Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Chad Mendes akasimbisa nzvimbo yake yeNo 1 muUFC's featherweight rankings nekuputika kwekutanga-kutenderera kwehunyanzvi kweaimbove mukwikwidzi wemutambo Ricardo Lamas muFairfax neMugovera manheru. Achipinda muhondo mushure mekurasikirwa nesarudzo mune yaive 2014 'Kurwisa kweGore' kupokana nemukwikwidzi Jose Aldo, Mendes haana kuodza moyo. Murwi we featherweight akabuda nesimba uye nokukurumidza, uye nokukurumidza akaisa ruoko rworudyi izvo zvisingadzivisiki zvakatungamirira kukuwa kwaLamas. Chad Mendes anorova Ricardo Lamas muhondo yavo yefeatherweight panguva yeUFC Fight Night chiitiko. Mendes anopemberera kukunda kwake kwekutanga kurwisa Lamas sezvaakadzokera kunoshanda muVirginia. Mendes ari kupemberera zvine mutsindo mushure mokukunda kwake kwakava nechokwadi chokuti anochengeta nzvimbo yake yeNo 1 yehuremu hwehuremu. 'Zvinonzwa zvakanaka,' akadaro Mendes. 'Ndaida kuuya pano ndokuita chirevo. Ndizvo zvandakati ndaizoedza kuita uye ndakazviita. Ricardo anokwikwidza zvikuru, ave ari pamushonga saka zvinoreva zvakawanda. 'Tave tichishanda pakutsvedza ruoko rworudyi irworwo uye kukanda; ichocho chinhu chandakaita kwenguva refu. Ndakanga ndichimufambisa pasi, akanga achindibata nemakumbo mashomanene, ndakamurova zvikuru uye akawira pasi.' Mendes akawedzera kumanikidza kubva pakurira kwebhero rokutanga pasinei zvapo naLamas achimutyisidzira nemitoo yakasiyana-siyana yokurova. Achingonyara mumaminiti maviri chete, ruoko rwake rworudyi rwakaita sepistoni rwakasunga Lamas uye, pasinei nokuedza kwake kwakanakisisa kuti apore, Mendes akanga achimuomera. Lamas akaita zvakanaka kudzokera kumakumbo ake mushure mekurohwa kwekutanga asi Mendes akamurwisa uye akazorova zvibhakera zvinorova, kusanganisira ibvi kubva mukubata. Ipapo akabatanidza nekwangwani ine simba yokuruboshwe iyo yakaisa Lamas pasi kechipiri, asi zvakare Lamas akasimuka. Asi, achirasikirwa nokuramba akadzikama sezvaaibva kuna Mendes, Lamas akarega kurwisa Octagon. Mendes akapukunyuka kuedza kwaLamas kuti amubate apo akanga achifamba-famba ari pamakumbo mana, uye 'Money' akadonhedza mapfuti makuru kune mumwe wake asati aratidza mutongi Dan Miragliotta, uyo akamisa kurwa muminiti yechitatu yetambo yokutanga....
Chad Mendes anochengeta nzvimbo yake yeNhamba 1 mushure mekuparadzwa kwaRicardo Lamas. Ruoko rworudyi pamusoro pomusoro rwakawisira Lamas pasi pemaminiti matatu. Al Iaquinta anoita chisarudzo chakakamukana pashure pehondo yemaminiti 15 naJorge Masvidal. Julianna Pena naDustin Poirier vakakunda hondo dzavo mumutambo wokutanga.