The two-time UFC featherweight title contender Chad Mendes has just signed with the bare-knuckle boxing promotion Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. MMAJunkie broke the news earlier today. Mendes was a two-time NCAA Division-1 All-American in folkstyle wrestling before transitioning to MMA.
Mendes would fight for the undisputed UFC featherweight title twice and the interim title once. Though he was never successful in capturing either, he holds the distinction of only ever losing to former, current or future UFC champions. Mendes retired in 2018 after a competitive knockout loss against current UFC undisputed featherweight champion Alexander “The Great” Volkanovski.