UFC’s Chad Mendes charged with battery

Recent UFC featherweight title challenger Chad Mendes has been charged with battery stemming from a July 29 incident at a bar in Hanford, Calif.

The Kings County (Calif.) District Attorney’s Office announced Friday it’ll seek the charge, which carri…

Recent UFC featherweight title challenger Chad Mendes has been charged with battery stemming from a July 29 incident at a bar in Hanford, Calif.

The Kings County (Calif.) District Attorney’s Office announced Friday it’ll seek the charge, which carries a possible $2,000 fine and up to six months in county jail.

According to the Hanford Sentinel, Kings County Sheriff’s deputies say Mendes “sucker punched a man in the face” at a local bar during the July incident.