Chad Mendes (18-5, 10) was born in Hanford, California, U.S. on May 1, 1985. At the age of 23 years on September 26, 2008, he made his professional MMA debut against Giovanni Encarnacion, winning the fight via 1st-round submission.
On February 5, 2011, 25-year old Chad Mendes made his UFC debut on his 10th professional MMA fight at UFC 126 against a 35-year old Michihiro Omigawa, winning the fight via 3-round unanimous decision.
Mendes' last fight was a 2nd-round TKO loss to Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 232 at age 33 on December 29, 2018. He retired from the sport of MMA following this loss.
He has fought 13 times in the UFC, and has a record of 9 wins and 4 losses in the promotion.
Some of Chad Mendes' best fights have been against Ricardo Lamas, Myles Jury, Cody McKenzie, Yaotzin Meza, Darren Elkins, Clay Guida and Anthony Morrison.
Mendes has 5 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
23  | Dec 29, 2018 33 years, 7 months 18-5 (10) | 30 years, 3 months 18-1 (13) | UFC | FT | 2 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
22  | Jul 14, 2018 33 years, 2 months 18-4 (10) | 29 years, 8 months 17-2 (13) | UFC | FT | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
21  | Dec 11, 2015 30 years, 7 months 17-4 (9) | 34 years, 1 months 19-4-1 (8) | TUF | FT | 1 | KO | LOSS Punch |
20  | Jul 11, 2015 30 years, 2 months 17-3 (9) | 26 years, 11 months 17-2 (16) | UFC | FT | 2 | TKO | LOSS Punches For UFC featherweight title Interim |
19  | Apr 4, 2015 29 years, 11 months 17-2 (9) | 32 years, 10 months 15-3 (8) | UFC | FT | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
18  | Oct 25, 2014 29 years, 5 months 16-2 (8) | 28 years, 1 months 24-1 (16) | UFC | FT | 5 | UD | LOSS For UFC featherweight title |
17  | Dec 14, 2013 28 years, 7 months 16-1 (8) | 29 years, 4 months 24-5-2 (16) | UFC | FT | 3 | UD | WIN |
16  | Aug 31, 2013 28 years, 3 months 15-1 (8) | 31 years, 8 months 30-13 (19) | UFC | FT | 3 | TKO | WIN Punches |
15  | Apr 20, 2013 27 years, 11 months 14-1 (7) | 28 years, 11 months 16-2 (10) | UFC | FT | 1 | KO | WIN Punches |
14  | Dec 15, 2012 27 years, 7 months 13-1 (6) | 31 years, 10 months 19-7 (11) | UFC | FT | 1 | KO | WIN Punches |
13  | Jul 7, 2012 27 years, 2 months 12-1 (5) | 24 years, 6 months 13-2 (13) | UFC | FT | 1 | KO | WIN Punch to the body |
12 | Jan 14, 2012 26 years, 8 months 11-1 (4) | 25 years, 4 months 20-1 (14) | UFC | FT | 1 | KO | LOSS Knee For UFC featherweight title |
11  | Aug 6, 2011 26 years, 3 months 11-0 (4) | 26 years, 10 months 16-6 (13) | UFC | 3 | UD | WIN | |
10  | Feb 5, 2011 25 years, 9 months 10-0 (4) | 35 years, 1 months 12-8-1 (6) | UFC | 3 | UD | WIN | |
9  | Nov 11, 2010 25 years, 6 months 9-0 (4) | 33 years, 6 months 15-4 (11) | WEC | 3 | UD | WIN | |
8  | Aug 18, 2010 25 years, 3 months 8-0 (4) | 26 years, 9 months 14-3 (11) | WEC | 3 | UD | WIN | |
7  | Apr 24, 2010 24 years, 11 months 7-0 (4) | 26 years 16-9 (12) | WEC | 1 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke | |
6  | Mar 6, 2010 24 years, 10 months 6-0 (3) | 21 years, 5 months 9-0 (7) | WEC | 3 | UD | WIN | |
5 | Oct 8, 2009 24 years, 5 months 5-0 (3) | Mike Joy | 3 | UD | WIN | ||
4  | Jul 16, 2009 24 years, 2 months 4-0 (3) | 22 years, 5 months 14-7 (11) | 1 | KO | WIN Punches | ||
3 | Apr 23, 2009 23 years, 11 months 3-0 (2) | Art Arciniega | 3 | UD | WIN | ||
2 | Feb 6, 2009 23 years, 9 months 2-0 (2) | Leland Gridley | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | ||
1 | Sep 26, 2008 23 years, 4 months 1-0 (1) | Giovanni Encarnacion | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke |
