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Javier Mendez Assesses Potential Opponents For Khabib Nurmagomedov

Renowned coach Javier Mendez has taken the time to assess potential opponents for Khabib Nurmagomedov. Nurmagomedov is expected to take on Dustin Poirier in an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) title unification bout. Nurmagomedov is the lightweight…

Renowned coach Javier Mendez has taken the time to assess potential opponents for Khabib Nurmagomedov. Nurmagomedov is expected to take on Dustin Poirier in an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) title unification bout. Nurmagomedov is the lightweight champion, while Poirier captured interim gold last month against Max Holloway. The bout has been rumored for UFC 242 […]

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Javier Mendez Not Sold On Justin Gaethje As A Threat To Khabib Nurmagomedov

Justin Gaethje feels he’s the toughest challenge for Khabib Nurmagomedov, but Javier Mendez isn’t sold. Gaethje is coming off a first-round knockout victory over Edson Barboza this past Saturday night (March 30). It was Gaethje’s seco…

Justin Gaethje feels he’s the toughest challenge for Khabib Nurmagomedov, but Javier Mendez isn’t sold. Gaethje is coming off a first-round knockout victory over Edson Barboza this past Saturday night (March 30). It was Gaethje’s second straight knockout victory. He’s now 3-2 under the UFC banner and has earned a bonus in each of his […]

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With Brock Lesnar Fight Going To DC, Javier Mendez Puzzled By Stipe Miocic’s Inactivity

Daniel Cormier’s coach Javier Mendez believes Stipe Miocic should forget about a rematch and take a fight with another heavyweight already. “Stipe’s waiting and I don’t know why he’s waiting,” Mendez said in a recent interview with BJPENN Radio. “I think he should fight like everybody else does. When you get starched like he did, […]

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Daniel Cormier’s coach Javier Mendez believes Stipe Miocic should forget about a rematch and take a fight with another heavyweight already.

“Stipe’s waiting and I don’t know why he’s waiting,” Mendez said in a recent interview with BJPENN Radio. “I think he should fight like everybody else does. When you get starched like he did, most people, they don’t wait for a rematch. They fight somebody else and get back on the wagon. What happened to Cain with dos Santos? Cain didn’t wait for a rematch. He went out there and beat up whoever they asked him to beat up and he got back to the title shot. That’s what you should be doing instead of saying, ‘I’m waiting.’ Unless it was a fight-fight, but things happen. People want to see entertaining fights and if you have a wipe-out then people don’t necessarily want to see a rematch.”

It’s not that Mendez doesn’t think Miocic deserves a title fight, he just believes that “DC” has built up enough fight equity with the UFC to justify the Brock Lesnar fight.

“I want it to be Brock and then he should be done, that’s what I want,” Mendez said. “I’ve always wanted that. Every time you guys ask me I want him to fight Brock Lesnar, make the biggest payday that he deserves and then retire like he wants to. All his coaches want that for him, we don’t want him to fight past Brock. Brock is not on the table yet, but hopefully, if we keep pushing for it maybe it’ll happen. I don’t know.”

A Cormier vs Lesnar fight would surely do big business. Anytime the WWE fans tune in the rating boost. In one way or another, that fight has been teased for the last year and a half. However, it appears it has never been closer as UFC President Dana White recently stated as much at the post-fight presser.

“The Brock fight is Cormier’s. When Cormier’s healthy, that’s his fight. And plus Brock has WWE obligations right now, or believe me he’d be calling me.”

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Coach Says Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor 2 Is Unlikely

Don’t hold your breath for Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor II. Nurmagomedov put his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) gold on the line back in Oct. 2018 against McGregor. The bout headlined the UFC’s biggest pay-per-view. “T…

Don’t hold your breath for Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor II. Nurmagomedov put his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) gold on the line back in Oct. 2018 against McGregor. The bout headlined the UFC’s biggest pay-per-view. “The Eagle” ended up retaining his title via fourth-round submission. While the two were able to draw around 2.4 million […]

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Coach: ‘Illegal Punch’ Reason Cain Velasquez Lost In Phoenix

Cain Velasquez’ longtime coach Javier Mendez thinks it was an ‘illegal punch’ that prematurely ended his fighter’s night at UFC on ESPN 1 last Sunday (Feb. 17, 2019) in Phoenix, Arizona. There is no denying that Velasquez’ knee blew out mere seconds into his main event fight with Francis N’Gannou at UFC on ESPN 1 […]

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Cain Velasquez’ longtime coach Javier Mendez thinks it was an ‘illegal punch’ that prematurely ended his fighter’s night at UFC on ESPN 1 last Sunday (Feb. 17, 2019) in Phoenix, Arizona.

There is no denying that Velasquez’ knee blew out mere seconds into his main event fight with Francis N’Gannou at UFC on ESPN 1 this past weekend. But was it the swarm of punches thrown by “The Predator” that caused the unfortunate chain of events, or was it the seemingly ‘illegal punch’ thrown by N’Gannou?

Mendez seems to have it all figured out.

“If you guys watch the video, the very first punch Ngannou threw at Cain, (Cain) came into shoot, he got hit in the back of the head, an illegal shot that dazed him a little bit when he went in for the takedown, and that’s what kind of jacked up his knee to start,” Mendez told Submission Radio. “So, I didn’t see that, I did not see that. And today I looked at it and said, ‘oh my god.’ And guess who told me about it? Cain. Cain was the one who told me.”

Mendez made it clear, he doesn’t think N’Gannou did anything wrong or intentional. However, he is quick to point out that an illegal punch caused the entire thing.

“His knee went and it wasn’t caused by any punch during, it was caused from an illegal punch that caused the whole thing,” Mendez continued. “And it wasn’t intentional, it was unintentional. It wasn’t Ngannou’s intent to do that. No, he didn’t do anything wrong. It’s just that Cain went in, the punch went. I didn’t look at it as intentional, it was unintentional. So, what do you do in the circumstances like that? I don’t know.”

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Khabib’s Coach Hopes ‘The Eagle’ Listens To His Corner At UFC 229

Khabib Nurmagomedov’s coach wants “The Eagle” to listen to his corner at UFC 229. Nurmagmedov has stellar grappling, but often times he fights to prove a point. American Kickboxing Academy (AKA) coach Javier Mendez has expressed conce…

Khabib Nurmagomedov’s coach wants “The Eagle” to listen to his corner at UFC 229. Nurmagmedov has stellar grappling, but often times he fights to prove a point. American Kickboxing Academy (AKA) coach Javier Mendez has expressed concerns after Nurmagomedov dragged out his fights with Edson Barboza and Al Iaquinta. The UFC lightweight champion had the […]

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