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You have got to be trolling right? Peak Mendes vs short notice Edgar and Frankie still kills him.
If you put the head to head fight aside then you next look at common opponents.
Jose Aldo
Frankie has 9 fights at FW with his only losses being competitive decisions to Jose Aldo. Chads last 10 fights he also has 2 losses to Aldo, once being KO'd in the first round and the second a unanimous decision.
Cub Swanson
The only other common opponent is Cub Swanson although for Chad that was outside of the similar range of fights. Chad beat Cub by UD while Frankie submitted him with a neck crank.
3 Best Wins
Frankie
Jeremy Stephens
Chad Mendes
Cub Swanson
Chad
Clay Guida
Darren Elkins
Ricardo Lamas
Frankie won head to head. Frankie wins in comparing performance vs Aldo with 2 UD losses vs a KO loss and a UD loss. Frankie subbed Cub and Mendes beat him by UD. Mendes is on Frankies top 3 best wins so Frankie wins that too. Jose Aldo i s a level above Frankie, Frankie is a level above Mendes and Mendes is a level above every other UFC FW excluding Max Holloway. The most exciting thing is that neither Frankie of Chad have fought Max as of yet and those would be exciting fights.
I do rate Edgar higher as a fighter but the second Aldo fight might have been the best performance in the career of Mendes and certainly a better effort than Edgar had vs Aldo in his fights.