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Several years ago, NCAA Division I All-American Johny Hendricks was considered to be one of the best fighters on the planet<\/a>. After dropping a controversial split decision to Georges St-Pierre in the main event of UFC 167<\/a> back in 2013, Hendricks went on to win the vacant welterweight championship by defeating Robbie Lawler at UFC 171.<\/p>\n

In just his next fight, Hendricks lost the belt to Robbie Lawler via split decision<\/a>, in a fight which was considered controversial by many. Since then, Hendricks has gone on a bit of a skid, going just 1-2, recently going on a 2-fight losing streak that most recently saw him drop a unanimous decision to Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 200<\/a> in a catchweight fight due to Hendricks missing weight.<\/p>\n

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Ahead of his UFC 207 scrap with Neil Magny on December 30th, Hendricks explained to MMAJunkie<\/a> why retirement could very well be right around the corner:<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as my wife says, \u2018Honey, I want you home more,\u2019 that\u2019s when I\u2019m done,\u201d Hendricks said. \u201cEven if I win this fight, (I could retire). We have four kids now, and she needs help, and I get that and I want to be a father in my kids\u2019 life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know for my career this isn\u2019t my last fight \u2013 unless my wife says so. I have a feeling I\u2019m going to go out there and show I am going back to the old me. I want to show I do still want to compete in this sport and that I can.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the midst of a 2-fight skid, Hendricks believes that the changes he’s made to his training camp ahead of this fight with Magny will be a major difference-maker and will bring him back to the top of the welterweight division:<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf I don\u2019t win this fight, then obviously it\u2019s not my fighting skills, it\u2019s my willingness to train,\u201d Hendricks said. \u201cThat\u2019s sort of where my mindset is. I\u2019m back to training hard and working out hard. But let\u2019s say something does happen and I lose \u2013 for one I would be a gate keeper. For two, I don\u2019t want to just fight the fights. It\u2019s a waste to beat yourself up for 12 weeks and go from there. Then I can also put more time into my kids and all that stuff, and that\u2019s really where my head\u2019s been.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going back and wrestling and wrestling and really focusing on that,\u201d he continued. \u201cWhenever I got to the belt, it wasn\u2019t who I worked out with or how many great partners I had. There was one common denominator: It was wrestling. Those kids (I work with) at Oklahoma State, all they remember you as is a two-time national champion, and they want to beat you up. That pride, I already feel it coming back. Work hard, grind it out, do whatever it takes to win. That\u2019s where my head\u2019s at right now: Do whatever it takes to win. \u2026 That\u2019s all I can think about right now. Neil Magny, I have 10 weeks, and in 10 weeks it\u2019s hopefully everyone is going to say, \u2018What did Johny do different?’\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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