José Aldo faces Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 237, says website

J. Aldo returns to the octagon in May in Rio de Janeiro. Photo: Reproduction/Facebook UFC

José Aldo He has a defined date, place and opponent to return to the octagon. According to the US ESPN website, the Brazilian will face the Australian Alexander Volkanovsky No. UFC 237, May 11th, in Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilian needs the victory to dream of a new title fight before his retirement, scheduled for the end of 2019. Journalist Farah Hannoun was the first to publish the fight's marriage through her Twitter account.

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Aldo, who has a professional record of 28 wins and four losses, occupies first place in the featherweight rankings. He comes from two consecutive victories against Jeremy Stephens, in July 2018, at UFC Calgary, and Renato Moicano, at UFC Fortaleza, in February this year. Before that, the 'People's Champion', as he is known, had two defeats to the current owner of the belt, Max Holloway. at UFC 212 and 218.

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At 30 years old, Volkanovski has a record with 19 wins and just one defeat. In Ultimate, the Australian remains undefeated after six fights. In his last commitment, Alexander knocked out Chad Mendes at UFC 232, in December 2018. With the triumph over the veteran, 'The Great' took fourth place in the organization's featherweight rankings.

UFC 237

The main fight of UFC 237 will be the fight for the women's strawweight belt (up to 52,1 kg.), where the North American Rose namajunas defends his reign against the Brazilian Jessica Stacker. Another highlight of the night will be the return of Anderson Silva to Brazil. Spider will face Jared Cannonier for middleweights (up to 84 kg.). Check out the attraction card so far below:

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