards and fired off a counter that Aldo never saw coming. Subsequently, Aldo fell to the canvas and McGregor pounced on him with hammer fists before McCarthy stepped in to stop the fight.

Does the UFC fixed fights?

While there is no fixing the fight’s outcome and no fixing the winner, sometimes the title shots are awarded to more popular fighters, disregarding the ranking system. Those are the famous “money fights” that the UFC puts together to gain public interest and make more money.

How much does Conor McGregor make a second?

“Going off the lowest figures in that equation, one million PPV buys with a $3 cut, McGregor would already be getting paid more than $230,000 per second. “Add in his $580,000 combined fight and sponsor pay, and that number rises to over $275,000 per second ($3.5 million total).

How good is Jose Aldo?

Aldo has the most wins and knockouts in UFC and WEC featherweight history; he has landed a total of 691 significant strikes in the UFC and the WEC.

How old is Jose Aldo?

35 years (September 9, 1986)
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Is Jose Aldo a good fighter?

Aldo is a fantastic striker, a very good grappler and even has solid wrestling. Weidman also chimes in with a stellar grappling attack in both wrestling and jiu-jitsu, and the middleweight champion has shown off his striking against the best to ever do it in MMA—Anderson Silva.