{"id":113847,"date":"2014-09-28T09:08:04","date_gmt":"2014-09-28T16:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=113847"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:23:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:23:56","slug":"mendes-fires-back-at-mcgregor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/mendes-fires-back-at-mcgregor\/","title":{"rendered":"Mendes Fires Back At McGregor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/chad-mendes-PNG1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/chad-mendes-PNG1.png\" alt=\"chad mendes PNG\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78099\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/chad-mendes-PNG1.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/chad-mendes-PNG1-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/chad-mendes-PNG1-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday at the UFC 178 post-fight press conference, Conor McGregor had some harsh comments about featherweight #1 contender Chad Mendes.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor said that he would be attending UFC 179, where Chad Mendes will look to avenge his 2012 loss to champion Jose Aldo.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor went on to say:<\/p>\n<p><em>Chad is a 5-foot-6, overblown \u2013 he should be a 125er, but he\u2019s gone past that limit now. Now he\u2019s just a little small bodybuilder stuck in the 145-pound division, and he gets tired quick. He\u2019s 5-foot-6 with a 65-inch reach. I have an eight-inch reach advantage on him. I tower over him. I would maul Chad.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After the press conference, Chad Mendes spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2014\/9\/28\/6856177\/chad-mendes-sends-message-to-conor-mcgregor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ariel Helwani<\/a> and fired back at &#8216;Notorious&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Conor can get on a plane to Brazil, go to his 3rd row seat, grab a bowl of lucky charms and witness excellence,&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thoughts?<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/evan-stoumbelis\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Evan Stoumbelis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday at the UFC 178 post-fight press conference, Conor McGregor had some harsh comments about featherweight #1 contender Chad Mendes. McGregor said that he would be attending UFC 179, where Chad Mendes will look to avenge his 2012 loss to champion Jose Aldo. McGregor went on to say: Chad is a 5-foot-6, overblown \u2013 he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":78099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[197,3884,303,9,489,11,15,8705],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mendes Fires Back At McGregor | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/mendes-fires-back-at-mcgregor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mendes Fires Back At McGregor | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yesterday at the UFC 178 post-fight press conference, Conor McGregor had some harsh comments about featherweight #1 contender Chad Mendes. 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