José Aldo had been ranked #8 by the website Sherdog.
José Aldo . He was named Sherdog 's 2009 Fighter of the Year . He is currently # 5 in official UFC pound-for-pound rankings , having been ranked as high as # 1 in 2015 , and ranked the # 2 featherweight in the world and # 8 pound-for-pound by Sherdog . In Sherdog 's 2017 Pound-For-Pound ranking , Aldo was called `` the greatest featherweight in mixed martial arts history . ''