{"id":112693,"date":"2014-09-17T09:05:55","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T16:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=112693"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:31:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:31:53","slug":"hendricks-vs-lawler-ii-being-targeted-for-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/hendricks-vs-lawler-ii-being-targeted-for-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Hendricks vs. Lawler II Being Targeted For February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/johny-hendricks.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/johny-hendricks.png\" alt=\"johny hendricks\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/johny-hendricks.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/johny-hendricks-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/johny-hendricks-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawler put on a spectacular performance when the pair fought for the vacant UFC welterweight title back in March.  Hendricks ended up taking the decision, as well as the welterweight strap, but has been unable to defend the belt since due to a torn bicep.<\/p>\n<p>Robbie Lawler on the other hand has been on a tear, proving why he deserves a rematch against Hendricks.  After a dominant TKO victory over Jake Ellenberger in May, Lawler defeated Matt Brown via decision in July to earn the #1 contender spot.<\/p>\n<p>Hendricks manager spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/blog\/mma\/post\/_\/id\/21169\/hendricks-at-85-percent-to-return-in-15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN.com<\/a> about when his client would be ready to fight, saying:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I know everyone would have loved January, but it doesn&#8217;t look like that&#8217;s going to work out. I&#8217;m thinking he fights in February or March. The last thing the UFC wanted was to start promoting a fight and have to postpone it if Johny had a setback. He&#8217;s well past that point now but the schedule is full. He&#8217;s a main event fighter and all the main events are taken. It looks like he&#8217;ll fight sometime in February.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/evan-stoumbelis\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Evan Stoumbelis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawler put on a spectacular performance when the pair fought for the vacant UFC welterweight title back in March. Hendricks ended up taking the decision, as well as the welterweight strap, but has been unable to defend the belt since due to a torn bicep. Robbie Lawler on the other hand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":89906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[9,381,480,11,754,777,15,10039],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hendricks vs. Lawler II Being Targeted For February | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/hendricks-vs-lawler-ii-being-targeted-for-february\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hendricks vs. Lawler II Being Targeted For February | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawler put on a spectacular performance when the pair fought for the vacant UFC welterweight title back in March. 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