Johny hendricks and robbie lawler engaged in what might have been the fight of the year in the main event. What happened to johny hendricks wasnt he supposed to fight at ufc 207. Colby covington explains taking robbie lawler fight, rips ben askren. He was a superb high school wrestler and a superb collegiate wrestler, winning it all twice but the biggest piece of evidence, and the reason why i was not. Tito was famous for making injury excuses after damn near every loss, after saying in the lead up im in the best shape of my life josh. When i have the beardpeople walk by me and say, thats johny hendricks, thats johny hendricks. The former ufc welterweight champion was one of the many. Why does everybody think johny hendricks was on peds. Seeing a professional athlete fail like that kind of opens you up to criticism.
Like many people have said, this book isnt a pure autobiography, rather it is a collection of stories from georges st pierres past, interlaced with his combat philosophy, his preparations for his matches, analysis of his fights and the science behind mixed martial arts. He should also gather a list of excuses of his new team mates. On the biggest stage in mma history, hendricks missed weight for the contest. As a standout wrestler at the university of missouri, where he won two ncaa division i national champiobships, askren got a good look at hendricks, who wrestled for rival oklahoma state university, and. Stpierre faced johny hendricks on november 16, 20, in the main event at ufc 167. Hes making up different narratives and excuses each and every week. Your legacy is your big book of excuses and breaking the scales at weigh in. Johny hendricks bio, facts, family famous birthdays.
Until told otherwise, stephen thompson expects champ tyron. Mar 14, 2014 dallas about 90 minutes after he shocked himself, ufc officials and a large crowd gathered at gilleys by coming in heavy, johny hendricks made the welterweight limit of 170 pounds on the button. Ap phototy russell the referee stands and awards a point to hendricks, who starts walking around the. Jun 30, 2018 maybe a ways down the road, bellator will offer evans or hendricks big money to come out of retirement its hard to see them do it for koscheck, who washed out in bellator, and well talk. Johny hendricks isnt quite back, but hes not gone yet either. A blog about professional fighters and strength athletes. Hendricks messed up his bicep about a week before his title fight at ufc 171 on saturday night against. Ifl world champion johny big rig hendricks, ufc veteran michael the.
Johny hendricks has turned into a pathetic, oh poor me piece of a person there is. Johny hendricks cant help but wonder how much bas rutten knew about the world bare knuckle fighting federations fighter pay scandal. Take a deeper look at the ufc 171 main and comain events. Ben askren on johny hendricks inability to make weight. Koscheck hurt hendricks with a series of right hands against the cage and backed off. Johny hendricks battles robbie lawler for the vacant ufc welterweight strap while carlos condit and tyron woodley go to war for dibs at the next title shot. He said that run of success puts him above all other competitors in the division and makes him the most worthy of facing no. Johny hendricks lending out his big book of excuses i see.
No excuses the power of selfdiscipline by brian tracy. Johny hendricks returns to submission radio to discuss his loss to tim boetsch at ufc fight night oklahoma as well as his failed weight cut. Johny hendricks won his first of two ncaa wrestling championships at oklahoma state in 2005. I hate this guys attitude, i hate his face, and i hate his stupid big truck. Since his childhood, johny hendricks was passionate about fighting and wrestling. The former ufc welterweight champion and the last man to fight georges stpierre in the octagon has tipped the scales at. Johny hendricks makes weight on second attempt, title bout.
Johny hendricks eyes august return after ufc fight night. You continue to talk shit about him even though you lost to him and barely had one successful title defense. He competed in the welterweight and middleweight divisions of the ultimate fighting championship and is a. Johny hendricks taking a step back from fighting discussion in cageside mma discussion started by wild, jul 12, 2016. Johny hendricks taking a step back from fighting tmmac. Kelvin gastelum reveals he was sick and only at 6070% against.
Stpierre has trained with a number of groups in a large variety of gyms. The highest goal of spirituality is selfrealization, but what does that mean. Johny hendricks, tyron woodley look back on the bite. One championship welterweight titleholder ben askren isnt a big fan of one ufc counterpart, exchamp johny hendricks. Hendricks refused and came up with a lot of shady excuses. Mar 11, 2015 at ufc 185 workouts, johny hendricks discussed so many headlines about his weight, how much better he feels this time, what he thinks of his opponent matt brown and so much more. Paulo borrachinha booked for the upcoming ufc 217 payperview ppv event on nov. Johny hendricks edged an enthralling battle with robbie lawler to. Which fighter makes the most excuses when they lose. Johny hendricks is the best example of a fighter becoming champion then changing camps and nutritionists to. Sep 11, 20 what once seemed like an easy step forward in antidoping testing in the ufc has turned into a lengthy saga that has seen both georges stpierre and johny hendricks suffer some public relations. Here is a radio interview i did with some great guys. As a standout wrestler at the university of missouri, where he won two ncaa division i national champiobships, askren got a good look at hendricks, who wrestled for rival oklahoma state university, and didnt like what.
