{"id":433762,"date":"2022-02-18T14:35:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T22:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=433762"},"modified":"2022-02-18T14:35:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T22:35:09","slug":"chad-mendes-reveals-the-ufc-allowed-his-bkfc-bout-open-to-possible-mma-return-down-the-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/bare-knuckle-boxing\/bare-knuckle-boxing-championship\/chad-mendes-reveals-the-ufc-allowed-his-bkfc-bout-open-to-possible-mma-return-down-the-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Chad Mendes reveals the UFC allowed his BKFC bout, open to possible MMA return down the line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of his BKFC debut, Chad Mendes has revealed that he&#8217;s still signed to the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>Mendes retired from MMA in 2019 following a loss to Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 232. During his eight year stint in the UFC, he was considered amongst the most entertaining fighters in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">promotion<\/a>. He also challenged for gold on three different occasions, coming up short against Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n<p>Mendes officially announced he was coming out of retirement in 2021. He quickly signed with the Bare Knuckle fighting promotion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/chad-mendes-ends-retirement-signs-multi-fight-deal-with-bkfc\/\">BKFC<\/a>. His debut is set for this weekend&#8217;s KnuckleMania 2 event, where he&#8217;ll take on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/chad-mendes-books-famez-for-bkfc-debut-at-knucklemania-2\/\">Joshua Famez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of his debut, he&#8217;s revealed some shocking news. Chad Mendes revealed in an interview with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2022\/02\/chad-mendes-return-to-ufc-mma-with-new-contract-bkfc\">MMAJunkie<\/a><\/em>, that he&#8217;s still actually contracted to the UFC. It&#8217;s extremely rare for the promotion to allow a fighter to fight under a different banner while signed to their company.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Mendes actually noted that he&#8217;d be down for an MMA return somewhere down the line. However, he noted that he&#8217;d have to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/chad-mendes-claims-hell-make-more-money-in-his-bkfc-debut-than-francis-ngannou-made-for-ufc-270\/\">be paid<\/a> a lot more to return to the cage. He currently has three fights left on his UFC deal.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_296563\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-296563\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-296563\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chad-Mendes-3.png\" alt=\"Chad Mendes\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chad-Mendes-3.png 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chad-Mendes-3-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-296563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Chad Mendes on Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>\u201cI still have three fights on my UFC contract, and what that pay is right now, not a chance. It\u2019s just not worth it for me. If I ended up talking and we could renegotiate, possibly. But it would have to be really good money.\u201d<\/em> &#8211; said Chad Mendes on <em>MMAJunkie radio<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Mendes continued, <em>\u201c[The UFC] were actually really cool about letting me come here [BKFC] and making money for my family. They could have said no, so the fact that they did say yes, that\u2019s good on them. Thank you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What do you think about Chad Mendes one day potentially returning to the UFC? What do you make of his BKFC debut this weekend?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of his BKFC debut, Chad Mendes has revealed that he&#8217;s still signed to the UFC. Mendes retired from MMA in 2019 following a loss to Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 232. During his eight year stint in the UFC, he was considered amongst the most entertaining fighters in the promotion. 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