{"id":392087,"date":"2021-08-12T06:31:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T13:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=392087"},"modified":"2021-08-12T06:31:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T13:31:01","slug":"chad-mendes-reveals-ufc-gave-him-permission-to-make-comeback-in-bkfc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/chad-mendes-reveals-ufc-gave-him-permission-to-make-comeback-in-bkfc\/","title":{"rendered":"Chad Mendes reveals UFC gave him permission to make comeback in BKFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC featherweight title contender Chad Mendes revealed that his former organization gave him permission to make a comeback in BKFC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/chad-mendes-ends-retirement-signs-multi-fight-deal-with-bkfc\/\">Mendes recently signed a contract with BKFC to make his return to combat sports in bare-knuckle boxing<\/a>. Now 36 years old, Mendes hasn&#8217;t competed in MMA since December 2018 when he was knocked out by current UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski. Mendes struggled on his way out of the UFC, losing three of his last four bouts, but to be fair to him, those losses came against Volkanovski, Conor McGregor, and Frankie Edgar.<\/p>\n<p>Now nearly three years removed from the end of his UFC career, Mendes signed with BKFC and is expected to return to the cage on October 22 against an opponent TBD. Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2021\/8\/11\/22619397\/chad-mendes-lauds-ufc-for-bkfc-permission-but-not-a-chance-in-hell-to-return-under-current-contract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting.com&#8217;s Mike Heck<\/a> ahead of his comeback to combat sports, Mendes explained how he was able to get out of his UFC contract and fight for BKFC. According to &#8220;Money,&#8221; he is actually still under contract with the world&#8217;s leading MMA organization and has several fights left on his deal. But the UFC has decided to grant him permission to fight in BKFC.<\/p>\n<p id=\"eTkF3U\">\u201cThey technically could have said, \u2018You\u2019re not going anywhere \u2013 if you\u2019re not fighting here, you\u2019re not fighting.&#8217; But\u00a0I\u2019ve always had a great relationship with the UFC, and I think this is an awesome thing for them to let me make some money. My hat\u2019s off to them for being cool in this situation. I didn\u2019t [think they would be], honestly. I thought it would be a \u2018hell no,\u2019\u201d Mendes said.<\/p>\n<p>While Mendes isn&#8217;t completely writing off a possible return to the Octagon down the road, at this point he doesn&#8217;t see it happening because his UFC contract isn&#8217;t paying him enough.<\/p>\n<p id=\"rkJY7e\">&#8220;I can\u2019t say no. Of course, if the money&#8230;.for what my contract is right now, hell no. Not a chance in hell. But if we were to talk and numbers made sense and we could get something that does make sense, I would think about it. It\u2019s something I\u2019m not done with. But I just don\u2019t know if that\u2019s ever going to happen. It was fun, but it\u2019s not something I\u2019m missing extremely bad,&#8221; Mendes said.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Chad Mendes will be successful in BKFC?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC featherweight title contender Chad Mendes revealed that his former organization gave him permission to make a comeback in BKFC. Mendes recently signed a contract with BKFC to make his return to combat sports in bare-knuckle boxing. 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