Johny Hendricks Thinks Jon Jones Should Have More Losses On His Record

Johny HendricksFormer UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks says light-heavyweight king Jon Jones should have several losses on his record. Hendricks made the comments while speaking to BJPenn.com about his loss to Georges St Pierre. Many fans believe ‘Big Rig’ was robbed of victory against long-time champion ‘GSP’ at UFC 167 in November 2013. Despite suffering a […]

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Former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks says light-heavyweight king Jon Jones should have several losses on his record.

Hendricks made the comments while speaking to BJPenn.com about his loss to Georges St Pierre. Many fans believe ‘Big Rig’ was robbed of victory against long-time champion ‘GSP’ at UFC 167 in November 2013. Despite suffering a tough loss Hendricks doesn’t seem to have too many negative emotions towards the situation.

“After that fight, I went home, and then we went to Disney World and that’s when I found out I was fighting Robbie Lawler for the belt. So, I didn’t have much time to kick back and re-watch.”

“The fans knew what happened. I think I got more fans off that fight because I handled the loss well. Even though I did lose, the way I handled myself afterward. Now, that I’m retired I don’t really worry about it,” Hendricks explained. “It did bother me at the time, like not having a win over GSP hurt me. But, now that I look back, everything happens for a reason and I got a title shot anyway and won the belt in Texas. It’s the hard part of the career knowing your life is in the judges hands.”

Hendricks went on to say fate just wasn’t on his side against ‘GSP’. ‘Big Rig’ referenced 205lb great Jones to explain how sometimes it’s just bad judging that decides things, he said.

“They say you have to beat the champ to be the champ. You have to destroy the champ in order to win the belt. I’ve seen Jon Jones lose multiple times but still held onto the title. I think I would’ve been the champion a little longer. But, fate wasn’t on my side. You just deal with what you got.”

Do you agree with Johny Hendricks? Have we seen Jon Jones lose several times inside the octagon?

Johny Hendricks Explains How USADA Forced Him To Retire From MMA

Johny HendricksFormer UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks has explained how USADA played a role in his early retirement from MMA. Hendricks captured the welterweight title by beating Robbie Lawler at UFC 171. At his peak ‘Big Rig’ was one of the best 170lb fighters of all-time. However, once USADA came into the UFC his performances seriously […]

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Former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks has explained how USADA played a role in his early retirement from MMA.

Hendricks captured the welterweight title by beating Robbie Lawler at UFC 171. At his peak ‘Big Rig’ was one of the best 170lb fighters of all-time. However, once USADA came into the UFC his performances seriously dropped off. Hendricks ended his MMA career 2-5 and missed weight three times. Speaking to BJPenn.com Hendricks insisted he was a clean athlete but said USADA rules meant he was unable to properly recover from his weight cuts and triggered his early retirement from the sport.

“You know what, I’ll be honest with you, I had 26 random USADA tests and I passed them all. Whenever USADA came in, did my body ever change? What hurt me the most was I always thought if I can’t live life to the fullest then what’s the point? I like to drink beer and eat fast food,” Hendricks said. “But, I train just as hard, and if I can’t eat and drink I’ll retire. If I couldn’t enjoy my life and do things with my family, then I won’t do it.

“What sucked, was you have fighters that actually cheat,” he continued. “That’s what kills me about the world in general, you know they are cheating, why are they letting them still fight? It hurts the people who aren’t cheating.”

“With IVs, I did really well because I could have the shittiest weight cut ever, pop in an IV, and the next day I was like 80, 90 percent recovered,” he said. “It made me perform the best that I can. Look at how things are now, a lot more people are getting knocked out.

“Although you have 30 hours to re-hydrate, I don’t care if you put down 10 gallons of water, your body can’t absorb it,” Hendricks added. “What hurt me, was after a bad weight cut and no IVs, I couldn’t get back to that 80 or 90 percent. You would need a perfect weight cut and a perfect re-hydration for that to happen.

“For me, I would be on my death bed, give me an IV and I’ll be good. When IVs were removed I remember being in a fight after a minute and thinking where I am,” he continued. “That’s what hurt me is that my muscles, to cut weight, it was tough. I’m not saying I should’ve been that heavy, but that’s why I’m retired. I liked to eat and drink and used the IVs to recover.”

Do you think Johny Hendrick was a clean athlete?

Mike Dolce Describes The Time Nick Diaz Tried To Jump Johny Hendricks

Nick Diaz ripNutritionist Mike Dolce has told the story about the time Nick Diaz attempted to jump former welterweight champion Johny Hendricks. Hendricks had initially missed weight by less than one pound for his first fight against Robbie Lawler at UFC 171 in 2014. Diaz was in the crowd taunting ‘Big Rig’ for his weight miss, calling […]

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Nutritionist Mike Dolce has told the story about the time Nick Diaz attempted to jump former welterweight champion Johny Hendricks.

Hendricks had initially missed weight by less than one pound for his first fight against Robbie Lawler at UFC 171 in 2014. Diaz was in the crowd taunting ‘Big Rig’ for his weight miss, calling his welterweight rival “heavy” and “fat”. According to Dolce, the abuse didn’t stop there, the nutritionist explained.

“When he steps on the scale, who’s front and center? Nick Diaz,” Dolce began. “Nick Diaz and Nate Diaz are sitting front and center. Nick Diaz is heckling Johny on the scale, talking shit to Johny while Johny’s trying to weigh in. Insane. So Johny is a little bit over, they announce he’s a half a pound over, he gets off the scale, he walks over, he does the little face-off with Robbie, it’s no big deal. We get off, everyone wants to do media and I say guys, leave us alone. We have work to do. We’re still working right now, please leave us alone. We’ll be back in an hour to make weight, then you can talk and ask any question you want.

