Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko Jose Aldo rāua ko Conor McGregor pea te mea nui i roto i ngā wiki e rua kua hipa i te wā e pā ana ki te wehenga taumaha o te UFC, engari i tēnei wiki kua tae ki te wā mo ētahi atu 145 o ngā kaitākaro rangatira ki te tūnga matua, i te wā e tutaki ana a Chad Mendes, te rangatira tuatahi, me Ricardo Lamas, te rangatira tuawhā, ki Fairfax, i roto i tētahi tukinga e taea ai te whakatau i te kaitākaro e whai ake nei ki te taitara. E rua noa iho ngā tukinga a Mendes i te ringa o te Kingi o Pirihimana, ā, i tukuna atu hoki e Lamas tētahi whakataunga ki a Aldo i te wā i tūtaki ai te tokorua i te Hui-tanguru o te tau kua hipa. Engari ko te hoa whawhai o Aldo, ko te Irishman McGregor, nāna i ārahi te kōrerorero i mua i te whawhai o tēnei wiki. Ko Chad Mendes rāua ko Ricardo Lamas e whawhai ana i te wā o te taumahatanga o te UFC i te Patriot Center. Ka whakahaerehia e Lamas he huihuinga whakangungu tuwhera mo nga kaiwhaiwhai me nga papaho i te UFC Gym i Fairfax, Virginia. 'I whakaaro ahau he pai te whakahaere a Aldo,' i kii a Mendes o te Team Alpha Male, i te wa i patai ai ia mo te urupare a Aldo ki a McGregor e hopu ana i te whitiki toa i runga i te atamira i Dublin. 'Engari ko Conor tena, he haurangi ia, e mohio ana koe,' ka haere tonu a Mendes. 'Ko Aldo te toa mo te wa roa. Ko Conor te momo tangata e kōrero tonu ana, engari e ruarua ana ahau ka tukua e Aldo kia pā ki a ia. Ki taku whakaaro ahakoa ko wai te toa, he pai ahau. Ki taku whakaaro he pai ake a Aldo i a ia i te toi whawhai whakauru, no reira ki taku whakaaro ka wikitoria ia. E mohio ana ia ki tana mahi - e kite ana ahau i a ia e wikitoria ana i te whawhai.' He rereketanga nui ki te tokorua toa, kaore he mea i whakaatuhia e Mendes me Lamas engari ko te whakaute ki a ratau ano i mua i te huihuinga nui o te po o te Rahoroi. Ka whakaarihia e Mendes ana patu i te taumahatanga i mua i tana tukinga ki tana hoa whawhai a Lamas i te Whare Patriot. Ka whakanohoia a Mendes ki mua i ngā kaiwhaiwhai i mua i te whawhai ki a Lamas i Fairfield. I te matapae i te pakanga ina tutaki raua, e whakapono ana a 'Money' Mendes he kaha ake ia i a 'The Bully' i nga tari katoa, ana, mena ka wikitoria ia, e whakapono ana ia ka hiahia nga kaiwhaiwhai kia kite ia i a ia e toru nga wa ki a Aldo. 'Ki taku whakaaro he tangata uaua a Ricardo - he pai ia...
Kei te tūmanako a Chad Mendes ki te whawhai ki a Ricardo Lamas i te whakataetae matua o te Rāhoroi. I te mea i hinga raua tokorua ki te toa taumaha o Jose Aldo i nga wa o mua, e whakaaro ana nga tangata e rua ka taea e te wikitoria te whakahoki mai i a raua ki te taitara taitara. E whakaaro ana a Lamas ka taea e ia rāua ko Mendes te whakaputa i te pai o tētahi ki tētahi. E kite ana a Mendes i a Aldo e whawhai ana ki a Conor McGregor i te 11 o Hōngongoi. E rua o ngā kaitākaro tino pai o te wehenga taumaha māmā, ko Al Iaquinta rāua ko Jorge Masvidal, e tūtaki ana i roto i te kaupapa matua.