"Yeah, it was unbelievable. Rob was defending himself well. I realized that Chimaev was going to take him down and I wanted to see how Robert would defend himself. He was doing well... But then when Chimaev started to hold the hold, I thought Whittaker tapped too early. It wasn't a choke, what happened? Then I had already found out his jaw was broken.
The fight proved that Hamzat, as I've always believed, is no joke. He's capable of beating a lot of people, even at flyweight. I really believe in him so much," Mendes told YouTube channel Submission Radio.
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