Chad Mendes responds to José Aldo once again, as both fighters engage in a verbal tirade leading to their supposed fight at UFC 176 on August 2nd in Los Angeles. Although the entire fight card has been scrapped because "Junior" had to pull out because of an injury, both men are still exchanging harsh words.
Chad Mendes and José Aldo have been trading barbs since May, when "Money's" teammate TJ Dillashaw defeated "Junior's" teammate Renan Barao for the UFC 135-pound title. This sparked up a mini-rivalry between Team Alpha Male and Nova Uniao, and this time, the featherweights have continued the war of words.
Most recently, José Aldo called out Chad Mendes and criticized the latter's training regimen.
"Maybe I have so many injuries because I'm not taking the same 'supplements' you take," Aldo said in an interview with Brazilian website Combate. "I have injuries because I train a lot to beat you like I did last time, and I think you remember that and still have nightmares about it."
Chad Mendes fired back at José Aldo once again, this time with heavier accusations.
"I definitely do [think Aldo's using PEDs]," Mendes said during his guesting on Sherdog Radio on Tuesday. "This is something that's been ongoing, but for him to all of a sudden just drop out -- I mean he drops out of a lot of fights -- but I think it's pretty coincidental."
Chad Mendes' tirades on José Aldo have gone as far as criticizing Brazil as a country and its ability to implement regulations.
"So this is the thing: We've got all this random drug testing, all this stuff that's going on, testing for EPO, HGH, all this stuff now -- they can get away with that stuff over in Brazil," Mendes continued.
"This is why he wants me to be in Brazil and fighting in Brazil, [because] they can do all that kind of stuff there," he added.
