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RIO DE JANEIRO – Understandably, Chad Mendes was irritated by the suggestion that he isn’t ready to fight UFC featherweight champ Jose Aldo.

But the owner of that suggestion, Gray Maynard, said he isn’t out to get the featherweight challenger.

“It’s not like I’m flying over here because I want Chad to lose and there’s a grudge and I want him to lose,” he told MMAjunkie.com. “Not at all.”

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In the end, everything boils down to training for Jose Aldo.

The UFC featherweight champion believes he’s found areas where opponent Chad Mendes is exposed to his brand of violence, and he admits there are places – one, really – where he’d like to avoid.

“But really what it comes down to being well-trained and seeing if the training was well worth it, and if what I saw was really going to (help me) impose my game,” Aldo today said.

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Two-time lightweight title challenger Gray Maynard thinks featherweight Chad Mendes isn’t ready for a title shot.

Mendes, who’s four years into pro MMA with 11 fights to his name, strongly disagrees.

“Maynard saying that he doesn’t think that I’m ready for a title shot – I don’t know why Maynard’s saying anything about anyone,” Mendes said today during a media call in support of UFC 142

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Two of the lightweight division’s finest will collide at UFC 145, as Clay Guida locks horns with former title challenger Gray Maynard at the March 24 event in Montreal.

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Strikeforce is all grown up now, cruising into next year with a TV deal and support from Showtime and parent company Zuffa.

But a decade before that, it was a small kickboxing operation that later segued into the MMA craze, and with some hard work and smart talent acquisition, it blossomed into a major force on the scene.

Promoter Mick Maynard said that kind of rise is what he aspires to in the business, and on the day of Legacy Fighting Championships’ ninth event, he hopes that his promotion is on that path.

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MMAjunkie.com Radio today welcomes to the show Roger Bowling, who meets Jerron Peoples at Saturday’s “Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal” event.

We also talk to Legacy Fighting Championships promoter Mick Maynard about Friday’s HDNet-televised event and Fight Code promoter Carlo Di Blasi about this weekend’s Fight Now TV-televised kickboxing show in Hungary.

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By <a href="mailto:howie@mmanews.com">Chris Howie</a> <Br>
MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer<Br><Br>

UFC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo is looking to bring one of the top lightweights in the world in to help him prepare for his next title defense against Chad Mendes.<Br><Br>

Aldo spoke with <a href=http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Maynard-to-Help-Aldo-With-Preparation-for-Mendes-37463>Sherdog.com</a> and informed them of his plan to hopefully bring former number one contender to the UFC Lightweight title Gray Maynard in to help him prepare for Mendes' wrestling:<Br><Br>

"We have a big interest in bringing Maynard to train with me. He has such strong wrestling and we want people that (have) the same game Chad Mendes does. Mendes is a competitive and hard guy to fight. Me and Maynard have been in touch since UFC 136, and he also said it's his will to train with us at Nova Uniao, but nothing is confirmed thus far, especially because of the Thanksgiving holiday. I'm waiting for the answer."<Br><Br>

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Jose Aldo will put his UFC featherweight title on the line against Chad Mendes at UFC 142, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 14. An elite striker and Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist, Aldo wants to focus his attention on wrestling, Mendes’ specialty. To sharpen his takedown defense, the 145-pound king invited former UFC lightweight No. 1 contender Gray Maynard to join his camp.

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The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation issued medical suspensions of more than 10 days to just five UFC 136 fighters, and defeated main-event fighter Gray Maynard got the longest one with 60 days.

MMAjunkie.com today confirmed the list with commission officials.

A representative told MMAjunkie.com that official disclosed paydays for the Oct. 8 event won’t be released, per state protocol.

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Frankie Edgar and Jose Aldo both retained their titles in the headline bouts on a memorable night in Houston.

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