Chad Mendes has only watched his loss to Conor McGregor once since UFC 189, and it'll probably be some time before he decides to do so again.
"It hurt to watch," Mendes admitted Tuesday on The MMA Hour.
"It's something I still think about. Sometimes (I) lay in bed still thinking about it. It's definitely going to take some time to get over it, but you know, that's just part of the game."
Mendes ventured into the shamrock whirlwind on less than two weeks' notice to challenge McGregor for the UFC interim featherweight strap on July 11, and though Mendes controlled the early stages of the fight, McGregor's promise of a second-round knockout ultimately proved prophetic.