Johny harvey hendricks born september 12, 1983 is an american retired mixed martial artist. Johny hendricks eyes august return after ufc fight night 82 loss, pretty sure hell meet stephen thompson again. Hear from gall and his opponent, mike jackson, in this edition of the ufc minute. Ufc star johny hendricks speed workout mens journal.
Johny hendricks reveals why he missed weight against tim. Borrachinha sees hendricks as the first big step towards a title shot. It did not take any time for brunson to reply back with both dismissing costa and putting ped accusation simultaneously. Mgm grand arena, las vegas united states follow live sponsored by. Gay hendricks books list of books by author gay hendricks. Georges stpierre wants to fight nick diaz instead of johny hendricks and theres no shame in that. Nov 04, 2017 ufc 217 breakdown, betting odds and picks. He competed in the welterweight and middleweight divisions of the ultimate fighting championship and is a former ufc welterweight champion. Man, hendricks just called out gsp for drugs big time. But its easier with the little book of big excuses, with hundreds of excuses for things you did, things you didnt do, things you did wrong, and things you never want to hear about again. I was watching some fights on fightpass, and randomly had the idea of a fight between these two. Hendricks moniker, big rigg, is derived from his jiujitsu coachs comment that hendricks hit like a mack truck, having also owned a ford f350 truck. If he pops, im calling it now, his excuse would be tainted burgers. The former ufc welterweight champ has been on a threefight losing skid since his 2015 fight with matt brown.
Lookin for a fight and a potential opponent of cm punk, mickey gall is set to make his ufc debut on saturday at fight night. Now he just needs to admit it, something dana white is making no bones about. Hendricks had to be rushed to the hospital during his weight cut, causing him to drop out of his anticipated. Whats askrens excuse for never fighting in the ufc. Behind the scenes of ufc 171, hendricks title win news april 22, 2014 8. Things werent going well already for johnny hendricks about 1. Need another excuse to treat yourself to new book this week. Excuse the ancient expression but if a tree falls in an empty forest.
A loser of three straight welterweight fights and four out of. Nemesis no more perry vs hendricks charlie kautz the daily iowan auburn hills, mich. He was getting ready for johny hendricks and needed a southpaw wrestler, so i. But the reason i write this blog is not to complain, or blame, or make excuses. He sold millions of books and regularly writes article for his website no excuses book summary. I believe well know the whole story when gsp finally retires, i definitely think gsp knows things that hell reveal in a book down the line. Johny hendricks hendricks in 2017 bornjohn harvey hendricks september 12, 1983 ada, oklahoma, u. Pros react to johny hendricks dropping out of ufc 192 over. Jun 21, 20 hendricks himself holds patents for a prekindle portable ereader with an associated book buying and delivery system and a design for a remote control for navigating cables coming onslaught.
As if hendricks needed anymore excuses, i found him one. During a preevent press conference, hendricks all but accused the welterweight champ of using performanceenhancing drugs in the past six years of his career. Johny harvey hendricks born september 12, 1983 is an american retired mixed martial artist and an accomplished former collegiate wrestler. As i said i would have edged it to him anyway and im a magny fan before a big rig rider.
Pierre enters the mgm grand garden arena for his title fight against johny hendricks at ufc 167 saturday, nov. Other namesbigg rigg nationalityamerican height5 ft 9 in weight186 lb division welterweight middleweight reach69 in fighting out offort worth, tex. If johny hendricks had his way, no one would have found out about his right arm injury. The nigerian nightmare kamaru usman hits rap legend tyron woodley with a huge elbow. It means to feel your self as a living reality in this moment, and there is always only this moment. Johny hendricks on working whataburger into his diet. As a fan, this book provides some great insights into gsps mind, with additional thoughts from. Hilariously entertaining, this book will teach you that. The textual content of this image is harassing me or someone i know.
Hendricks is an american by his nationality and his ethnicity is white. Its crazy, when i clean shave and people dont even know me. Saturday night, johny hendricks and robbie lawler punched, kicked. Big rigg then faced the rising kelvin gastelum at the ufcs mega event, ufc 200. Sounds like a heap of excuses about why he got dropped 4 times. Johny hendricks, chris pendleton, jake rosholt and steve mocco, the cowboys compiled a perfect 210 record in. Man big riggs book of excuses, should include prepared excuses just in case you miss weight. Borrachinha sees hendricks as the first big step towards a. I definitely think gsp knows things that hell reveal in a book down the line.
