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Johny Hendricks Knocks Out Jon Fitch

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Johny Hendricks Knocks Out Jon Fitch at UFC 141.The unthinkable has happened: Jon Fitch has been finished. And it took Johny Hendricks only 12 seconds to do it on Friday night at UFC 141.

Hendricks landed a huge left hand to Fitch’s jaw that had Fitch falling straight backward, with his head bouncing off the canvas. Hendricks pounced and landed one more huge punch on the ground before referee Steve Mazzagatti stepped in to stop the fight.

It was a stunning upset victory voer Hendricks, who improves to 12-1 and earns by far the biggest win of his MMA career.

“I have a left hand,” Hendricks said. “Everybody’s been counting me out. I knew if I hit him with it I could lay him out.”

Fitch, who falls to 23-4-1, had never been finished in the UFC and hadn’t been finished in any promotion since 2002. Fitch has long been regarded as the No. 2 welterweight in the world behind Georges St. Pierre, but now there’s a new kid on the block: Hendricks, who improves to 12-1, is for real.

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Johny Hendricks Knocks Out Jon Fitch at UFC 141.The unthinkable has happened: Jon Fitch has been finished. And it took Johny Hendricks only 12 seconds to do it on Friday night at UFC 141.

Hendricks landed a huge left hand to Fitch’s jaw that had Fitch falling straight backward, with his head bouncing off the canvas. Hendricks pounced and landed one more huge punch on the ground before referee Steve Mazzagatti stepped in to stop the fight.

It was a stunning upset victory voer Hendricks, who improves to 12-1 and earns by far the biggest win of his MMA career.

“I have a left hand,” Hendricks said. “Everybody’s been counting me out. I knew if I hit him with it I could lay him out.”

Fitch, who falls to 23-4-1, had never been finished in the UFC and hadn’t been finished in any promotion since 2002. Fitch has long been regarded as the No. 2 welterweight in the world behind Georges St. Pierre, but now there’s a new kid on the block: Hendricks, who improves to 12-1, is for real.

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UFC 141 Live Blog: Jon Fitch vs. Johny Hendricks Updates

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Jon Fitch faces off with Johny Hendricks at UFC 141.LAS VEGAS — This is the UFC 141 live blog for Jon Fitch vs. Johny Hendricks, a welterweight bout on tonight’s UFC pay-per-view from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Fitch (23-3) fought B.J. Penn to a majority draw at UFC 127 in February. Fitch has only lost once (against Georges St-Pierre) in the last eight years. Hendricks (11-1) won both his fights this year against T.J. Waldburger and Mike Pierce.

The live blog is below.


Round 1: Steve Mazzagatti starts us off, and no glove touch for these two. Fitch tries a little lunging right hand that comes up short. Hendricks comes forward and blasts him with a big left that stiffens Fitch up and drops him to his back. Hendricks jumps on him as Fitch sits up into another punch, and Mazzagatti steps in to stop it. That was quick. The kind of fight where they can show the whole thing rather than highlights. Hendricks parades around the Octagon with a wide grin showing through his beard. He looks just a little bit surprised, too.

Johny Hendricks def. Jon Fitch via TKO (punches) at 0:12 of round one

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Jon Fitch faces off with Johny Hendricks at UFC 141.LAS VEGAS — This is the UFC 141 live blog for Jon Fitch vs. Johny Hendricks, a welterweight bout on tonight’s UFC pay-per-view from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Fitch (23-3) fought B.J. Penn to a majority draw at UFC 127 in February. Fitch has only lost once (against Georges St-Pierre) in the last eight years. Hendricks (11-1) won both his fights this year against T.J. Waldburger and Mike Pierce.

The live blog is below.


Round 1: Steve Mazzagatti starts us off, and no glove touch for these two. Fitch tries a little lunging right hand that comes up short. Hendricks comes forward and blasts him with a big left that stiffens Fitch up and drops him to his back. Hendricks jumps on him as Fitch sits up into another punch, and Mazzagatti steps in to stop it. That was quick. The kind of fight where they can show the whole thing rather than highlights. Hendricks parades around the Octagon with a wide grin showing through his beard. He looks just a little bit surprised, too.

Johny Hendricks def. Jon Fitch via TKO (punches) at 0:12 of round one

Round 2:

Round 3:

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Dana White Thinks Jon Fitch is a Bit Delusional


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Ariel Helwani caught up with Dana White ahead of tonight’s UFC 141 event and he asked the UFC president where about the growing opinion that Jon Fitch is being overlooked in the UFC welterweight title picture. According to White, who says he’s in the mix, regardless of Fitch’s current streak and the fact that he only has one loss and one draw in his past 20 fights, unless he makes some drastic changes to his game, he likely won’t main event on a pay-per-view let alone fight for the welterweight strap any time soon.

