{"id":55538,"date":"2013-03-27T11:26:54","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T18:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=55538"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:11:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:11:56","slug":"photo-before-he-was-a-contender-johny-hendricks-trained-alongside-bj-penn-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/photo-before-he-was-a-contender-johny-hendricks-trained-alongside-bj-penn-ufc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTO | Before He Was A Contender, Johny Hendricks Trained Alongside BJ Penn | UFC NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bj-hendricks.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55539\" title=\"bj hendricks\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bj-hendricks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bj-hendricks.jpg 500w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bj-hendricks-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bj-hendricks-333x250.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this photo, if you look two men to the right of BJ Penn you will see an un-bearded Johny Hendricks inside the Penn Training And Fitness Center cage in Hilo, HI.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Penn was preparing for his UFC 84 title defense against Sean Sherk and brought in Hendricks to help him get ready for the fight.<\/p>\n<p>Johny had just recently started his career in MMA and at the time was just 3-0 as a pro-fighter.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward five-years and Johny Hendricks is now the number-one contender to the welterweight title once held by BJ and Penn, according to many critics, is on the down-side\u00a0of his career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this photo, if you look two men to the right of BJ Penn you will see an un-bearded Johny Hendricks inside the Penn Training And Fitness Center cage in Hilo, HI. 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