{"id":268524,"date":"2018-01-23T14:42:42","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T22:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=268524"},"modified":"2018-01-23T14:42:42","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T22:42:42","slug":"chad-mendes-teases-upcoming-ufc-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chad-mendes\/chad-mendes-teases-upcoming-ufc-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Chad Mendes Teases His Upcoming UFC Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A lot has changed since <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s=conor+mcgregor\">Conor McGregor<\/a> knocked out <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s=jose+aldo\">Jose Aldo<\/a>. He left the division and a path for <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s=max+holloway\">Max Holloway<\/a>, all the while who was leaving a path of destruction behind him. Holloway didn&#8217;t let another loss appear on his record after his loss to McGregor, eventually dethroning Aldo himself and successfully defending against him a short while later. He&#8217;s set to defend his title against Frankie Edgar next, but there has been one key player missing throughout the journey other than McGregor and that&#8217;s Chad Mendes. He recently <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chad-mendes\/video-chad-mendes-talks-2018-return-ufc\/\">updated his fans on his return<\/a> and the message was simple but effective: Tick, tock.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BeTIcHCA6wd\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"8\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 33.28125% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"background: url(data:image\/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaabgdbtueaalgpc\/xhbqaaaafzukdcak7ohokaaaamuexurczmzpf399fx1+bm5mzy9amaaadisurbvdjlvzxbesmgces5\/p8\/t9furvcrmu73jwlzosgsiizurcjo\/ad+eqjjb4hv8bft+idpqocx1wjosbfhh2xssxeiyn3uli\/6mnree07uiwjev8ueowds88ly97kqytlijkktuybbruayvh5wohixmpi5we58ek028czwyuqdlkpg1bkb4nnm+veanfhqn1k4+gpt6ugqcvu2h2ovuif\/gwufyy8owepdyzsa3avcqpvovvzzz2vtnn2wu8qzvjddeto90gsy9mvlqtgysy231mxry6i2ggqjrty0l8fxcxfcbbhwrsyyaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BeTIcHCA6wd\/\" style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tick tock&#8230;&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chadmendes\/\" style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Chadmendes<\/a> (@chadmendes) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2018-01-23T16:37:23+00:00\">Jan 23, 2018 at 8:37am PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With as much going in the UFC, it&#8217;s hard to think that it&#8217;s been since 2015 when we last saw Chad Mendes fought. In his decade long career, Mendes has only lost to champions: Jose Aldo (two times), Conor McGregor and Frankie Edgar. We&#8217;ve never gotten to see him against Max Holloway, but considering how things go down, this may be a fight we see in 2018. Edgar has his shot to end Holloway&#8217;s &#8216;Blessed Era&#8217; at UFC 223, but if he falls short, it&#8217;s easy to see Mendes having a fight or two and jumping right up into title contention.<\/p>\n<p>Max Holloway has basically wiped out his entire division in his 12-fight win streak. The only contenders he hasn&#8217;t faced are Edgar, Brian Ortega and Mendes. A return of the once second-ranked featherweight could add even more fire to the division. It wasn&#8217;t long ago that Edgar and Mendes were trading title shots with Aldo, but now he&#8217;s been knocked off and Holloway is the one with a target on his back. We&#8217;ll keep an eye on any upcoming announcements. His suspension makes him eligible to compete after\u00a0June 10th, which is perfect for international fight week.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 1\/23\/2018.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot has changed since Conor McGregor knocked out Jose Aldo. He left the division and a path for Max Holloway, all the while who was leaving a path of destruction behind him. Holloway didn&#8217;t let another loss appear on his record after his loss to McGregor, eventually dethroning Aldo himself and successfully defending against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54442,"featured_media":135620,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10182],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chad Mendes Teases His Upcoming UFC Return | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chad-mendes\/chad-mendes-teases-upcoming-ufc-return\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chad Mendes Teases His Upcoming UFC Return | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A lot has changed since Conor McGregor knocked out Jose Aldo. 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