THE UFC’S FORMER number one featherweight contender has admitted to losing sleep over his loss to Conor McGregor at UFC 189.
However, Chad Mendes also told Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour that he’s only been able to watch his second round defeat once since the July bout.
“It’s definitely going to take some time. It’s something I still think about. Sometimes laying in bed, I’m still thinking about it. It’s going to take some time to get over it.”
“I’ve actually only watched it one time, and it hurt to watch.”
Mendes, who has only three defeats in his UFC career, also explained how things would be different if he were to have a rematch with McGregor.
In the first fight, the American dominated the opening exchanges before paying the price for attempting a submission late in the second round.
“That’s part of the game. You get in there, you win, sometimes you lose.
“This is something that still hurts me a bit, but I truly believe in my mind that there’s going to be a time very soon that me and Conor meet up again, I’ll have a full training camp and I will beat that guy.
“It sucks, that’s the hardest part, because I know I can beat this guy.”
Never a dull moment in this years tour!
May the best drugs win!
Ah yes, the same old reply about drugged riders… because cycling is the only sport with this problem.
Anyway, some balls on boonen finishing the last 50km on a broken wrist or collarbone.
And because cycling isn’t the only sport, that makes it ok then?
Who said it is okay? There is an issue and UCI are great at looking like they care about it, in reality its a comfortable setup for all involved and they will never rock the boat.
My issue is with the generic ‘all on drugs’ type responce from the average person with no interest in cycling. You can say the same about most profesional sports.
The football equivalant of ‘they are all on drugs’ would be somebody saying ‘the problem with arsenal is they always try and walk it into the net’