Marcos Calls Out Aldo After Tampa Win
After the December 14, 2024 Tampa event, Daniel Marcos called out José Aldo in a post-fight interview. Marcos had just defeated Adrian Yanez by split decision, with the judges scoring the bout 28–29, 30–27, and 29–28. At that point, Marcos was 17–0 with one no-contest as a professional and 4–0 with one no-contest in the promotion.
Aldo had returned from retirement earlier in 2024, defeating Jonathan Martinez in May. He then lost a split decision to Mario Bautista on October 5, two months before Marcos’s callout. No Marcos–Aldo bout was booked.
Aldo’s final fight was a unanimous-decision loss to Aiemann Zahabi on May 10, 2025; he announced his retirement after the bout. Marcos later suffered the first loss of his career against Montel Jackson in May 2025, submitted Miles Johns in November, and signed with a new promotion. He won his debut against Magomed Magomedov by third-round TKO on August 22, 2026.
Official Tampa scorecards · Official October 2024 scorecards · Official results for Aldo’s final bout · Retirement announcement · Official Tampa results from August 2026 · Report on Marcos’s 2026 move
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