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Chad Mendes: Nik Lentz would destroy Conor McGregor

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#1 ·
We all know what Chad Mendes thinks when it comes to having a full camp against Conor McGregor. Not only does he believe he could 'kill' the interim UFC champ under normal circumstances, he even thinks one of his former victims would 'destroy' him too.

The Team Alpha Male star said just that while answering a question about his cardio:

"The only people that are questioning my conditioning are Conor McGregor nut-hangers, and that’s just because he said that," Mendes told Submission Radio. "And dude, look at my fight with Aldo. I fought Aldo, who’s one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world. I went five rounds with him and pushed the pace the entire time."

"When I’m prepared, my cardio is never an issue. It never has been. There’s been one other fight with [Nik] Lentz, where I was sick and fought through it, and still beat that guy, who in my opinion would destroy Conor. So you’re always gonna get those people who are talking shit. And I don’t think my cardio is an issue. It never has been. I took that fight on short-notice, and that’s why it was an issue in that fight."

"I train a proper fight, I kill Conor. And I don’t think my conditioning is gonna be a problem in this fight (against Edgar)."

As for his actual upcoming bout, Mendes faces Frankie Edgar on the same weekend Aldo and McGregor competes, and he states that taking this bout was a bad idea for 'The Answer'.

"This a bad match up for Frankie. I feel like this is kind of a stupid move on his part if he’s trying to get after that title shot," he said. "But this is a fight that I win, it’s huge for my legacy. I mean Frankie has been in the sport for so long, he’s beaten some of the best, he’s been the champion at 155. And so for me, I think that this is the type of opponent that when I beat, I get put right into that category. I know this will be huge for my career."

Listen to the entire interview above where talks about the match up and how his wrestling and striking stacks up to Edgar's.
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/11/2/9658174/chad-mendes-nik-lentz-would-destroy-conor-mcgregor
 
#3 ·
"And dude, look at my fight with Aldo. I fought Aldo, who’s one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world. I went five rounds with him and pushed the pace the entire time."

"When I’m prepared, my cardio is never an issue. It never has been.

"I train a proper fight, I kill Conor. And I don’t think my conditioning is gonna be a problem in this fight (against Edgar)."
 
#5 ·
Come on man. You can't do a promo where you claim to "always be in shape" and then blame your loss on not being in shape.

I know you stepped up. I know you saved the day. But even you have to see how bad this makes you look?

You may very well be able to beat Conor. Get a few wins and earn that rematch. Just stop. You're not Conor. You can't talk your way into a fight.
 
#10 ·
The little bitch in Chadly is coming out now. I suppose that spinning back kick that landed flush on his jaw in the first round has no effect on cardio along with the 2 dozen kicks to the body he took....off a guy who tore knee ligaments 4 weeks out from the fight.

And Nik Lentz should go back to scamming people for $2 toys with crooked guns instead of writing overlong simpleton poetry trying to get a payday against a retired fighter.
 
#11 ·
Does anyone on this site think Chad Mendes is a heavy favourite (in your mind) to beat Conor McGregor if he was 100% in shape? This forum has a lot of cnts (pot / kettle) but I think we all tend to know our MMA and have a good grasp on fights and stuff so I'm wondering if we have many that think Conor was getting killed and won cause Mendes was tired.


To me, Conor walked out and put Mendes on the cage. That was 100% of the question for me. Conor needs to bully people. He can do it over the course of a fight, like he can break you down more and more and progressively do it, but if he does it right off the bat he can wear you down quickly. I don't really doubt McGregor's TDD more than I respect Mendes' wrestling. He's great with the power shots and when he saw his moments he went for it. Conor took that Anderson Silva relaxed guard and took a few shots, but Mendes didn't "grapple" him. I can't tell if that was Conor's doing with a solid guard or Mendes not looking to advance position. None the less, when it got back on the feet Mendes landed some nice shots that bounced off Conor like they were nothing. Chad struggled with that I think. Mendes is a tank and his shots didn't phase Conor one bit. When he got hit though, everything seemed like a buckling shot, even in the first round.

Conor wouldn't have won in 2 rounds, but we had 2.5 times the fight we saw still to go. Do you reckon Mendes in shape has 2 and a half times the energy he had there?
 
