{"id":151914,"date":"2015-06-26T06:52:31","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T13:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=151914"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:46:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:46:53","slug":"mendes-i-have-to-pretend-im-fighting-at-ufc-189","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/mendes-i-have-to-pretend-im-fighting-at-ufc-189\/","title":{"rendered":"Mendes: ‘I Have To Pretend I’m Fighting At UFC 189’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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UFC featherweight and Team Alpha Male fighter Chad Mendes has been tapped as the standby fighter<\/a> in the event that Jose Aldo can’t fight at UFC 189.<\/p>\n

‘Money’ Mendes talked to MMAJunkie<\/a> about the whole situation and said that as of now, he just has to prepare like he’s fighting next month and will do that all the way up to weigh-ins.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs of right now, I have to pretend I\u2019m fighting. I\u2019m training. I\u2019ve got to get my weight down. I\u2019ve got two weeks to cut the weight and get on point. This is going to be the craziest two weeks of my life, but it\u2019s an opportunity I\u2019d never turn down.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot riding on this fight. Worst-case scenario, I\u2019m going to train just like I have been, make weight in two weeks, show up to Vegas, and if Aldo fights, I get to sit there and watch a badass fight. It sucks I\u2019ve got to make weight (if I can\u2019t fight), but what the hell: I\u2019ll be pigging out in Vegas.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

So either he fights and gets a shot at the interim featherweight title, or he sits at the buffet and pigs out, not bad options at all.<\/p>\n

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