José Aldo faces the Canadian Aiemann Zahabi by the UFC 315on Saturday night to Sunday, May 11, scheduled to start at 7:30 pm (Brasília time), at Bell Center, in Montreal. The opponent of the “king of Rio” debuted at UFC in 2017.
Zahabi It comes to the biggest struggle of your career. He has a professional cartel of 12 wins and 2 losses, with 6 wins per knockout, 2 by finishing and 4 by decision.
At the moment, Zahabi is in a sequence of five consecutive UFC victories, including triumphs on Draka Rodriguez, Ricky Turcios, Aori Qileng, Javid Basharat and Pedro Munhoz.
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Start in Fights
Aiemann Zahabi He started fighting inspired by the environment in which he grew up. The influence to enter the world of martial arts came from the older brother, Firas Zahabione of the most renowned MMA coaches in the world and leader of the Tristar Gym In Montreal, Canada.
Celebrated It is known for training champions as Georges St-Pierreand this direct contact with elite athletes aroused Aiemann’s interest from an early age.
Born in Laval, Quebec province, Canada, Aiemann began practicing martial arts at age 15 to learn self -defense and gain confidence.
Aiemann started training jiu-jitsu still youngand is black belt in the sport. He dedicated many years exclusively to BJJcompeting in local and regional tournaments in Canada, before completely integrating the other MMA arts as muay thai, wrestling e boxe.
Zabi’s professional debut took place in November 2012at 25 years old. Hiring for UFC came in 2017.
UFC History
Aiemann Zahabi arrived at UFC with weight in the surname. His debut was in February 2017, against Reginaldo Vieira. And he was praised for delivering technical, controlled, intelligent performance. Zahabi won by unanimous decision, without taking unnecessary risks, showing unusual calm to a rookie.
At UFC 217, in November of that same year, Aiemann faced the Brazilian Ricardo Ramos. Ramos Hit a perfect swivel elbowerasing Zahabi immediately. The second setback did not take long and came soon in the next fight, against Vince Moralesin the unanimous decision of the judges.
With two defeats in three fights and away from the octagon almost two years ago because of the Covid-19 pandemic, Zahabi faced Drako Rodriguez in 2021 and won. Since then, the fighter It has five consecutive victories in the octagon.
The last of them, about the Brazilian Pedro Munhozno UFC Edmontonin November last year, he raised the Canadian to 13th place in the rooster weight ranking (up to 61.2 kg).
UFC 315: time and where to watch
- Data: Saturday, May 10, 2025
- Time: Preliminary: 7:30 pm (from Brasilia), Main Card: 23h (from Brasilia)
- Local: Center Bell in Montreal, Canada
- Transmission: UFC Fight Pass (full card), UFC Brazil Channel (Youtube, only six preliminary card fights)
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