“I remember feeling this in wrestling: you get guys who go out there and their whole goal is to just not get pinned. It's pretty tough to pin a guy who's just trying not to get pinned. Even if you completely dominate them, people will look at that match as a boring match. If a guy's not there to fight, it makes it tough.”

American professional bare-knuckle boxer, former mixed martial artist and collegiate wrestler

Chad Mendes is an American professional bare-knuckle boxer, former mixed martial artist, and collegiate wrestler. He is best known for his time in the UFC featherweight division, where he challenged for the championship three times, and for his earlier run in World Extreme Cagefighting. He is currently signed to Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. Before moving into bare-knuckle boxing, he built his reputation in mixed martial arts through wrestling-based fighting and high-level competition at featherweight, where his name became widely associated with title contention.