Mma, pro wrestling, boxing, strongman, powerlifting, bodybuilding, and more. Things started getting suspicious when he made a bunch of excuses not to do extra testing. If i walked in clean shaven people dont even know me. Johny hendricks was born in ada, oklahoma, and first. No mma fans will miss you or talk about you when youre gone johny. Johny hendricks wanted to keep arm injury secret, refused to. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
Johny hendricks took to the cage with an eye on doing exactly that. Ahead of saturdays big ufc 172 payperview event, ufc president dana white has released his latest video blog, which takes us behind the scenes of ufc 171. As a fan, this book provides some great insights into gsps mind, with additional thoughts from people like firas zahabi and john danaher whom i also admire. Las vegas ufc welterweight contender johny hendricks added fresh fuel to a fiery controversy over drug testing in advance of his title fight against georges stpierre at ufc 167. Johny hendricks explains move to jacksonwinkeljohn s.
Now, as the chairman of discovery communications, the worlds top nonfiction media company, he supervises 27 entertainment brands that appear. Jun 24, 2017 as sure as the sun will rise, johny hendricks will miss weight. Tyron woodley wont happen after all at saturdays ufc 192. As a standout wrestler at the university of missouri, where he won two ncaa division i national champiobships, askren got a good look at hendricks, who wrestled for rival oklahoma state university, and didnt like what he saw. Even when he makes weight he wasnt lean which means hes just being lazy with his diet. Ben askren offers an unpleasant assessment of johny. Johny hendricks has excuse for constantly missing weight. Still, this trilogy did huge business for the ufc, squeaking in at number 10. Las vegas the drama surrounding ufc 200 continued on friday morning at the early weighins as former champion johny hendricks missed the mark, while bantamweight champion miesha tate got on. The 164 and more book, ebook, and web site are all concordances which display passages from the big book alcoholics anonymous, the twelve steps and twelve traditions, and the a. Johny hendricks bio affair, married, spouse, salary, net. First of, i can understand why the majority of this sub seemingly doesnt like hendricks. However, until we hear hendricks come out and say whats going on, mma fans will be left to wonder how the big rigg went off the road so quickly. Beating hendricks was a big deal, but if he gets his wish for a fight with top contender derek brunson, well see once and for all if hes going to carry the flag for his nation into the.
Dec 29, 20 john hendricks founded the discover channel in 1985. Johny hendricks terrible coaches sherdog forums ufc, mma. Hendricks kept wincing, having possibly been poked in the eye. Lawler hurt hendricks midway through the third round but. The ufc recognizes it as one of the fastest knockout in its history at six seconds, though the official time of the stoppage remains unchanged at 11 seconds on the nevada athletic commission books. Georges stpierre is a retired canadian professional mixed martial artist. Even back in his wrestling days he was making excuses when shit didnt go his way. Ben askren offers an unpleasant assessment of johny hendricks. People give him shit because he baloons up and makes excuses. The way of the fight by georges stpierre goodreads. Johny hendricks vs paulo borrachinha booked for nov.
Former welterweight champion johny hendricks is feeling right at home in his new weight class of 185 pounds. Moreover, people seem to think hendricks was some sort of ko artist which simply isnt. But its kind of irritating to consistently see so many comments accusing him of juicing. After winning 170pound championship against johny hendricks this saturday at ufc 217, paulo called out brunson. This professional player was born on september 12, 1983, in ada, oklahoma, united states. Johny hendricks with a horrendous smokers cough says he cant wait to retire gsp again video. Johny hendricks came into ufc fight night 82 in great physical shape last night, but the texan had troubles back at home with team takedown. Ben askren on johny hendricks inability to make weight youtube. In his books, blogs, and videos, he teaches personal development, time management, public speaking, sales and business training and practical tips on book writing. Only personal attacks are removed, otherwise if its just content you find offensive, you are free to browse other websites. Electrifying scenes of the emotion flooding from mark perrys widening eyes, his adrenalineloaded fists soaring in the air and bruised knees collapsing in the center of the ncaa wrestling championshipsheightened stage were anything but scripted on march 17. So what im going to start doing now is im going to start doing more without facial hair.
On another exchange koscheck rocked hendricks with a right hook. Excuses in big book alcoholics anonymous, 12 steps and 12. Oct 26, 2015 one championship welterweight titleholder ben askren isnt a big fan of one ufc counterpart, exchamp johny hendricks. In here are your excuses for being late for or not showing up to any number of places for any number of. He was a good amateur wrestler and went on to win the ufc welterweight title. By the time, costa was unaware about the brunsons tweet. By the time costa made his way backstage to talk to media at new york citys madison square garden, he hadnt yet seen brunsons tweet, which means the cameras were able to catch his realtime reaction to brunsons confidence he was on steroids. Johny harvey hendricks is an american retired mixed martial artist and an accomplished former collegiate wrestler. Conquer your hidden fear and take life to the next level, and conscious loving. I, and i hope the world, was more impressed by johny hendricks than by any other athlete in the. See all books authored by gay hendricks, including the big leap.