— -- Although Conor McGregor vs. Jose Aldo at UFC 189 had fans fired up, Aldo was forced to withdraw due to injury. Chad Mendes replaces Aldo, pitting the No. 3 ranked McGregor against two-time ...

LAS VEGAS --Chad Mendes actually made Conor McGregor bleed his own blood in an interim title fight at UFC 189 -- but he couldn't beat him. McGregor (18-2), the brash 26-year-old Irish featherweight ...

When Chad Mendes got the call from UFC president Dana White asking if he'd be willing to play backup for featherweight champion Jose Aldo in case of injury and be ready to face Conor McGregor on July ...

UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo has withdrawn from a scheduled title defense against Conor McGregor at UFC 189 on July 11 in Las Vegas due to a rib injury. Former two-time title contender Chad ...

Chad Mendes was in pain for two months after a UFC title fight but it wasn’t Conor McGregor that had him peeing blood. The former UFC title challenger has seen his fair share of fire-fights in the UFC ...

Conor McGregor has been branded an ‘easy fight’ by Chad Mendes, despite knocking him out in the second round of their world title clash. However, there has always been a consensus that if Mendes had ...

Chad Mendes is less than two weeks out from his title-fight rematch with featherweight champion Jose Aldo at UFC 179 in Brazil, but despite his constant focus, there's been a buzzing in his ear lately ...

I did not believe that Conor McGregor had proved he was the next big thing — that he was the top men's fighter in UFC and the new king of the featherweight division. That changed Saturday night. With ...