{"id":116703,"date":"2014-10-26T11:52:32","date_gmt":"2014-10-26T18:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=116703"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:14:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:14:24","slug":"cruz-and-cormier-give-their-take-on-incredible-aldo-mendes-bout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/cruz-and-cormier-give-their-take-on-incredible-aldo-mendes-bout\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruz And Cormier Give Their Take On Incredible Aldo-Mendes Bout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/ufc-179-aldo-vs-mendes-ii-live-results-thread\/179-poster-header\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-116544\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/179-poster-header.jpg\" alt=\"179 poster header\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-116544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/179-poster-header.jpg 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/179-poster-header-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/179-poster-header-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last night in the main-event of UFC 179, Jose Aldo and Chad Mendes put on a spectacular performance that earned both men &#8216;Fight of the Night&#8217; honors, and may even earn them &#8216;Fight of the Year&#8217; (Catch the bout highlights <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/replay-watch-jose-aldo-and-chad-mendes-go-toe-to-toe-in-epic-battle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>After the bout on the UFC 179 post-fight show, Dominick Cruz and Daniel Cormier broke down the main event.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz said: <\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis became an all-out boxing match. Both were rocked in the fight and both showed heart and fought through it. This was an amazing fight. You can\u2019t do anything but respect both those guys.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>His co-host, Daniel Cormier, agreed, saying:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAldo proves once again why he\u2019s the cream of the crop. A lot of rounds were very close. Aldo got up and put damage on his face. It was much closer than the judge\u2019s cards said. I was surprised that Mendes didn\u2019t attempt more take downs.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night in the main-event of UFC 179, Jose Aldo and Chad Mendes put on a spectacular performance that earned both men &#8216;Fight of the Night&#8217; honors, and may even earn them &#8216;Fight of the Year&#8217; (Catch the bout highlights HERE). After the bout on the UFC 179 post-fight show, Dominick Cruz and Daniel Cormier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":116544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[197,257,291,9,489,11,15,7259],"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>Cruz And Cormier Give Their Take On Incredible Aldo-Mendes Bout | 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\/cruz-and-cormier-give-their-take-on-incredible-aldo-mendes-bout\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cruz And Cormier Give Their Take On Incredible Aldo-Mendes Bout | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Last night in the main-event of UFC 179, Jose Aldo and Chad Mendes put on a spectacular performance that earned both men &#8216;Fight of the Night&#8217; honors, and may even earn them &#8216;Fight of the Year&#8217; (Catch the bout highlights HERE). 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