“We grab his gear, we go
outside,” Dolce continued. “As we’re walking through the parking lot, Dana
White’s personal bodyguard comes running over, and he’s f**king massive. Like
an NFL linebacker, like 6’6”, 300 pounds, ripped, in shape, yolked, big f**king
Hawaiian dude. He’s like ‘Dolce, Dolce, you can’t go man, you’ve got to be
careful! Nick Diaz is looking for Johny, he wants to fight him!’ I was like
‘what? What are you talking about?’

“He’s like ‘he’s looking for him in the parking lot, right now, he wants to fight Johny Hendricks right now in the parking lot!’ I was like ‘are you f**king kidding me?’ Then all of the sudden we hear people screaming like ‘there he is!’ All of the sudden like a riot breaks out in the parking lot. Johny is all geared up, we’re all geared up. We’re going to finish cutting half a pound of f**king weight, and we’re like ‘oh fuck, Nick Diaz and all the 209 boys are about to jump us in the f**king parking lot — like during the f**king UFC weigh-ins. So we snatch up all our gear and we’re like we gotta get the f**k out of here before these boys figure out it’s us. So we’re like running with our gym bags and our gear, running through the parking lot, run across the street, get to the place we’re going. We’re like ‘that was f**king crazy.’” (Transcribed by BJPenn.com)

What do you make of Mike Dolce’s story?

Bas Rutten Responds To Recent Criticism From Johny Hendricks About WBKFF

World Bare Knuckle Fighting Federation (WBKFF) has still yet to pay fighters from their November show. Among those who haven’t been paid is former UFC welterweight, Johny Hendricks. And, earlier this week, he believed President, Bas Rutten knew a…

World Bare Knuckle Fighting Federation (WBKFF) has still yet to pay fighters from their November show. Among those who haven’t been paid is former UFC welterweight, Johny Hendricks. And, earlier this week, he believed President, Bas Rutten knew about no one getting paid before the event. “Dude, why didn’t you tell us? He had to […]

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Bas Rutten Responds To Johny Hendricks Claiming He Knew About WBKFF Not Paying Fighters

Johny Hendricks is not a fan of former UFC heavyweight champion Bas Rutten at the moment. Rutten served as the president for the World Bare Knuckle Fighting Federation (WBKFF). The promotion held its first-ever event from Casper, Wyoming on November 9, 2018. However, many fighters were not paid for their performances on the card. One […]

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Johny Hendricks is not a fan of former UFC heavyweight champion Bas Rutten at the moment.

Rutten served as the president for the World Bare Knuckle Fighting Federation (WBKFF). The promotion held its first-ever event from Casper, Wyoming on November 9, 2018. However, many fighters were not paid for their performances on the card. One of those fighters being former 170-pound champion Johny Hendricks.

Hendricks suffered a knockout loss to Dakota Cochrane on the WBKFF card. Speaking on the “Pull No Punches” podcast recently, Hendricks suggested Rutten had to know something about the issue with fighter pay before everything went down.

Bas Rutten Responds

Rutten has responded with a lengthy post on his official Facebook page. Here’s what he had to say:

“So I had a “nice” surprise this morning, an article in where Jonhy Hendricks tells people that “Bas Rutten HAD to know about the WBKFF not be able to pay their fighters”. Wow, when some ignorant people believe this, I don’t really care, but once a fighter believes that? Come on now Johny, not cool, you know I am there for you and the fighters.

“I told you personally, AND EVERY OTHER FIGHTER IN WYOMING BEFORE THE SHOW (ask them all), that I saw the bank statements from Tom the owner and had “proof of funds” before the show. Proof that he had enough money in the bank to pay the fighters because this was to me the most important thing of all.

“I was going to post a piece again today but than I thought, nah, lets drive to Vegas tomorrow and be on MMA Junkie, this way they can ask all the hard questions and I will bring my computer so I can show George and Goes my emails with that bank statement (proof of funds), plus I also have the proof of his bank account being frozen and his admission papers from the hospital. I bring those because Chris Leben, Johny and some others have said: “This was a scam from the beginning, his bank account never got frozen and he was never in the hospital”.

“Tomorrow you will see that what they claimed was all 100% Incorrect and I have the proof that the bank DID get frozen and that Tom WAS in the hospital. Will tell also some other things that many don’t know yet, so please, don’t start commenting right now, don’t be like the majority of people nowadays and make assumptions before you know both sides of the story, before you know the TRUTH.

“Like this one: I was hired as a commentator in the beginning and was never the president of the company, wait, what? Yeah, the outside world thought I was, but I never signed a contract. I will explain how that all went down as well. And there is much more. So please tune in tomorrow for MMA Junkie at 5PM pacific. Godspeed to all of you!”

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Johny Hendricks Grills Bas Rutten Over WBKFF Fiasco

Chris Leben isn’t the only fighter who has taken issue with Bas Rutten over the World Bare Knuckle Fighting Federation (WBKFF) debacle. Hendricks competed on the first and only WBKFF card, taking on Dakota Cochrane. Hendricks lost the bout via se…

Chris Leben isn’t the only fighter who has taken issue with Bas Rutten over the World Bare Knuckle Fighting Federation (WBKFF) debacle. Hendricks competed on the first and only WBKFF card, taking on Dakota Cochrane. Hendricks lost the bout via second-round TKO. Little did Hendricks know that the defeat would be the least of his […]

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