GSP’s coach Firas Zahabi gives a great expert breakdown of the interim title fight.
Conor McGregor, 26, comes into the interim 145-pound title fight on a 13-fight winning streak. He has finished his last three opponents — Diego Brandao, Dustin Poirier and Dennis Siver — via TKO.
Fighting out Team Alpha Male in Sacramento, Mendes is 8-2 in the UFC. Both losses came in championship fights against Aldo, in January 2012 and October 2014.
