{"id":96110,"date":"2014-05-05T06:54:09","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T13:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=96110"},"modified":"2022-02-06T11:43:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T19:43:18","slug":"jose-aldo-vs-chad-mendes-2-headlines-ufc-176-in-l-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jose-aldo-vs-chad-mendes-2-headlines-ufc-176-in-l-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Jose Aldo vs. Chad Mendes 2 headlines UFC 176 in L.A."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/jose-aldo-rebuts-dana-white-and-his-fing-useless-pound-for-pound-rankings\/jose-aldo-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-87578\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87578\" title=\"Jose Aldo PNG\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Jose-Aldo-PNG.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Jose-Aldo-PNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Jose-Aldo-PNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Jose-Aldo-PNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo (24-1 MMA, 6-0 UFC) will once again defend his title against #1 contender Chad \u201cMoney\u201d Mendes (16-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC), as UFC officials announced yesterday that the 145-pound rematch will serve as the headlining bout of this summer\u2019s UFC 176 event in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Chad Mendes first challenged Jose Aldo for the UFC featherweight title at January 2012\u2019s UFC 142 event in Rio. Unfortunately for the Team Alpha Male product, Mendes ate a devastating knee thrown by Aldo, resulting in a first-round knockout loss.<\/p>\n<p>Since suffering the first loss of his mixed martial arts career, Mendes has since posted 5-straight octagon victories, four of which have come by way of knockout. Chad\u2019s most recent effort saw him score a unanimous decision win over Nik Lentz at December\u2019s \u2018UFC on FOX 9\u2019 event in Sacramento.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, \u00a0following his victory over \u201cMoney\u201d in January of 2012, UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo has since gone on to defend his title three times. \u201cScarface\u201d earned a unanimous decision win over former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar at UFC 156 in Las Vegas and followed that up by defeating the \u201cKorean Zombie\u201d Chan Sung Jung via fourth-round TKO at UFC 163.<\/p>\n<p>Aldo\u2019s most recent effort saw him earn a unanimous decision win over Ricardo Lamas at February\u2019s UFC 169 event in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 176 takes place August 2 live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The main card airs live on pay-per-view, following the prelims which go down on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo (24-1 MMA, 6-0 UFC) will once again defend his title against #1 contender Chad \u201cMoney\u201d Mendes (16-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC), as UFC officials announced yesterday that the 145-pound rematch will serve as the headlining bout of this summer\u2019s UFC 176 event in Los Angeles. 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