The first time I ever saw Jose Aldo fight, I think it was his first WEC fight. — Chad Mendes Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want to turn a title fight down. That's the ultimate goal in the sport. — Chad Mendes Copy Share Image
I feel like for whatever reason if McGregor starts getting the best of him standing, Aldo will be able to take him… — Chad Mendes Copy Share Image
I've been wrestling since I was five years old, and I've never taken a year off. It's something I've done my whole… — Chad Mendes Copy Share Image
There's a lot of guys who don't get to fight a guy three times after losing to him twice. — Chad Mendes Copy Share Image
I learned something each fight. Even if it doesn't show in the fight, I learn a lot stuff from each fight. — Chad Mendes Copy Share Image
I can put people to sleep on their feet, I can take you down and beat a hole in your face and… — Chad Mendes Copy Share Image
I've fought Erik Koch who's a long southpaw, for my first fight in the WEC. It's all about execution. — Chad Mendes Copy Share Image
This is the fight game, where somebody could get seriously injured, and that's what I'm looking to do when I get in… — Chad Mendes Copy Share Image
You take a bare knuckle and you put an MMA glove on it and you've got a half an inch or less… — Chad Mendes Copy Share Image
After that first knockout of McKenzie, I realized I could put people down if I hit them in the right spot. It's… — Chad Mendes Copy Share Image
There's something to be said about two guys who just get in there and beat the crap out of each other for… — Chad Mendes Copy Share Image
The pay part of it, back in the mixed martial arts days, where it's like if you lose you only get half… — Chad Mendes Copy Share Image
I fought Aldo, who's one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world. I went five rounds with him and… — Chad Mendes Copy Share Image
If I ever came back to the UFC, we'd have to re-negotiate a contract cause I'm still at three fights left and… — Chad Mendes Copy Share Image
I feel like me and Frankie have pretty similar styles, as far as our boxing and wrestling. I feel like I have… — Chad Mendes Copy Share Image
It's all about, in wrestling you're taught this at a young age: if you get taken down, you don't let the momentum… — Chad Mendes Copy Share Image
I remember feeling this in wrestling: you get guys who go out there and their whole goal is to just not get… — Chad Mendes Copy Share Image
Before I get in the cage or when I get in the cage, I'm just staring at my opponent across the Octagon,… — Chad Mendes Copy Share Image
I started wrestling when I was five years old, and from the time that I actually had the knowledge of what college… — Chad Mendes Copy Share Image
There are so many different aspects of mixed martial arts you have to cover. You can't just be good at one thing… — Chad Mendes Copy Share Image
Frankie is obviously a top-level guy and he's a guy that I know I can beat. — Chad Mendes Copy Share Image
This is how McGregor is, waging mental warfare before the fights. There's no way that guy is going to get in my… — Chad Mendes Copy Share Image
I think the competition in the octagon is translatable to the competition when you're hunting, at least for me. — Chad Mendes Copy Share Image
I want that belt. I'm on my way, taking it one fight at a time, but I'm coming after it. — Chad Mendes Copy Share Image
This is how McGregor is, waging mental warfare before the fights. There's no way that guy is going to get in my head. — Chad Mendes Copy Share
Being explosive on the feet is different than grappling, with the squeezing and pushing and pulling. It's different on your muscles. — Chad Mendes Copy Share
I started swimming before I got into wrestling at, like, 4 years old, then I wrestled from, like, 5 years old through college, graduated,… — Chad Mendes Copy Share
Mainly because I just have some successful stuff going on outside the fight game, I feel good about life, and for me to really… — Chad Mendes Copy Share
For me, fighting, I love competing, but I don't love getting my head beat in. — Chad Mendes Copy Share
I mean, I've had stuff done with my ribs before, cartilage separated, broken stuff. It's no joke, man. It just sucks. — Chad Mendes Copy Share
Before I get in the cage or when I get in the cage, I'm just staring at my opponent across the Octagon, and I… — Chad Mendes Copy Share
There's a lot of guys who don't get to fight a guy three times after losing to him twice. — Chad Mendes Copy Share
After a win you usually come back and your spirits are high, you can look back at the fight and get excited. After a… — Chad Mendes Copy Share
