UFC Featherweight Champ Jose Aldo reportedly to face Chad Mendes in his home country at UFC 142

After defeating Mark Hominick in Canada and Kenny Florian in the United States in 2011, Jose Aldo will kick off 2012 with a title defense in his home country of Brazil.

According to a report from FoxSports.com, Aldo will defend his Featherweight Championship against number one contender Chad Mendes at UFC 142 on January 14 in Rio de Janeiro.

The 25-year-old Champ has won 13 straight fights into this third title defense in the UFC, while the undefeated Mendes gets his shot at the title off a win over Rani Yahya in his second UFC bout in August.

UFC 142 is the UFC second event in Brazil within five months after having not run an event in the country for the entirety of Zuffa's time as owners of the organization.

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/quicknews/article_11056.shtml

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