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Showing posts with label Johny Hendricks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Johny Hendricks. Show all posts
Johny Hendricks never plans to knockout his opponent
"I have to win this fight to reach that goal [of becoming UFC champion]," said Hendricks, a 28-year-old two-time NCAA champion wrestler for Oklahoma State University. "If he wants to go back to it, if he wants to turn it into a wresting match, that's fine," Hendricks said. "I've prepared myself where that's one thing I want to see: How good my takedown defense is; how good my takedowns are. If I get to see it in this fight, great. If not, that's OK, too."
"If the knockout comes, it comes," he said. "All I want to do is hit you about 85 percent [of potential power] and as quick as possible. The knockouts are great, but they don't happen very often. There's a reason why. If you go into a fight thinking you're going to knock someone out, for one, you're not going to train very hard. You're going to be so fixed on that by the second and third round you'll have lost confidence. By that time you may have lost the fight. I'm going in with all aspects of the fight open."
"If the knockout comes, it comes," he said. "All I want to do is hit you about 85 percent [of potential power] and as quick as possible. The knockouts are great, but they don't happen very often. There's a reason why. If you go into a fight thinking you're going to knock someone out, for one, you're not going to train very hard. You're going to be so fixed on that by the second and third round you'll have lost confidence. By that time you may have lost the fight. I'm going in with all aspects of the fight open."
Johny Hendricks: time slows down when I’m in the Octagon
"The reason why I’ve been doing so good on standup is that I try to figure out my opponent. Does he think I’m gonna hit him? If he does, then I need to do that. If he thinks I’m gonna go out there and hit him and try to take him down, he might be waiting for that. So you’ve got to feel out your opponent, and sometimes, it hasn’t gone long enough to get that. The Lord has blessed me with some power, and one thing that I have noticed is that I don’t try to knock anybody out. I really don’t. All I’m trying to do is throw fast and about 80 percent. That’s all I need to throw. I’m just trying to get it there as fast as I can. That’s it. Because the faster my hands go, the quicker I can see what I need to do. For some reason, time slows down and me and my opponent slow down when I’m in the Octagon, and whenever I do something, I can sorta see what’s coming."
— Johny Hendricks.
— Johny Hendricks.
Johny Hendricks Believes Title is Next
On a different problems with Josh Koscheck:
"Koscheck is a tougher fight than Fitch. Fitch is dangerous, but Josh has an overhand right and better hands. Both are the same time type of fighter, but Koscheck has knockout power and Jon doesn’t. Josh is definitely more dangerous.
I have like 5 or 6 solid game plans right now. In a fight stuff changes so fast."
On a fight for the title:
"I think if I beat Josh the next fight probably will, and should be a title shot. I didn’t get in this sport just to win fights. I want to win the belt or at least get a shot it. There are two things no one has been able to do and that’s stop Jon fitch for one. The other is beat these two AKA veterans back to back, Josh and Jon. I don’t think anyone has done that and if I do that it most likely gives me that title shot. I shouldn’t have to fight again after this before I get that opportunity."
"Koscheck is a tougher fight than Fitch. Fitch is dangerous, but Josh has an overhand right and better hands. Both are the same time type of fighter, but Koscheck has knockout power and Jon doesn’t. Josh is definitely more dangerous.
I have like 5 or 6 solid game plans right now. In a fight stuff changes so fast."
On a fight for the title:
"I think if I beat Josh the next fight probably will, and should be a title shot. I didn’t get in this sport just to win fights. I want to win the belt or at least get a shot it. There are two things no one has been able to do and that’s stop Jon fitch for one. The other is beat these two AKA veterans back to back, Josh and Jon. I don’t think anyone has done that and if I do that it most likely gives me that title shot. I shouldn’t have to fight again after this before I get that opportunity."
Johny Hendricks have knockout power and more
Johny Hendricks looking to test his skills in the fight against Josh Koscheck.
“Before the Jon Fitch fight not a lot of people knew who I was, not a lot of people knew my power,” said Hendricks about KO win. “And I definitely didn’t think that was gonna happen…but I also know that, in the third round, if I need a knockout I have that power”.
“I definitely believe that I’ve got the better wrestling. I wasn’t a one-time (champion) – I was a two-time and I lost my senior year match in the finals so I had a chance to be a three-time national champion,” stated Hendricks on Koscheck's wrestling skills.
“Before the Jon Fitch fight not a lot of people knew who I was, not a lot of people knew my power,” said Hendricks about KO win. “And I definitely didn’t think that was gonna happen…but I also know that, in the third round, if I need a knockout I have that power”.
“I definitely believe that I’ve got the better wrestling. I wasn’t a one-time (champion) – I was a two-time and I lost my senior year match in the finals so I had a chance to be a three-time national champion,” stated Hendricks on Koscheck's wrestling skills.
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