Saturday evening, in the night of Rio in Brazil, the flyweight champion, Alexandre Pantoja (34 years old, 1.65 m, 57 kg, 28 victories, 5 defeats) retained his belt by dominating by unanimous decision, the n°10 of the category, the Australian Steve Erceg (27 years old, 1.72 m, 57 kg, 12-2), during UFC 301.
If the fight was tough, it was overshadowed by the victorious return to the cage of José Aldo (37 years old, 1.70 m, 61 kg, 32-8), former featherweight champion, undefeated for 10 years, who had surrendered his weapons and his title in 13 seconds against Conor McGregor in December 2015. The Brazilian legend won, after two years without fighting in MMA and a rather successful detour into boxing, against Jonathan Martinez (30 years old, 1 .70 m, 61 kg, 19-5) by unanimous decision after 3 rounds. His more powerful striking and ground control made the difference in this co-main event.
But the performance of the evening, accompanied by a bonus of 50,000 dollars, went to Brazilian middleweight Michel “Demolisseur” Pereira (30 years old, 1.85 m, 84 kg, 31-11): a victory in 54 seconds on a powerful guillotine preceded by a back somersault which he is accustomed to on his opponent on the ground, falling on a left-right sequence, to pass the defense of Ihor Potieria (27 years old, 1.90 m, 84 kg, 20- 6) !
Enough to ensure the spectacle and delight the crowd just before the former contender for the light heavyweight title, Anthony Smith (35 years old, 1.93 m, 93 kg, 38-19) won in the same way against to Vitor Petrino (26 years old, 1.90 m, 93 kg, 11-1) also in the 1st round after two minutes of combat.