Aldo eased up on Hominick because he 'likes excitement'

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Jose Aldo expects to fight Chad Mendes in the second defence of his UFC featherweight title, and he revealed he sat back in the last round of his victory over Mark Hominick to make things exciting.

Aldo claimed Fight of the Night honours for his unanimous decision triumph over Hominick at UFC 129, but for one of the first times in his career he stepped out of the Octagon looking far short of invincible. UFC president Dana White was certainly confused, after witnessing Aldo look in increasing danger, despite total domination of the first round.

"Here's the weird thing about Aldo to me, he came out and looked like this was going to be a quick night [with] nasty leg kicks," White told MMAjunkie. "Had he kept throwing those leg kicks, the fight might have been over in the second round.

"Then he just stopped; he slowed down. His pace - it was very weird. I thought he got hurt. I thought he hurt his leg or something happened or he was tired and gassed. I didn't know. It was very weird. It looked like it was going to be a quick one, and then he shut down."

Now it seems a fight with Mendes will be next for Aldo, most likely in front of his home fans at UFC Rio.

"UFC Rio is coming up and the foreigners will get to see what it's like fighting in their opponents' hometown," Aldo told Graciemag.com. "Chad Mendes is a really tough guy who's been moving up the ranks in the event. If the boss gives the go-ahead, it will be a good fight; I'm a UFC employee."

Explaining his Jekyll-and-Hyde performance, which switched from the sublime to the distinctly average, Aldo revealed he was always in control, even when Hominick rained down punches in the final stages.

"I saw his neck exposed and went for it, I thought I could get it," said Aldo of the attempted guillotine that ended with Hominick in his guard. "I knew I'd won the earlier rounds, so I took it easy playing guard in the last one. I'm a Flamengo fan and like excitement. That's why I liked the fight - that excitement in the end.

"It was an awesome fight! Mark really brought the goods, he's a great fighter, really tough. I knew his boxing was great and had sharpened up his Muay Thai for this. I looked to kick his legs a lot and strike. But all my fights leading up to this one were tough, not just this one. It was great for the crowd to see that I'll go a full five rounds."

What a bullshit artist Aldo is.

freakzilla wrote:

What a bullshit artist Aldo is.

I think it kind of makes sense. Its not like he was trying to get up. I think he was partially gassed and partially just letting off the gas and making big bonus $$$

So he layed on his back for 3 minutes and let Hominick punch him in the face repeatedly knowing that he wouldn't get ko'd and that the bonus would be a sure thing?

freakzilla wrote:

So he layed on his back for 3 minutes and let Hominick punch him in the face repeatedly knowing that he wouldn't get ko'd and that the bonus would be a sure thing?

I knew I'd won the earlier rounds, so I took it easy playing guard in the last one. I'm a Flamengo fan and like excitement. That's why I liked the fight - that excitement in the end.

Its not like he was ever in any danger

bobbitt15 wrote:

Its not like he was ever in any danger

He was playing with fire somewhat, but I agree he wasn't in that much danger if any.

Apparently he was sick too

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/5/1/2148232/jose-aldo-was-ill

Well, thats a load of crap...but i do think Aldo was hampered by a bad weight cut.

Bad weight cut and being sick I believe but no need to make it look like it was his decision and not because of Hominick's heart and talent.

LOL, he went easy on him... fuck u 2

His legs kicks were working awesome, he could've just chopped him down, it was like he saw he could do it that way, and wanted to find another direction to take the fight, I was suprised in the 5th round when he just kept taking shots and made no attempt to get back up, and even though it seemed like he was content to take those, it would've only took 1 to turn em out, 3 minutes on your back while the dude approve is trying to take you out with all he has is pretty impressive

What he was really thinking was "If that fucking Hominick and the twin growoing out of his head can't take the hint and the doctor won't help, then I have to ease of before I kill his dumb Canadian ass."

Anderson did the same thing vs Chael. He just wanted to add some excitement so he let Chael beat on him for 4 rounds.

Chuck Liddell did the same thing against Shogun, Franklin, Rampage, Jardine and Rashad. One day he is going to start bursting through the center of the cage and destroy all of their souls while their fighting other opponents.

LMAO

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Chuck Liddell did the same thing against Shogun, Franklin, Rampage, Jardine and Rashad. One day he is going to start bursting through the center of the cage and destroy all of their souls while their fighting other opponents.

Naw man you have that all wrong. See Chuck developed a sleeping problem and after being in the UFC for so long that became his comfort zone. So Chuck designed a plan that would allow him to both get paid and take a nap in his home away from home. So Chuck pretended to get knocked out so he could take a couple power naps, simple as that.
Fun fact.

OU wrote:

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Chuck Liddell did the same thing against Shogun, Franklin, Rampage, Jardine and Rashad. One day he is going to start bursting through the center of the cage and destroy all of their souls while their fighting other opponents.

Naw man you have that all wrong. See Chuck developed a sleeping problem and after being in the UFC for so long that became his comfort zone. So Chuck designed a plan that would allow him to both get paid and take a nap in his home away from home. So Chuck pretended to get knocked out so he could take a couple power naps, simple as that.
Fun fact.

Wolf's explanation was better

Yo freak, get off Wolfs nutts already!

Andrew the Raider King wrote:

What he was really thinking was "If that fucking Hominick and the twin growoing out of his head can't take the hint and the doctor won't help, then I have to ease of before I kill his dumb Canadian ass."

+1

I'm buying he eased up, there was some fatigue mixed in with his up and down yet still dominant overall performance, but late, he eased up, weird? yes it was.

He eased up vs Faber too. I think he feels bad killing the hometown guy

I myself thought Aldo was in control and taking it easy. I know he was tired, but he wasn't gassed imo. Homnick landed a few good strikes in the 5th round and Aldo did what was need to stay safe.

Plus he really was sick.