Per Odds Shark, Chad "Money" Mendes is the underdog heading into his clash with "The Notorious" Conor McGregor at UFC 189 on Saturday. The most recent odds have McGregor as a 27-50 favorite. As a late replacement for Jose Aldo, it seems only natural that Mendes would be an underdog.
Heading into the final hours of hype before the fight, there doesn't seem to be much of a letdown of emotion. The pre-fight press conference wasn't lacking fireworks. Mendes and McGregor delivered a seemingly unlimited amount of quotable one-liners.
The UFC Twitter account captured the best of the best:
"The hype train will come to an end.