{"id":174295,"date":"2015-11-02T09:13:15","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T17:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=174295"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:35:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:35:56","slug":"mendes-nik-lentz-would-destroy-mcgregor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/mendes-nik-lentz-would-destroy-mcgregor\/","title":{"rendered":"Mendes: &#8216;Nik Lentz would destroy McGregor&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some critics have ridiculed top featherweight Chad \u201cMoney\u201d Mendes\u2019 conditioning after his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/ufc-189-mcgregor-vs-mendes-super-slow-mo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">loss to Conor McGregor<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/111ufc-189-mendes-vs-mcgregor-live-results-thread\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFC 189<\/a>. Mendes took the McGregor fight on<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/breaking-jose-aldo-out-of-ufc-189-mcgregor-vs-mendes-official\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> short notice<\/a> and has made it clear that a full camp would result in a different outcome.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The only people that are questioning my conditioning are Conor McGregor nut-hangers, and that\u2019s just because he said that,&#8221; Mendes told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodyelbow.com\/2015\/11\/2\/9658174\/chad-mendes-nik-lentz-would-destroy-conor-mcgregor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Submission Radio<\/a>. &#8220;And dude, look at my fight with Aldo. I fought Aldo, who\u2019s one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world. I went five rounds with him and pushed the pace the entire time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mendes goes on to say that an opponent he beat when he was sick would put down the famed Irishman.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I\u2019m prepared, my cardio is never an issue. It never has been. There\u2019s been one other fight with [Nik] Lentz, where I was sick and fought through it, and still beat that guy, who in my opinion would destroy Conor. So you\u2019re always gonna get those people who are talking shit. And I don\u2019t think my cardio is an issue. It never has been. I took that fight on short-notice, and that\u2019s why it was an issue in that fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Mendes with a full camp would topple McGregor in a rematch? Could Nik Lentz really beat Conor McGregor? Sound off in the comment section below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some critics have ridiculed top featherweight Chad \u201cMoney\u201d Mendes\u2019 conditioning after his loss to Conor McGregor at UFC 189. 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