"110-percent, no doubt in my mind," Mendes said. "I'm not making excuses. I'm not sitting here saying that's the reason why I lost. But I feel that if I am completely prepared for that fight, I win that fight. Every single time."
"His only way of beating me was tagging me on the feet," Mendes said. "And you know, he does a really good job of being in your face. He has that, like, Diaz style of punching. But anyone who can move around and stay light on their feet and take this dude down wins that fight every single time. I just, after scrambling around, and fighting for the amount of time that I did, I just wasn't able to get back to my feet and be light on my feet.
"I was stuck, and that's when he was able to tee off and that's why I lost. So I truly believe that if I was able to keep that bounce in my step and move my feet, keep that footwork going, that I wouldn't have been tagged and the round would've ended. We would've gone back and round three would've been just like round two. So it sucks. I think that's the hardest part, because I know I can beat this guy, and I was so close."
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"But anyone who can move around and stay light on their feet and take this dude down wins that fight every single time."
no i Mendes tylko potrafił zrobić tą trzecią rzecz, bo całą walkę pozwolił żeby to Conor wywierał presję, cofał się pod siatkę, mało się ruszał, przyjmował ciosy mimo, że ofensywnie dobrze mu szło. Akurat ten aspekt zwłaszcza w 1 rundzie g**** miał do cardio poza tym przyjął sporo na korpus. Fajnie by było w sumie jakby Conor wygrał z Aldo a np. Mendes z Edgarem a taki układ jest bardzo możliwe, wtedy rewanż Conora z Mendesem, pełny camp i Conor przez nokaut znowu.