{"id":40900,"date":"2026-10-06T03:45:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T03:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Jose-Aldo-returns-after-17-months-grapples-Marlon-Vera-to-draw-203087"},"modified":"2026-10-06T03:45:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T03:45:39","slug":"jose-aldo-returns-after-17-months-grapples-marlon-vera-to-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/jose-aldo-returns-after-17-months-grapples-marlon-vera-to-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Jose Aldo returns after 17 months, grapples Marlon Vera to draw"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Jose
\nAldo<\/a> returned to competition Sunday, battling Marlon Vera<\/a>
\nto a draw in a 10-minute grappling match at Hype Fighting in Quito,
\nEcuador.<\/p>\n

The
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> Hall of Famer and the Ecuadorian
\nUFC bantamweight headlined the event, which also featured grappling
\nand bare-knuckle boxing bouts.<\/p>\n

Jose Aldo and Marlon Vera battle to a draw in 10-minute
\ngrappling match<\/h2>\n

Aldo returned to competition nearly 17 months after his final UFC
\nfight against Aiemann
\nZahabi<\/a>. The Brazilian was largely defensive early as Vera
\npressured him toward the corner and looked for takedowns. The
\naction moved back to the center of the ring nearly six minutes into
\nthe contest, where Aldo pulled guard. Vera then threatened with a
\nheel hook, but Aldo escaped the submission attempt.<\/p>\n

The two returned to their feet and remained there until the final
\nhorn. With neither fighter securing a submission, the bout was
\ndeclared a draw.<\/p>\n

The event was also scheduled to feature former UFC interim
\nwelterweight champion Colby
\nCovington<\/a>. Organizers, however, announced that Covington fell
\nill and was taken to a local hospital. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jose Aldo returned to competition Sunday, battling Marlon Vera to a draw in a 10-minute grappling match at Hype Fighting in Quito, Ecuador. The Ultimate Fighting Championship Hall of Famer and the Ecuadorian UFC bantamweight headlined the event, which also featured grappling and bare-knuckle boxing bouts. Jose Aldo and Marlon Vera battle to a draw […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}