Chad Mendes Quotes

Chad Mendes

Profession : Boxer

Birth : May 1, 1985

We're not making millions and millions of dollars doing this, so for me it's more of a goal for me to say that I'm the UFC champion.

Chad Mendes

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

Chad Mendes

You have to do your homework, you have to do your due diligence and make sure that what you are doing in life are the right things.

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Luckily for me, my job is to be in shape, so that definitely transfers over to making myself into an awesome hunter.

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I've been injured before in big competitions and it sucks.

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

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

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 stop. Once the guy takes you down and he stops the momentum, he has complete control and it's so much harder for you to have to work to try to get back up.

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I finish fights.

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

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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 it's just not worth it to me to get back in there. If we ended up talking and renegotiated and it was worth it to me, I might think about it.

Chad Mendes

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

Chad Mendes

I never let my weight get too far out of control.

Chad Mendes

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

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I'm a hard worker my entire life.

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 your money, that weighs on you.

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

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After a win you usually come back and your spirits are high, you can look back at the fight and get excited. After a loss it's different.

Chad Mendes

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

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When I was a wrestler, I loved wrestling.

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