People forget how Good of a Fighter Chad Mendes was in his Prime. For Aldo to have beat him the way he did, just shows how GREAT Aldo is. I love Volk & Holloway too, but I’m convinced this version of Chad Mendes, beats anyone not named Jose Aldo.

@@Ricatonniisasavage8854not in my opinion. Both of these guys looked strong and fast but not near as sharp, calculated, and polished like volk or max. I got max rn or prime volk beating the other prime chad or Aldo

@@ryanhalvorsen6497 people really sleep on how good Mendes was on that small run he went on after the first Aldo loss. Even against Lamas, he was an Animal. Also, 2011-2013 Aldo was a whole different Beast. It would be a tough test for Volk or Holloway to withstand the Vicious Leg Kicks and Fast Hands of Aldo. I’ve always thought Aldo straight out of the WEC up to the Second Mendes Fight, is one of The Greatest Fighters ever of The Lighter Weight Classes. Volk in his Prime was a Beast too, but gah, the Aldo that beat Hominick, Ken Flo, and even Frankie the first time, would be a tough task for him.

@@Ricatonniisasavage8854 I could see prime Aldo or Mendez beating prime max or volk but if I was betting my money. I bet on max or volk. I think the amount of game plan and steady out put would be too much for Aldo or chad. Chad and Aldo were fast and strong but I think the game plan wins for the newer guys

@jboi6398 They all juice. Just stop with that shit lol.

lol yeah no kidding !

Ya think!😅

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Conor is his Daddy.

​@@johno30197Its a fact 🤷‍♂️

Your Mom is a legend

Crickets

I’m excited to see him lose once more

@@loud865 lol

@@scurrqs4917 lol

When is he fightin again ?

Easily in my top 5

not even close... sure it had good moments but they were both holding back by the end and mostly just dancing around... there was no savage desire to win at all costs like some fights. Too much smiling and fist bumps and patting each other on the back... that's not a real hard out fight. Not even close. They put on a good show for the crowd that's all and picked up a decent paycheck each without significant career ending damage.

​@@bushmanphotoslol what fight were u watching 😂

It never ends good when you try to come back

@Robert-gm6rh name them then.

Prime Aldo lasted only 13 seconds with mcgregor 😂

@@MrNiceGuy8922 Still less embarassing than being McGregor's fanboy in 2024

@@MrNiceGuy8922aldo is still better, conor defened his 2 titles zero times while aldo defended his title seven times

​@@nekozaemon3803 Conor finished them both and will finish Mendes look alike chandler the same

​@@MrNiceGuy8922 without the mind games, Aldo folds McGregor up like a chair...

Aldo never deteriorated in skill, the game just evolved. The man retired #3 in the world at Bantamweight. He has always been in his physical prime, it’s just other championship level fighters started catching up to his skill level.

@@zaccaeus8426 Honestly Aldo was my favorite fighter but I can say with full honesty his skill didn't deteriorate but his body did Father Time caught up to him if you look at Aldo before and after you can see a major difference I'm not taking away any credit towards the new talent but Aldo was just out of his prime(this is not including recently) but yes Aldo was and still is a goat

@@alfredomunoz6954 For a fighter that debuted 20 years ago, Aldo has evolved with the sport very well. He’s still one of the Top 10 Bantamweights in the world in 2024. Of course, his body is not gonna perform as it did in his early twenties (like any professional athlete), but his fast twitch muscle fibre responses are still shockingly, blindingly fast, and his boxing IQ has grown tremendously since working with the Brazilian Navy after the Petr Yan loss. I think he’s a far more skilled fighter than he was in his prime. Where he used to hit people with brutal calf kick “dutchie” combos, now he flow checks better than anyone and counters with insane boxing combinations. Like any fighter he has evolved, but the truly elite pound-for-pound athletes of today like Holloway, Volkanovski, Dvalishvili and Yan have surpassed him in size, athleticism and skill, which is just the way of this kind of competitive sport.

@@zaccaeus8426 You obviously never watched prime Aldo then. His reactions and cardio noticeably started tanking hard after the two Holloway fights.

@@Slim-Clips I watched all of his career from him soccer kicking guys in Rio to kneeing Rolando Perez in the WEC, to running literal circuits around Frankie Edgar. And of course, over a 20 year career there is gonna be some physical decline. But the ways he adapted his style to work around that and still even at 37 is reinventing himself. It’s disrespectful to the legend to say his prime is over when he’s still Top 10 Bantamweight 20 years after he debuted. Like that kinda longevity in the lighter weight classes definitely puts him high on the GOAT list, he had a better 2nd half to his career than Fedor and GSP.

13 seconds😱😱

@@BeardedPOTATAwhy tap, go sleep

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How old are you?

@@psychoelectric69

Chad shower the blue print to bear Conor. I think Chad made the mistake of going for a finish, Chad was dominating with take downs and was sat landing elbows on McGregor almost at will for 80% of round 2, he tried to go for a submission but Connor escaped and got a great KO, but I feel if Chad just grinded out the rounds and sat on top he would’ve won decision. He already won round 1 and most of round2 with his superior wrestling skills.

⁠@@thatchet7115Correcting, 25 min competitive fight. I agree bro.

Mendes got robbed? But then you say it was such a close match? What are you even saying just stfu Jose Aldo won that fight pretty confidently

@@elijahzamora4742 it was such a close match despite him getting damn near KO'd after the bell. Taking a hit like that takes a lot out of you, and makes it easier for subsequent shots to actually knock you out. Or do you believe such hits have no effect on fighters and they are just as good as if not taking it? And yet he still almost won it. So yes, he was robbed.

To the gills

Everyone was back then

why? do they not deserve money or something

@@az1m8290 just don’t announce retirement too early!

Aldo deserves to retire in rio