Multiple time UFC title challenger Chad Mendes left the UFC in 2019, on the heels of a TKO defeat to future champ Alex Volkanovski. He ended his Octagon career with 13 appearances with losses only to reigning, future or former champions.
Mendes is now booked to return to combat sports competition. However, like a rising number of ex-UFC fighters, his return will take place in the realm of bare knuckle boxing. Mendes is currently set to make his bare knuckle debut at BKFC’s Knucklemania II event on February 19. He’s scheduled to meet Joshuah Alvarez in a 155 lb bout.