David Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Jesus Christ. Coffee. Everywhere. That photo has just made me realise I'd probably cut C-Mac more slack if he had a mullet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted January 23, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 23, 2020 The very best fighters find a way to win, simply. It's why GSP is the GOAT. Even when he lost a fight to fat lad Hendricks he won. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted January 23, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 23, 2020 Ahhh Johnny Hendricks, he's one of MMA's saddest cases for me. He's only just left and every fuckers forgotten him already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted January 23, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 23, 2020 One of the many souls taken by Lawler. Was a bit shit as a personality, though, wasn't he? Looked like a crap Damien Sandow too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Hendricks is doing okay. He was wise with his cash from what I'd read, which is why I was dumbfounded when he decided to get involved in that bare knuckle rubbish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, Carbomb said: One of the many souls taken by Lawler. Was a bit shit as a personality, though, wasn't he? Looked like a crap Damien Sandow too. Aye, he had a Tim Sylvia vibe about him. One reason for his decline was that USADA banned IV bags, which made it harder for him to cut weight. His natural weight was somewhere in the region of 210lbs. By contrast, GSP's natural weight was around 190lbs. Therefore, it became difficult for Hendricks to make the welterweight limit. He even missed weight once when fighting at 185lbs. Edited January 23, 2020 by jimufctna24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted January 23, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 23, 2020 I aint sure how he's doing, dont hear anything out of him. I know his resteraunt business venture was a disaster though. I always thought the bare knuckle thing might have had soemthing to do with that falling apart. He's coaching wrestling according to wiki. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 He probably did far better in MMA than he really had any right to. He was a good wrestler with a legit "big left hand" but outside of that he wasn't up to much. Of course, a "big left hand" is a pass to the elite level for some... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted January 23, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 23, 2020 1 minute ago, David said: Of course, a "big left hand" is a pass to the elite level for some... Even if it's thrown at old blokes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted January 23, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 23, 2020 a solid wrestling base and power on the feet (plus a good chin) is a recipe for success in MMA, has been time and time again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 12 minutes ago, Carbomb said: Even if it's thrown at old blokes That auld fella's stoicism and no-selling of that punch put Cowboy to shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted January 23, 2020 Author Paid Members Share Posted January 23, 2020 I’m not even sure about Hendricks’ ‘big left hand’. Everyone remembers the Fitch and Kampmann knockouts and they were impressive. But after the Kampmann KO in late 2012, he never knocked anyone out again. And he fought until 2017. I don’t know how lethal that left was. It certainly seemed it around the time of those two knockouts but in hindsight was it a case of lightning actually striking twice in the same porky hillbilly’s hand? He clearly had some power but I think those two wins gave a distorted perception of him as some KO machine after that. And he never was again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted January 23, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 23, 2020 Yeh it almost became a bit of a myth in terms of results. There's no denying the threat was though and opponents knowing Hendricks had a dangerous weapon in his left hand still led to him having success. Few could outwrestle him and technically better strikers were less effective because they were afraid of that left hand. He also had some barnburners before his rapid decline. Here's an interesting little tidbit from the MMAFighting live chat: Sounds there like the situation really got to Cowboy. In the lead upto the fight I heard a few stories of how nervous he gets before fights and how he second guesses himself. Its strange because its so at odds with the image of the thrill seeker that lives to fight. Those types of feelings had to have been magnified massively Saturday night, and he was fighting a guy who thrives under that type of pressure, it was always gonna be a bad night for Cowboy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 The Tony Ferguson fight was a turning point for Cerrone. That's the fight we'll look back on and say "yeah, that was the beginning of the end." T-Ferg is bad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted January 23, 2020 Author Paid Members Share Posted January 23, 2020 1 minute ago, Egg Shen said: Yeh it almost became a bit of a myth in terms of results. There's no denying the threat was though and opponents knowing Hendricks had a dangerous weapon in his left hand still led to him having success. Few could outwrestle him and technically better strikers were less effective because they were afraid of that left hand. He also had some barnburners before his rapid decline. Yeah, he did. The Lawler fights are the obvious standouts but I also loved his fight with Condit. The GSP fight was really good as well. And even from early in his UFC run, I have vague memories of really enjoying the TJ Grant and Charlie Brenneman fights as well. I could never stand him but I have to give him his due. He was great to watch before his career nosedived/USADA came in. Looking back, you can almost pinpoint exactly where he declined. I don’t think he was ever the same after that 4 fight stretch where it went Condit, St Pierre, Lawler, Lawler. Those were all hard fights and he fought them consecutively over a less than 2 year span. The last Lawler fight especially, he looked broken physically at the end of that one. After that he fought 7 times and went 2-5, got finished 3 times and missed weight 3 times, in 2 separate divisions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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