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Former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks was forced to pull out of his scheduled UFC 192 co-main event bout with Tyron Woodley six days ago due to a weight cut mishap which resulted in hospitalization.<\/p>\n

Following his botched weight cut and fight cancellation, UFC President Dana White told reporters that he now considers Johny Hendricks a middleweight fighter.<\/p>\n

Well, apparently “Bigg Rigg” is not completely onboard with that idea (moving up to 185lbs), as he recently told MMAFighting.com’s Ariel Helwani<\/a> that he’s planning a mini-weight cut on his own time before deciding whether to go up to 185 pounds or stay at 170lbs.<\/p>\n

Here is what Ariel Helwani had to say on Wednesday’s edition of UFC Tonight:<\/p>\n

Hendricks says he plans on dropping body fat over the next month, conducting the weight cut, then making a decision from there based on how his body reacts.<\/em><\/p>\n

If it doesn’t work out, he’ll move up to middleweight. If it does, then he’ll focus on keeping his weight lower — he’s gotten up as high as 218 between fights — than he’s gotten accustomed to.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hendricks says he does not have a timetable set for his return to competition.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do you think Hendricks should move up to middleweight? Sound off Penn Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks was forced to pull out of his scheduled UFC 192 co-main event bout with Tyron Woodley six days ago due to a weight cut mishap which resulted in hospitalization. Following his botched weight cut and fight cancellation, UFC President Dana White told reporters that he now considers Johny Hendricks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":167395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nHendricks Not Committing To Middleweight Move | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks is not committing on a move up to middleweight. 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