Aldo vs Zahabi

Who won Aldo vs Zahabi?

Aiemann Zahabi beat Jose Aldo by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 315, on Saturday 10th May 2025 at Centre Bell in Montreal.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Aiemann Zahabi.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Aldo vs Zahabi stats

Jose Aldo stepped into the octagon with a record of 32 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Aiemann Zahabi made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Jose Aldo's 23rd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2011. Aiemann Zahabi marked his 9th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2017.

Jose Aldo's UFC record stood at 14-9-0, while Aiemann Zahabi's came in at 7-2-0.

The stats suggested Aldo had a slight advantage in power over Zahabi, with a 53% knock out percentage over Zahabi's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Zahabi had an advantage over Aldo, with a 17% submission rate over Aldo's 3%.

Jose Aldo was the older man by 1 year, at 38 years old.

Zahabi had a height advantage of 1 inch over Aldo. Despite this, he had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Aldo was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 27 more fights, and made his debut in 2004, 8 years and 3 months earlier than Zahabi, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 85 more professional rounds, 114 to Zahabi's 29.

Aldo vs Zahabi form

Jose Aldo had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Marlon Moraes at UFC 245 on 14th December 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 237 on 11th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Going into that contest, he had won against Renato Moicano at UFC on ESPN+ 2 on 2nd February 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste, Fortaleza.

Before that, he had beaten Jeremy Stephens at UFC on FOX 30 on 28th July 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Canada.

He had been defeated by Max Holloway at UFC 218 on 2nd December 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, United States.

Activity check

Aldo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Zahabi's last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

What time did Aldo vs Zahabi start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 3:10 AM UTC , which was 11:10 PM EST or 8:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 4:10 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Aldo vs Zahabi?

Jose Aldo was a 11/20 (-180) favourite going into the contest, while Aiemann Zahabi made his way into the ring at 29/20 (+150) with oddsmakers.