{"id":160994,"date":"2015-08-17T01:04:41","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T08:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=160994"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:18:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:18:38","slug":"over-15-fighters-turned-down-this-undefeated-bantamweight-fighter1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/over-15-fighters-turned-down-this-undefeated-bantamweight-fighter1\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 15 fighters turned down this undefeated bantamweight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-9.18.38-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-161298\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-9.18.38-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-08-17 at 9.18.38 PM\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-9.18.38-PM.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-9.18.38-PM-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-9.18.38-PM-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-9.18.38-PM-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Perfect record in mixed martial arts? Check. Several Brazilian-jiu-jitsu world championships to his name? Check. Intimidating nickname? Yep. It turns out there are SEVERAL reasons why over fifteen fighters pulled out of their fights after finding out just how bad of a man Augusto Mendes is.<\/p>\n<p>The name shouldn&#8217;t ring a bell to casual MMA fans, but Mendes, better known as Tanquinho (little tank) in the BJJ world, truly is a force to reckon with. Tanquinho earned his black belt from legendary Francisco Mansur but is on the path to a belt made of gold at LEGACY FC.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s only one issue: When fighters find out the accomplishments of Mendes, they pull out of their fights! &#8220;Since I signed for my MMA debut, I believe more than 15 guys pulled out,&#8221; Mendes told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2015\/8\/15\/9142363\/bjj-ace-tanquinho-mendes-more-than-15-fighters-have-declined-to-fight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a>. &#8220;For my first two or three fights, I guess I had 10 different opponents. They say yes, then Google my name and that\u2019s it. It looks like fighters with a good record don\u2019t want to fight me. But that\u2019s it. I want to win the belt no matter what.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They hear I\u2019m a jiu-jitsu champion and think \u2018there\u2019s a lot of jiu-jitsu champions out there\u2019, they think it\u2019s easy, but when they find out I\u2019m a world champion as a black belt it makes a difference,&#8221; Mendes continued. &#8220;When they find out I\u2019m an IBJJF black belt world champion and realize the fight won\u2019t be easy, they pull out.<\/p>\n<p>If Mendes can get past his next opponent in Donald Williams, LEGACY FC management has promised him a shot at the bantamweight championship.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I asked them for a fight, title or not, and they offered me this guy and I accepted it. They told me my next fight should be for the title.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>UFC Fighters Give Us Their Favorite BJ Penn Moment! 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