{"id":391602,"date":"2021-08-04T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T19:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=391602"},"modified":"2021-08-04T12:00:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T19:00:21","slug":"chad-mendes-ends-retirement-signs-multi-fight-deal-with-bkfc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/chad-mendes-ends-retirement-signs-multi-fight-deal-with-bkfc\/","title":{"rendered":"Chad Mendes ends retirement, signs multi-fight deal with BKFC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chad Mendes has ended his retirement.<\/p>\n

The former UFC title challenger retired after his loss to Alex Volkanovski at UFC 232 in December of 2018. Since then, Mendes has remained in the gym but there were no talks of a possible comeback. However, over the past couple of months, he has teased a return to the sport saying the itch is back<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, Mendes announced on the Joe Rogan Experience<\/a> that he has signed with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just signed a big contract \u2013 I\u2019m coming back to fighting,\u201d Mendes told Rogan (h\/a MMAJunkie<\/a>). \u201cBut I\u2019m not coming back to MMA. \u2026 I\u2019m coming back to boxing. I want to try something different. I think we\u2019re going to throw some bare-knuckle in there, bro \u2013 just mix it up and get real crazy. This is something that\u2019s kind of been in the works for probably a year now.\u201d<\/p>\n

BKFC later took to Twitter to confirm the news as they posted a video of Mendes training saying he is putting the 155lbs division on notice.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/bareknucklefc\/status\/1422980942780669966<\/p>\n

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@ChadMendes<\/a> WELCOME TO BKFC pic.twitter.com\/gBIZ6e6Dp2<\/a><\/p>\n

— Bare Knuckle FC (@bareknucklefc) August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n