not to mention mendes striking is very underated now, prior to the aldo 2 fight he won 3 straight by ko
mendes has fought a way much higher level of competition to
if conor can use his reach advantage while avoiding the takedowns i can see him winning but thats a big if... he throws a lot of sloppy kicks, doesnt take too much for mendes to take advantage of that and use to set up takedowns... he is taller but he isnt that much taller... then we have the endurance, mendes went 5 rounds with aldo, conor never went 5 rounds, conor only went 3 rounds once his whole career, mendes gone 3 rounds 9 times and im pretty sure they train at a very hard pace at alpha male.
it doesnt even have to be a spectacular win, it could be one of those mendes puts conor on his back every round for 5 rounds and wins by decision...