Jose Aldo remained the UFC featherweight champion with a unanimous decision victory over Kenny Florian on Saturday night at UFC 136, coming out on top after a hard-fought 25 minutes of battling.All three judges scored it 49-46 for Aldo, who got the better of Florian in the exchanges on the feet and stayed in control on the top when the fight went to the ground.
"It played out great. He's a very strategic fighter, a smart and experienced guy and I just had to go out there and impose my game," Aldo said afterward. "I expected him to pin me against the cage, I watched his fight against B.J. Penn and he did the exact same thing, and I just had to be able to defend it.... He was always looking to take me down."
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Although Florian came out and fought hard and did, in fact, pin Aldo against the cage just as Aldo expected, Florian got very little going offensively. It was a fairly one-sided win for Aldo, even though it wasn't the kind of dominant performance that many expected from Aldo.
The victory improved Aldo's professional MMA record to 20-1, and kept him atop the featherweight class. For Florian the loss drops him to 14-6, and pretty well demonstrates that he's done fighting for UFC titles. Florian may have some big fights left in him, but he's not quite at the same level as the champion.
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