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| October 5 2024 | José Aldo fought Mario Bautista at UFC 307, successfully defending ten out of ten takedowns but ultimately losing the fight by split decision, with mixed media scoring. |
| May 4 2024 | José Aldo returned from retirement and defeated Jonathan Martinez by unanimous decision at UFC 301. |
| 2023 | Inducted into UFC Hall of Fame (Modern wing) |
| July 2 2023 | Defeated Brazilian professional boxer Esteban Gabriel Espindola via unanimous decision at Nova Uniano Upper Arena in Rio de Janeiro. |
| April 1 2023 | Made his professional boxing debut against Jeremy Stephens on the undercard of Roy Jones Jr. vs. Anthony Pettis at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, resulting in a majority draw. |
| February 10 2023 | José Aldo competed in an exhibition boxing bout against Emmanuel Zambrano at Nova Uniano Upper Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, winning via unanimous decision. |
| September 18 2022 | Vivianne gave birth to the couple's first son, expanding their family. |
| September 18 2022 | José Aldo announced his retirement from MMA on the same day as the birth of his son. However, he remains under UFC contract and was granted permission to explore opportunities in other sports. |
| August 20 2022 | Aldo lost to Merab Dvalishvili via unanimous decision at UFC 278. |
| 2021 | Inducted into Mixed Martial Arts Hall of Fame as Comeback Fighter of the Year |
| December 4 2021 | Aldo defeated Rob Font via unanimous decision in the main event of UFC on ESPN 31, nearly finishing Font with punches multiple times. |
| August 7 2021 | Aldo won against Pedro Munhoz via unanimous decision at UFC 265. |
| December 19 2020 | Aldo defeated Marlon Vera via unanimous decision at UFC Fight Night 183. |
| July 12 2020 | Aldo fought Petr Yan for the vacant bantamweight title at UFC 251, losing via technical knockout in the fifth round. |
| December 14 2019 | Aldo faced Marlon Moraes at UFC 245, losing via split decision in a closely contested bout. |
| October 23 2019 | José Aldo announced his move to the Bantamweight division. |
| June 24 2019 | Aldo signed a new exclusive eight-fight contract with the UFC, contrary to his previous intentions of retiring by the end of 2019. |
| May 11 2019 | Aldo lost to Alexander Volkanovski by unanimous decision at UFC 237 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| February 2 2019 | Aldo defeated Renato Moicano by TKO in the second round at UFC Fight Night 144, earning another Performance of the Night award. |
| July 28 2018 | Aldo defeated Jeremy Stephens by TKO at UFC on Fox 30, winning his first non-title fight in over nine years and earning the Performance of the Night award. |
| December 2 2017 | Aldo faced Max Holloway in a rematch at UFC 218, again losing by TKO in the third round after initially finding success in the opening rounds. |
| June 3 2017 | Aldo lost a title unification bout against Max Holloway at UFC 212, losing by TKO in the third round after winning the first two rounds. |
| November 26 2016 | Aldo was promoted to Featherweight Champion after Conor McGregor was stripped of the title. |
| July 9 2016 | Aldo defeated Frankie Edgar by unanimous decision to win the interim UFC Featherweight Championship at UFC 200. |
| 2015 | Named Feud of the Year by Wrestling Observer Newsletter for his rivalry with Conor McGregor |
| December 12 2015 | Aldo faced Conor McGregor in a title unification match at UFC 194, losing via knockout 13 seconds into the first round, ending his 15-fight win streak and suffering his first featherweight loss. |
| June 30 2015 | Aldo pulled out of his scheduled fight with Conor McGregor at UFC 189 due to a rib injury, with Chad Mendes replacing him. |
| October 25 2014 | Aldo won a rematch against Chad Mendes at UFC 179 by unanimous decision, earning Fight of the Night and being selected as Fight of the Year by multiple MMA outlets. |
| September 28 2014 | José Aldo was awarded his black belt in Luta Livre at Nova União, under the guidance of Mestre Roberto Leitão, Daniel F. A. Malvino 'Pirata', Marco Ruas, and Daniel D'dane, completing his martial arts lineage tracing back to Roberto Leitão Sr. |
| February 1 2014 | Aldo defended his UFC Featherweight title by defeating Ricardo Lamas via unanimous decision at UFC 169. |
| August 3 2013 | Defended his title against Chan Sung Jung (Korean Zombie) at UFC 163 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with 180,000 PPV buys. |
| February 2 2013 | Fought Frankie Edgar at UFC 156 in Las Vegas, Nevada, generating 330,000 pay-per-view buys. |
| 2012 | José Aldo and his wife Vivianne Perreira welcomed their first child, a daughter. |
| January 14 2012 | Aldo defeated Chad Mendes via knockout in the final second of the first round at UFC 142, creating an iconic post-fight celebration by sprinting into the crowd at HSBC Arena in Rio. |
| 2011 | Ranked #2 Import of the Year by UFC.com |
| October 8 2011 | Aldo successfully defended his UFC Featherweight title for the second time against Kenny Florian at UFC 136, winning by unanimous decision. |
| April 30 2011 | Aldo made his first UFC Featherweight title defense against Mark Hominick at UFC 129, winning by unanimous decision in a Fight of the Night bout. |
| 2010 | Aldo was scheduled to defend his UFC Featherweight title against Josh Grispi at UFC 125, but withdrew due to a neck injury. |
| 2010 | Received World MMA Awards' Charles 'Mask' Lewis Fighter of the Year honor |
| November 20 2010 | Aldo became the inaugural UFC Featherweight Champion, receiving the first ever UFC featherweight title belt at UFC 123. |
| October 28 2010 | José Aldo transferred to UFC as part of the World Extreme Cagefighting merger with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. |
| September 30 2010 | Aldo successfully defended his WEC Featherweight Championship by knocking out Manny Gamburyan in the second round at WEC 51. |
| April 24 2010 | Aldo defeated former titleholder Urijah Faber via unanimous decision at WEC 48, dominating with effective leg and body kicks. |
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