{"id":177068,"date":"2015-11-24T16:38:04","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T00:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=177068"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:29:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:29:01","slug":"johny-big-rig-hendricks-leaving-team-takedown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/johny-big-rig-hendricks-leaving-team-takedown\/","title":{"rendered":"Johny &#8220;Big Rig&#8221; Hendricks: Leaving Team Takedown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC middleweight champ Johny &#8220;Big Rig&#8221; Hendricks\u00a0is packed up, loaded and ready to hit the road. The\u00a0NCAA Division I multi-time national championship wrestler, at the collegiate wrestling powerhouse, has had weight issues in the past. But now, with the help of Lou <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/weight-specialist-lou-giordano-offers-service-to-bj-penn-and-johny-hendricks\/\">Giordano<\/a>, his weight management should be under control. Big Rigs only other &#8220;wait&#8221; issue is how long he will\u00a0wait till his management works out an exit strategy from Team Takedown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got to wait until I get cleared out of my management,\u201d he said. \u201cAs soon as we break clean, that\u2019s whenever it will give me a better understanding. As of right now, that\u2019s what I\u2019m shooting for. But if they say no, we want to keep you until February, I\u2019ll probably have to fight early March.\u201d Hendricks said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ones who have contacted me, if they want to work with me and be the best we can be, then that\u2019s what it is,\u201d Hendricks said. \u201cBut at that point, they\u2019ll probably have to choose if they want to stay with Team Takedown or follow me, and I don\u2019t like putting those kind of stipulations on people. I want them to be happy and do the best thing for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still have (Oklahoma State University),\u201d added <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/askren-slams-hendricks-over-pathetic-excuses-with-weight-cutting\/\">Hendricks<\/a>. \u201cAs long as I can still go to OSU and (work with) my boxing coach \u2026 now all I have to do is find a place where I can roll and do some groundwork.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While another former champ Ronda Rousey is more than likely getting offers in the states and all over the world to join their gym, she has yet to announce any update on her camp status. Hendricks, on the other hand, will need to go back to his roots with wrestling if he wants to get his hand raised when Joe <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/ben-askren-claims-photo-ufcs-matchmaker-joe-silva-seems\/\">Silva<\/a> calls him for the rubber match\/championship with Lawler.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Interview by <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2015\/11\/johny-hendricks-to-leave-team-takedown-still-wants-to-fight-tyron-woodley\">mmajunkie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC middleweight champ Johny &#8220;Big Rig&#8221; Hendricks\u00a0is packed up, loaded and ready to hit the road. The\u00a0NCAA Division I multi-time national championship wrestler, at the collegiate wrestling powerhouse, has had weight issues in the past. But now, with the help of Lou Giordano, his weight management should be under control. 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