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Chad Mendes wants another fight with Jose Aldo, but would "love to beat the s*** out of Conor McGregor"
Mar 25, 2015 - 3:45:52 PM Chad Mendes wants another fight with Jose Aldo, but would "love to beat the s*** out of Conor McGregor"

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

"I hear a lot of people talking about Conor being able to beat Jose, I just don't see it. I do think there are some aspects to McGregor's game that could give Jose issues. Conor does a great job of using his reach and he's a southpaw and I've seen some other southpaws go in there and try to give Aldo trouble. It seems like he has a little bit of trouble with southpaws from time to time so I think those things might give Aldo some trouble, but in the long run I don't think people think about bringing this up ever - Aldo has a great blast double.

We've seen him in there with other strikers and if he feels like he's getting beat up a little bit, he'll take someone off their feet and he's a black belt in Jiu-Jitsu. We saw it against Mark Hominick. Any time Aldo feels like he's in trouble, he's going to take Conor down. We've seen McGregor get taken down by Dennis Siver, who is not even a wrestler, multiple times in that fight with relative ease. I just don't see McGregor winning this fight.

... I think it goes equally both ways in the sense that obviously Aldo's the only guy to beat me in this sport so I'd love to go in there and get some redemption and I'd love to dethrone him. But at the same time, I would just love to beat the s*** out of Conor McGregor, whether it's for the belt or not that's something I want.. Honestly, I think I'm in a win-win situation. I'm going to be pretty pumped either way that fight goes."

-Chad Mendes talks to FoxSports.com about this summer's Jose Aldo vs. Conor McGregor bout, and why he'd be alright with getting either fight later in the year.

Penick's Analysis: If Frankie Edgar gets upset by Urijah Faber, Mendes can get a title fight. He's got to beat Ricardo Lamas first, of course, but he needs Edgar to lose in order to open him up to the next shot at that title. Now, given how good his last fight was with Aldo, and how much better he's been than the rest of the field, it's entirely possible the UFC could sell a third fight with Aldo. With that said, a fight with McGregor is easier for them to book, and would certainly be an entertaining matchup. That doesn't mean either bout will wind up coming to fruition, but Mendes isn't far away from being in that relevant mix again.