Now that TJ destroyed Barao, does anyone's opinion of who will win this fight change? You know Chad is gonna be pumped and be a lot more confident after watching the way TJ picked apart Barao and I bet Aldo is going to have that in the back of his mind. I definitely makes things more interesting.
Not really.
I think Mendes was already lookng good enough to have posed a legit threat. He looked sick against Lentz but still pulled it out against a legit opponent and nearly had a record streak of KOs up to that. He was relatively green against Aldo the first time and his striking has now come around and his wreslting is still tip top.
Aldo however, even if he hasnt kicke ass like before is still dominating. And the fact that he is fighting smarter actually bodes well for him compared to Barao who is a bit more wild and not as tight technically.
It does make the matchup more interting though in terms of Aldo being the last Brazilian champ (though Machida could get one back from Weidman in July) and ith the rivalry between Nova Uniao and Alpha Male. The team score is now apparently 4-3 NU. All that makes Aldo/Mendes way more big now.
shot a dub