Wrestling Quotes by Chad Mendes

I love to fight.

— Chad Mendes

I finish fights.

— Chad Mendes

Obviously I've fought Aldo twice, and Conor for the fake belt.

— Chad Mendes

I beat Yahya, I got the title shot.

— Chad Mendes

Conor's a tough guy, but Conor's a guy I know I can beat.

— Chad Mendes

Jose Aldo can't run from me forever.

— Chad Mendes

I truly believe I can finish a guy like Jose Aldo.

— Chad Mendes

I think I'm the guy, the one that's going to beat Jose Aldo.

— Chad Mendes

The Guida KO showed that my striking has come a long way.

— Chad Mendes

Every fighter I train for, I'm also training for Aldo.

— Chad Mendes

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

I feel like for whatever reason if McGregor starts getting the best of him standing, Aldo will be able to take him…

— Chad Mendes

The first time I ever saw Jose Aldo fight, I think it was his first WEC fight.

— Chad Mendes

I wouldn't want to turn a title fight down. That's the ultimate goal in the sport.

— Chad Mendes

I think the competition in the octagon is translatable to the competition when you're hunting, at least for me.

— Chad Mendes

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

Frankie is obviously a top-level guy and he's a guy that I know I can beat.

— Chad Mendes

I want that belt. I'm on my way, taking it one fight at a time, but I'm coming after it.

— Chad Mendes

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

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

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

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

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

We're not making millions and millions of dollars doing this, so for me it's more of a goal for me to say…

— Chad Mendes

We train, we try to be as safe as we can, but you do realize this is MMA, this is a sport…

— Chad Mendes

If Aldo can't stay healthy and is too fragile to go through a training camp, then I think it is time to…

— Chad Mendes

I remember feeling this in wrestling: you get guys who go out there and their whole goal is to just not get…

— Chad Mendes

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

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

I started wrestling when I was five years old, and from the time that I actually had the knowledge of what college…

— Chad Mendes

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

What sucks for Aldo is that he just gets injured a lot.

— Chad Mendes

Jose's a great champion. He's a tough dude.

— Chad Mendes

I honestly would like to get that Frankie fight back.

— Chad Mendes

It's just business, I'm ready to fight anyone.

— Chad Mendes

When I was a wrestler, I loved wrestling.

— Chad Mendes

I've fought Erik Koch who's a long southpaw, for my first fight in the WEC. It's all about execution.

— Chad Mendes

I learned something each fight. Even if it doesn't show in the fight, I learn a lot stuff from each fight.

— Chad Mendes

I can put people to sleep on their feet, I can take you down and beat a hole in your face and…

— Chad Mendes

There's a lot of guys who don't get to fight a guy three times after losing to him twice.

— Chad Mendes