Jonathan Martinez vs Jose Aldo Prediction: Battle of Men in their 30s

The fight between Jonathan Martinez and Jose Aldo is the main event of the Ultimate Flyweight Championship title. This is the ultimate flyweight division fight for the vacant UFC bantamweight tESPN will live-stream this fight for MMA fans. The Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will host this promising preliminary card in the early hours of Sunday. Jonathan Martinez, an American with a professional record of 19 wins in 23 fights, is relatively lower than Brazilian world champion Jose Aldo, who has a record of 31 wins in 39 fights. The number may be significant, but Jonathan Martinez has a relatively high winning percentage, as does Jose Aldo.

Jonathan Martinez, a 30-year-old boxer, enters the ring with a 19–23 record, 10 of which were via knockout. While Jonathan was an amateur, he fought in seven bouts. Out of his six victories, five were by knockout. On February 8, 2014, he knocked out Archie Lowe in his professional debut. In 2014, he fought four more times, and each time, he prevailed via knockout. From 2015 to 2021, he suffered four professional losses from 2015 to 2021 at the hands of Davey Grant, Andre Soukhamthath, Matt Schneil, and Andre Sewell. Two of these defeats came via knockout. He last lost the bantamweight title via knockout to Davey Grant on March 13, 2021. Since then, he has not suffered a loss. On Sunday, he will be looking to extend his winning streak to seven games. There were four unanimous decisions in Jonathan Martinez's previous six victories over Zviad Lazishvili, Alejandro Perez, Adrian Yanez, Cub Swanson, Said Nurmagomedov, and Vince Morales.

Jose Aldo, a 37-year-old mixed martial arts veteran, has competed in 40 fights, going 8-12 with a draw and 31-1 with 19 knockout victories. Between 2003 and 2007, he fought twelve times as a professional, with his only loss coming at the hands of Luciano Acevedo. From 2008 to 2014, he fought fifteen times, winning all but one via knockout. Round 1 of his 2015 debut fight was a knockout loss to Conor McGregor. That was his sole fight of the year. In 2016, he competed once, winning the UFC interim featherweight championship by majority decision over Frankie Edgar. He only had two fights in 2017, both of which were knockout losses against Max Holloway in the third round. In a featherweight title bout in Alberta, Canada, on July 28, 2018, Jose Aldo defeated Jeremy Stephens by knockout. Among his eight fights from 2019 to 2022, he suffered unanimous decision defeats at the hands of Alexander Volkanovski, Marlon Moraes, Petr Yan, and Merab Dvalishvili. Three times in 2023, he prevailed via unanimous decision over Emmanuel Zambrado and Esteban Espindola. He fought Jeremy Stephens to a draw..

Compared to his UFC opponent, Jose Aldo has more experience. Despite his 13 victories, his record in the UFC shows that for every two victories, he suffers a defeat. This is evidenced by his record of seven losses out of 20 fights in the UFC. Martinez is the more active fighter, having not competed since 2023, whereas Aldo has not fought since 2022, making him a clear favorite to win this contest. Martinez is also younger because of the seven-year age difference, which will benefit him. Since Martinez is skilled at fighting inside and outside the canvas, the height and reach disparity isn't enough to give Aldo a leg up. Given these circumstances, Martinez has a stronger case for victory.