Jose Aldo vs Chad Mendes II is on for Brazil in October
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MMAFTM13 said:
Why? He has no right to be pissd! Little known fact that most Brazilian champs fight the majority of their fights in USA and NOT in Brazil so he shouldn't really feel pissed about that IMO.
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Once they step in the cage and lock the doors, doesn't matter if your fighting on Mars. That's the purity of Combat sport. Location is highly overrated. It's called being a "professional". Prepare and show up.
Spidy said:
Once they step in the cage and lock the doors, doesn't matter if your fighting on Mars. That's the purity of Combat sport. Location is highly overrated. It's called being a "professional". Prepare and show up.
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yep, I agree , But ..... Chad is prooooooobably Toast .
I just noticed how closely my av resembles yers!
you know? ,.. like at a glance..
Spidy said:
Once they step in the cage and lock the doors, doesn't matter if your fighting on Mars. That's the purity of Combat sport. Location is highly overrated. It's called being a "professional". Prepare and show up.
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The location should always be Dublin.
Spidy said:
Once they step in the cage and lock the doors, doesn't matter if your fighting on Mars. That's the purity of Combat sport. Location is highly overrated. It's called being a "professional". Prepare and show up.
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Mendes biggest complaint is about the expense for his team etc. Which is true. But I'd rather be an American having to spend dollars in Brazil than be a Brazilian spending R$ in the US.
Jorge P said:
Mendes biggest complaint is about the expense for his team etc. Which is true. But I'd rather be an American having to spend dollars in Brazil than be a Brazilian spending R$ in the US.
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Weight cutting can be more difficult as well. You don't have access to the same foods, which can change a fighter's routines in the days leading up to weigh-ins.
MysterLynch said:
Weight cutting can be more difficult as well. You don't have access to the same foods, which can change a fighter's routines in the days leading up to weigh-ins.
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though the champ does that whenever he defends here.
Thomas Gerbasi said:
Aldo-Mendes 2 Heads to Rio
Originally scheduled to take place on August 2, the biggest rematch in UFC featherweight history now moves to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on October 25, as 145-pound champion
Jose Aldo
and number one contender
Chad Mendes
meet at UFC 179.
UFC president Dana White made the announcement in San Jose Saturday night after the
UFC Fight Night
card at the SAP Center.
In their first meeting in January of 2012, Aldo stopped the then-unbeaten Mendes with one second remaining in the first round. Since then, Mendes has won five straight, most recently decisioning
Nik Lentz
. Aldo, the only 145-pound champion in UFC history, has added three more successful title defenses since the Mendes bout, defeating
Frankie Edgar
,
Chan Sung Jung
, and
Ricardo Lamas
.
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JDS fought Cain 3 times, all in the US.
Anderson fought Chael twice, both in the US.
Barao is about to have his second against TJ, both in the US.
Gus was booked for his second against Bones, both in North America (Toronto is closer to NYC than most American cities for eff's sake).
Cry me a river for Chad.
Spidy said:
Once they step in the cage and lock the doors, doesn't matter if your fighting on Mars. That's the purity of Combat sport. Location is highly overrated. It's called being a "professional". Prepare and show up.
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And yet interview after interview the vast majority of fighters say it matters. From time zone jetlag for European fighters to changing hemisphere (winter to summer or vice versa) for Brazilian, Aussie and Kiwi fighters to airline flu to access to the types of nutrition to which your gut is accustomed to being outside of comfort zones to being closer to your supporters I've heard many, many fighters express their preference for fighting as close to home as possible.
If Mendes can beat Aldo in Rio, and I believe he has a great shot, it will be all the sweeter for being the first American ever to have what it takes to win a UFC title fight in Brazil. The only way it could be better would be if he could beat Aldo in the Amazon.