{"id":126528,"date":"2015-01-19T12:28:53","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T20:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=126528"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:55:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:55:01","slug":"lamas-vs-mendes-announced-main-event-ufc-fight-night-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/lamas-vs-mendes-announced-main-event-ufc-fight-night-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Lamas vs. Mendes Announced As Main Event For &#8220;UFC Fight Night Virginia&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mendes.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mendes.png\" alt=\"Mendes\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-126529\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After announcing that Bobby Green and Jorge Masvidal would meet at &#8220;UFC Fight Night Virginia&#8221;, the UFC announced that Ricardo Lamas would be facing Chad Mendes in the main-event of the card.<\/p>\n<p>Lamas is coming off a dominant performance over Dennis Bermudez that saw &#8216;The Bully&#8217; secure a submission win in the first round.  The win extended his win-streak to 2 following a loss to Jose Aldo for the featherweight championship.<\/p>\n<p>Mendes on the other hand will be stepping into the Octagon for the first time since his 5-round war with Jose Aldo at UFC 179.  With a win over top-ranked Lamas, Mendes could very well find himself in a title eliminator matchup against Frankie Edgar, to face the winner of Aldo vs. McGregor.<\/p>\n<p>The event will go down on April 4th in Fairfax, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodyelbow.com\/2015\/1\/19\/7852927\/ufc-fight-night-event-in-virginia-adds-masvidal-vs-green-chiesa-vs-clarke-mma-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BloodyElbow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After announcing that Bobby Green and Jorge Masvidal would meet at &#8220;UFC Fight Night Virginia&#8221;, the UFC announced that Ricardo Lamas would be facing Chad Mendes in the main-event of the card. 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