Mendes: I’m going to finish [McGregor] in first three minutes
Chad Mendes: “I have the athleticism, the strength, the power, the speed, and I have wrestling to put him on his back to finish this fight. This fight is mine.”
Conor McGregor recently stated that he had the same prediction for Chad Mendes that he had for Jose Aldo, he would finish him in the first four minutes. When Mendes was presented with McGregor’s prediction, he one upped the Irishman:
When Mendes was presented the same question, he said McGregor wouldn’t last the fight.
“Yeah, Conor I’m going to give you a little more respect buddy,” he said. “I’m going to finish you within the first three.”
The two argued with each other sporadically throughout the call. When asked how his striking would hold up against McGregor, Mendes said that his stand-up was just part of the tool-set that would ultimately doom arguably the UFC’s biggest star.
“I think my striking is going to be great,” he said. “Conor’s never faced anybody like me before. I have the athleticism, the strength, the power, the speed, and I have wrestling to put him on his back to finish this fight. This fight is mine.”