Chad Mendes had two months of pain after a UFC title fight, but it was not a Conor McGregor who let him pee with blood.
The former UFC title Challenger has seen his honest part of the fire cases in the UFC and has been testing himself against the absolute best in the world for ten years: Alexander Volkanovski, Frankie Edgar, Conor McGregor and then champion Jose Aldo, who met twice.
The American lost to Aldo from his UFC career early because he was hit in the first round in 2012. The Rematch two years later at UFC 179 could no longer be different with Mendes that Aldo almost defeated in a five -round war war.
Unfortunately for Chad Mendes, the jury members' decision went to Aldo with the last crack of Mendes on a world title a year later against McGregor.
Chad Mendes received a payment bulk for his two UFC titles.
Chad Mendes calls Conor McGregor fight easier than Jose Aldo
Mendes accepted the call to combat McGregor on a notice period of 10 days at UFC 189 in 2015. Aldo had just withdrawn from his deficiency defense and the interim featherweight title was for picking up.
A game Mendes effectively used his wrestling against a dangerous striker like McGregor, but the tide would turn for the Irish in the last seconds, so that Mendes was exhausted with shots to the body and to the head after returning to his feet.
“To be honest, Conor would have been an easy fight if I was in shape,” said Mendes on Radical Health Radio.
“Aldo is much athletic, explosive, strong, has a great Jiu-Jitsu and incredibly striking, where the game of Conor stood out at that time.
“When I dropped him, he was the type of man who made an easy fight for a man like me where he would just hold and I could sit there and elbow, I could take my time, I could rest.
“But man, I just fought against Aldo …” Mendes added.
Jose Aldo has made Chad Mendes out of use for two months
Mendes underwent a debilitating five rounds with Jose Aldo nine months prior to his fight with McGregor, not to mention a training camp and Vecht against Ricardo Lamas.
Remembering of his 'Fight of the Year' 2014 with Aldo in Rio de Janeiro, Mendes says that he has never left the Octagon battered and bruised again.
“I took a long time from the gym, because that was the most difficult fight I have ever experienced,” said Mendes about the Aldo Rematch.
“I made blood angry that night when I returned to the hotel. My legs, my feet, my hands, my whole body from head to toe was in pain two months after that fight.
“I was not in the gym training and I get a phone call from my managers such as:” Hey, Aldo is out, we need you to get in … “I am 25 pounds over. It's 10 days cancellation period. They are like you think you can make weight?”
For 'money' Mendes it was all or nothing. One last run at UFC Gold.
“And I am so, guy, how am I going to pass this on? It's for a title, as if it's Conor. Yes, let's do it.
“Went to work, driven out, the weight made, came in … would have been an easy fight that was able to do that five rounds. But I just didn't have the gas tank that sucks.”
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