RIO DE JANEIRO – Former longtime featherweight champion Jose Aldo said he didn’t know he was going to be the UFC’s next Hall of Famer.
At UFC 283 on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro in Aldo’s home country of Brazil, a video package played in Jeunesse Arena and on the broadcast took Aldo by surprise when it announced him as the next member of the UFC Hall of Fame. Aldo will officially be inducted at a ceremony later this year, likely during International Fight Week in Las Vegas in July.
“I was flattered,” Aldo said at a news conference at UFC 283. “I was not expecting it. I had no idea. It just brought it home. I was raised here. I was (called) the ‘King of Rio.’ I’ve got nothing but gratitude to the UFC and all the fighters who sent a message to me (in the video package). I’m flattered.”
