{"id":151545,"date":"2015-06-24T08:51:04","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T15:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=151545"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:47:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:47:09","slug":"the-champ-mendes-and-faber-are-bad-match-ups-for-mcgregor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/the-champ-mendes-and-faber-are-bad-match-ups-for-mcgregor\/","title":{"rendered":"The Champ: &#8216;Mendes And Faber Are Bad Match-ups For McGregor&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#071 BUCHHOLZ and STUDBOY &quot;Faber, Palmer, Dillashaw talks Aldo&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JSQf8IKZV70?start=2735&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw spoke about the Jose Aldo injury news while calling in to Stud Show Radio.<\/p>\n<p>The champ said that he hopes it isn&#8217;t true and wants to see Aldo fight, but if he can&#8217;t go he knows a few guys who could step in and take on Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n<p>Chad Mendes and Urijah Faber, both teammates of Dillashaw&#8217;s at Team Alpha Male, are a few of the names being thrown around for who should fight McGregor if Aldo has to pull out.<\/p>\n<p>According to Dillashaw, either guy has the tools to go in and beat the Irishmen on two weeks notice.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I think both those guys have the recipe to beat McGregor, the things we haven&#8217;t seen in a fight with McGregor yet. 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