As they say, a fight is a fight, and anything can happen.
Featherweight challenger Chad Mendes is undefeated
in 11 pro outings, but he isn’t tested to the degree of featherweight
champ Jose Aldo, and he’s unfamiliar with a
five-round fight.
Aldo is the champ, Aldo has the home field advantage, and Aldo’s
mystique, though recently dulled, still hovers. A highlight-reel
clocking at near-short-film length will do that.