#12 ·
I think Conor is the favourite in a rematch obviously but I saw enough in the first fight to be interested in a rematch, Chad was clearly blowing out of his arse but you'd expect him to come prepared next time and he did have some success on the ground so that's where he would probably look to take the fight. Blanket>punches>scramble>guillotine.
 
#16 ·
It was a partial tear from what I heard, 4 weeks out grappling with Rory. He got stems cells injected into the area to help it heal faster. But this is the whole reason I think he had big problems with the weight cut because he wasn't able to run until one week out from the fight, and running is how he cuts his weight mostly.
 
#17 ·
Nik Lentz could beat Conor McGregor but he has zero chance at drawing him. I would bet on Mendes to beat Conor but he's not going to get that fight because Conor is moving up.

Conor's fighting Jose and maybe Frankie and then he's moving up to 155
 
#24 ·
Just rewatched the whole fight. Mendes looked gassed under the first minute. And what called my attention this time was the portion of the stand up fight, where we focused too much on Conor having the obvious advantage, but somehow slipped Mendes actulally landed some clean power shots on McGregor's head, being the midget wrestler he is.
 
#25 ·
Mendes is a cracking striker and landed some really hard shots on Conor. McGregor's one of those dudes who don't shot a single thing when he gets hit so it could demotivate you. He also taunts all the time. When you miss, he shakes his head and puts his hands out. Usually, when you land THAT is when they taunt but since Conor's doing it anyways, it's hard to know when you're hurting him I'd imagine.
 
#30 ·
Liddell is so emotional biased against McGregor it's hardly worth debating. Again, just completely ignoring that Mendes knew well in advance that he was being called as a back up replacement in case Aldo pulled out - 2 weeks my fcking ass.

Ignoring that Conor was also badly injured coming into the fight.

Ignoring that McGregor also had to deal with a completely different opponent.

Yea, Conor was getting his ass handed to him for 8 mins despite completely outlanding Mendes and doing more damage during those 8 mins (look up the stats).

McGregor almost landed the same amount of strikes as Mendes from the bottom position, with those elbows he unleashed.

But if you want to carry on with the "Mendes was whooping him for 8 mins" narrative despite statistics saying the complete opposite, you carry on with that.

I'm looking forward to the excuses come post-Aldo fight after he KO's him. "reports show that Aldo had the snivels one week prior to the fight, he'd beat him at full health."
 
#31 ·
Conor's so called injury is speculation and horseshit, we don't know if he was injured or how badly he was and even then he says he took stem cells to patch it up. We DO know that Mendes didn't have a fight until two weeks before.

So Jose Aldo injures out of fight with X-Rays to prove it, he's "cowardly ducking" Conor, his harem all over the internet starts parroting their infallible god's nonsense. But Conor and a couple of his buddies "say" he was injured and hold on, that's all the evidence RS needs! Talk about emotional bias, you are in deep erotic love with the man, it's comical debating with you about him. A normally intelligent poster turns into a gibbering hypocritical lover parroting cultish nonsense.

McGregor dealing with another opponent than the one he trained for is a lesser thing than having zero cardio for the fight. Most amateurs and low level pros don't have a shred of footage or a tailored gameplan for the random guys they fight. Yet ask these guys to get into a cage without training cardio and they'll think you're out of your mind.

You're counting those little rabbit taps in between puppy dog looks to the ref from the bottom as "equal stats" :laugh:? They had ZERO force, Mendes was winging it. Show me a nice pic of Mendes getting pounded before he gassed, like the one I posted of Conor, then we'll talk about "equal strikes".

I can't wait till December. I tried convincing myself this guy is alright and he has a good shot at Aldo, because he does have some decent talent and a handful of good qualities. But the absolute blindness of his worshippers in addition to his own vomit worthy act consistently push me the other way.
 
#36 ·
People on this board seem to get very emotional about certain fighters. I agree that McGregor is annoying but that's what he's going for. He wants a reaction. And he's good at it despite having the trash talking skills of a wooden spoon. He's honestly probably one of the smartest guys in the UFC.

What I find more irritating than anything is the way Dana is acting through all of this. It's obvious he wants Conor to win. Very unprofessional.
 
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