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Johny Hendricks Reportedly Set For Middleweight Debut This February

Johny Hendricks apparently isn’t retiring after all. The former welterweight champion, who said he would call it a career if he lost to Neil Magny at UFC 207 and then proceeded to do so (albeit by a close and controversial decision), will instead move up to 185 pounds for a rumored bout with Hector Lombard

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Johny Hendricks apparently isn’t retiring after all.

The former welterweight champion, who said he would call it a career if he lost to Neil Magny at UFC 207 and then proceeded to do so (albeit by a close and controversial decision), will instead move up to 185 pounds for a rumored bout with Hector Lombard at February 19’s UFC Fight Night 105 from Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The move, which was reported by Ariel Helwani of MMAFighting.com, will come at a time when Hendricks had missed the welterweight limit of 170 pounds prior to his last two fights, with a third fight against current champion Tyron Woodley having been called off due to “Bigg Rigg” being hospitalized because of complications from the weight cut. The UFC attempted to book the reported bout against former Bellator champion Lombard for February 11’s UFC 208 pay-per-view (PPV) event from Brooklyn, New York, but complications with the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) forced it to be moved to the Halifax card.

That could be good news for the event, which recently lost its Junior dos Santos vs. Stefan Struve heavyweight main event after Struve was forced to withdraw due to injury. As it stands right now, it appears dos Santos will be removed from the card after Fabricio Werdum supposedly refused to fight him three times.

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The bout comes at an ultimately pivotal time for former champion Hendricks, who has dropped his last three bouts to top welterweights Stephen Thompson, Kelvin Gastelum, and Magny. His issues with making weight are well-documented, as he hardly made the 170-pound limit for his title bout against Robbie Lawler at UFC 171 in March 2014, a “Fight of the Year” candidate which he won by a thrilling-but-close split decision.

Hendricks will face a fighter in a very similar situation in Lombard, the once-touted former Bellator champ who has lost his last two UFC bouts by stoppage after having both Dan Henderson and Magny on the ropes early on. “Lightning” (or “Showeather,” depending on which you prefer) has also had issues with cutting weight down to welterweight, as a failed run at the 170-pound title ended when he was suspended after 2015’s UFC 182 and he returned to the middleweight division where he made his biggest mark.

With losses in their last five combined bouts, these two former champs could be fighting for their jobs in Halifax next month.

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Video: Full Fight Highlights Of Johny Hendricks vs. Neil Magny From UFC 207

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Although the fans inside the record-setting, packed house at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada didn’t agree, Neil Magny got his hand raised against former UFC Welterweight Champion Johny Hendricks on Friday night.
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Magny defeated Hendricks via controversial unanimous decision with scores of 29-28 across the board after three hard-fought rounds in the featured preliminary bout on the UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey undercard live on FOX Sports 1.

Featured above are full-fight video highlights of Johny Hendricks vs. Neil Magny from UFC 207’s official post-show on FOX Sports 1 on Friday evening.

For complete round-by-round results of Friday night’s pay-per-view, read our detailed report here: UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey Results

UFC 207 Preliminary Card Live Results

It’s once again fight day here at LowKickMMA, and the talent on display tonight (Friday, December 30th, 2016) will come in the form of UFC 207. Headlining the card are Ronda Rousey and Amanda Nunes, but there’s a whole bunch of great fights also taking place on the preliminary section of the card. Johny Hendricks

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Johny Hendricks vs. Neil Magny in welterweight bout closes the preliminary card on FOX Sports 1.

Antonio Carlos Junior and Marvin Vettori is next in a middleweight bout

Alex Garcia and Mike Pyle is next in a welterweight bout.

Niko Price vs. Brandon Thatch in a welterweight bout opened the FOX Sports 1 preliminary bouts. Thatch threw a lot of leg kicks early in the round. Price clinched with him while landing some knees that ultimately set up the takedown and is in half guard. Price locked in the arm triangle and got the submission win. This was Price’s UFC debut.

Opening the UFC Fight Pass prelims was Tim Means vs. Alex Oliveira in a welterweight bout. Means opening up the first round with leg kicks and lands some nice strikes in a brief exchange in the pocket. Means with great takedown defense and reverses it to end up on top in half guard. Oliveira with a nice counter strike that set up a spinning body kick dropped Means. However, Means got back to his feet and clinches with him up against the fence. Oliveira was bleeding from his nose and took him down with under three minutes to go. Means scrambled, got to his feet and took Oliveira down with under two minutes to go. Means got guard and worked him with strikes. Oliveira got up and Means landed some knees that are technically illegal because Oliveira was down. January 1st that would be legal. Doctors check on Oliveira. On the replay, it shows that it was actually a legal shot. Marc Ratner is saying that the knee was indeed legal, due to Oliveira only having one knee down and no hands on the mat. It was announced that its a no contest.

Here are the results:

PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)

Welterweight bout: Johny Hendricks vs. Neil Magny

Middleweight bout: Antonio Carlos Junior vs. Marvin Vettori

Welterweight bout: Alex Garcia vs. Mike Pyle

Welterweight bout: Niko Price def. Brandon Thatch by submission (arm-triangle choke) at 4:30 of Round 1

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 7:30 p.m. ET)

Welterweight bout: Alex Oliveira vs. Tim Means declared a no contest (illegal knee) – Round 1, 3:33

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Head Coach of Elevation Fight Team Retiring After UFC 207

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Elevation Fight Team head coach Leister Bowling will be making his exit from mixed martial arts (MMA) coaching at the conclusion of UFC 207 tomorrow night (Dec. 30). He broke the news to MMAFighting.com. B…

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Members of Elevation Fight Team T.J. Dillashaw, Neil Magny, and Brandon Thatch will be competing on the final card of the year. Bowling will corner all of them.

Here is part of his statement:

“I am not one to ever leave anything unfinished, which makes this very hard for me because I feel like Elevation Fight Team still has so much to accomplish. That being said, it is time for me to take some time away from the sport I have grown to love so much. I have five-year-old and 10-year-old sons and a wife at home that I feel need me around more. I know our team is in good hands with the amazing coaching staff we have amassed. I will continue to help coach and be involved in MMA in one way or another for the rest of my life, but for the immediate time being, I am taking a step back from coaching/running the team, traveling and cornering fighters. I need my kids to know that coaching them and being at home with my family more is more important than coaching anyone else.”

The vision of Elevation Fight Team is clear. The camp prides itself on having a top notch private facility in Colorado to enable their fighters to perform at their highest level. A partnership with MusclePharm allows the fighters access to supplements, a theater room to study opponents, and a recovery room.

While Bowling may have left the team with “unfinished” business, he can rest easy knowing that the facility is in good hands.