“You hear the same thing from everybody about Jon Fitch: ‘If I want to get to sleep and I can’t get to sleep at night, I’ll put in a Jon Fitch fight.’ Whatever you think, Jon Fitch is one of the best 170-pounders in the world. And yes, he’s in the hunt for a title again, but everybody… find one person that will tell you they love a Jon Fitch fight, it’s the most exciting thing they’ve ever seen and they just get so excited for it. So when you say that you have a fight like Cerrone and Diaz on the card and a guy with a record like his is on and people aren’t jumping out of their seats for that fight, I think Jon needs to have a little bit of a… he’s got to be a little honest with himself and have a little bit of a reality check when he talks about stuff like [fighters talking their way into title fights.”


(The Interweb never lies.)

Ariel Helwani caught up with Dana White ahead of tonight’s UFC 141 event and he asked the UFC president where about the growing opinion that Jon Fitch is being overlooked in the UFC welterweight title picture. According to White, who says he’s in the mix, regardless of Fitch’s current streak and the fact that he only has one loss and one draw in his past 20 fights, unless he makes some drastic changes to his game, he likely won’t main event on a pay-per-view let alone fight for the welterweight strap any time soon.

“You hear the same thing from everybody about Jon Fitch: ‘If I want to get to sleep and I can’t get to sleep at night, I’ll put in a Jon Fitch fight.’ Whatever you think, Jon Fitch is one of the best 170-pounders in the world. And yes, he’s in the hunt for a title again, but everybody… find one person that will tell you they love a Jon Fitch fight, it’s the most exciting thing they’ve ever seen and they just get so excited for it. So when you say that you have a fight like Cerrone and Diaz on the card and a guy with a record like his is on and people aren’t jumping out of their seats for that fight, I think Jon needs to have a little bit of a… he’s got to be a little honest with himself and have a little bit of a reality check when he talks about stuff like [fighters talking their way into title fights.”

Check out the entire interview that includes Dana’s explanation of what led to Miguel Torres being re-hired and his thoughts on the top two fights on tonight’s card, after the jump.


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UFC 141 Weigh-Ins Photos (EXCLUSIVE GALLERY)

MMA Fix brings you our exclusive gallery from the UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem weigh-ins. Photos by Silton Buendia.

MMA Fix brings you our exclusive gallery from the UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem weigh-ins. Photos by Silton Buendia.

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UFC 141 Predictions: Jon Fitch vs. Johny Hendricks

Jon Fitch makes his first return since he and B.J. Penn fought to a draw in February at UFC 127. His first fight is against Johny Hendricks at UFC 141.Fitch is really good at keeping a fighter on the ground, and I’ll probably get six or seven comments …

Jon Fitch makes his first return since he and B.J. Penn fought to a draw in February at UFC 127. His first fight is against Johny Hendricks at UFC 141.

Fitch is really good at keeping a fighter on the ground, and I’ll probably get six or seven comments mentioning “Fitch by blanketing” or “Fitch by bear-hugging.”

Now, though, Fitch gets a taste of his own medicine against another very good and accomplished wrestler in Johny Hendricks.

This fight will definitely test Fitch’s stand-up skills, because even if the fight does make it to the ground, I don’t see Fitch being his normal dominant self.

Fitch’s striking hasn’t really been the talk of the town. In fact, it never has and probably never will be. It isn’t his style, and it doesn’t win him fights. Pretty simple if you ask me.

Hendricks will definitely force Fitch out of his comfort zone in this fight. I do think, though, from his training, that Fitch probably does have the better stand-up, just based on who he trains with.

This might be the moment where fans finally don’t think a Fitch fight is boring, and that will make me happy—especially if Fitch wins.

I really, really, really, really doubt that either fighter finishes this fight. I actually think there is a better chance of an asteroid coming right now and striking me as I write this.

Nope, still here.

Anyway, I think if Fitch will get enough takedowns to win a round or two, he’ll steal the decision from a game Hendricks.

 

Fitch by Unanimous Decision.

 

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UFC 141 Weigh-in Results and Exclusive Photo Gallery

The MGM Grand Garden Arena hosted the weigh-ins for UFC 141, which takes place Dec. 30 at the same venue. The event will feature 11 bouts, headlined by a heavyweight fight between former UFC champ Brock Lesnar and former Strikeforce, Dream and K-1 kin…

The MGM Grand Garden Arena hosted the weigh-ins for UFC 141, which takes place Dec. 30 at the same venue.

The event will feature 11 bouts, headlined by a heavyweight fight between former UFC champ Brock Lesnar and former Strikeforce, Dream and K-1 kingpin Alistair Overeem.  The winner of the bout will be next in line to challenge current champion, Junior Dos Santos.

All 22 fighters made weight for their fights.  Check out the slideshow to view results and photos of each matchup.

All photos by Rob Tatum/Bleacher Report

 

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