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‘Absolute legend’: MMA community reacts to Jose Aldo’s retirement

“The King of Rio” hung them up and as news broke of this, many fighters, personalities, and media members took a nostalgic journey down memory lane.

A consensus all-time great, Jose Aldo left a lasting impacts on fighters and followers of MMA since he burst into the national spotlight in 2008. Sunday, news surfaced of his retirement.

Read below what the MMA community had to say about the first UFC featherweight champion ever retiring from mixed martial arts.

Lauren Murphy

Billy Quarantillo

Adrian Yanez

Terrance McKinney

Evy Rodrigues

Luke Thomas

Cris Cyborg

Mads Burnell

Gaston Reyno

Amy Kaplan

Nolan King

Matthew Wells

Joe Giannetti

Mike Bohn

John De Jesus

Simon Samano

Megan Olivi

Gilbert Burns

Caposa

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John Morgan

Ricardo Ramos

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Dan Hardy

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Coach Sean Madden

Jose Aldo

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Gabriel Miranda

Igor Araujo

Cody Gibson

Carlos Mota

RJ Clifford

Story originally appeared on MMA Junkie