A decision win is the best thing that could have happened for Hendricks.

[Deleted member 354106]

With so many people thinking he was too one dimensional and his left hand was the best thing going for him, a win like this cements him as the top talent behind GSP in the division right now. Another flash knockout would have been worse than a decision victory in my opinion.

I don't think he should fight Ellenberger. Dana's said that the winner of Condit/Hendricks would be the #1 contender, and after beating Condit in a decision, I think there's no reason to test him any more.

 

[MayhemMonkey]

dont think so.... if he starched Condit like he did everyone else, then that wouldve been a bigger message to the world!

 

[76Knockout]

All i know is that i thought Hendricks looked impressive. I don't think the fight was close/controversial. Hendricks easily won the first two rounds, his takedowns were on point, and he was landing hard shots on the feet. Condit had a good 3rd, but Hendricks held on and gutted the win out.

Hendricks has now beaten Pierce, Fitch, Koscheck, Kampmann and Condit...Dat Title shot.

 

[FedorSakuWand]

I kind of agree, though Condit isnt known for his TDD and thats what won him the fight

 

[Elysianwing]

Except...you know..it wasn't.

Every fight he has had, that he hasn't knocked someone out in the first round, he has looked extremely unimpressive imo. I had him losing to Pierce, Kos, and Condit.

I'd be more interested in seeing Jake take a crack at GSP, providing he puts in some serious fucking work on his cardio. Dude on a few occasions has seemed to have the gas tank of a bicycle.

 

[bwolf]

What fight we you watching bro? The only thing he did the whole fight (especially after the 1st) was take Condit down and the only reason he was able to get so many take downs was because he couldn't hold him down. All this fight did was show how 1 dimensional he is. He has 1 chance and 1 chance only to beat GSP and that's with his left hand.

 

[Deleted member 354106]

He's one-punched his last 2 out of 3 opponents. His other wins were split decisions.

This kind of shows that the split decisions probably went his way for the right reasons and the knockouts weren't flukes. Basically a unanimous decision win over Condit solidifies that fact that he's not overrated and he deserves the #1 spot.

 

[Takingnames760]

With so many people thinking he was too one dimensional and his left hand was the best thing going for him, a win like this cements him as the top talent behind GSP in the division right now. Another flash knockout would have been worse than a decision victory in my opinion.

I don't think he should fight Ellenberger. Dana's said that the winner of Condit/Hendricks would be the #1 contender, and after beating Condit in a decision, I think there's no reason to test him any more.

In all honesty I feel as though it just gave people another reason to talk shit about him, because condit was lighting him up pretty well in the 3rd. Thats nothing to be ashamed of though because condit has amazing cardio and is one of the best at rallying while down. Im a condit fan, so it kinda sucks, but I was really impressed with johny. Seems as though condits take down defense went down from his last fight though. Might just be cuz hendricks is freakishly strong. Whatever, badass fight. I feel if johny had fought the gsp of tonight he wouldve knocked him out. That third round had me a little worried for gsp

 

[PAPERCLIP30]

Now...I'm not complaining here. really, I'm not.


But what exactly did he do when he got those takedowns? I just don't understand why that wasn't considered LnP when he was much less active than some fighters would be.

 

[FlyingHendo]

I don't think this fight, the way it went down and going to the judges did Hendrciks any favors. It pretty much cemented him as a WW version of Hendo with a slightly higher bias towards utilizing his wrestling when he realizes he won't knock his opponent out.

His wrestling won him that fight or in other words: Condit's TDD in connection with the unified rules won him the fight. Other than that Hendricks got exposed as a windmiller in the stand-up and a borderline lay'and'prayer on the ground.

 

[Deleted member 354106]

What fight we you watching bro? The only thing he did the whole fight (especially after the 1st) was take Condit down and the only reason he was able to get so many take downs was because he couldn't hold him down. All this fight did was show how 1 dimensional he is. He has 1 chance and 1 chance only to beat GSP and that's with his left hand.

GSP got 7/8 takedowns in his fight with Condit. Hendricks got 12. Hendricks and GSP are both great wrestlers. I'm not saying this fight makes Johny a good matchup for GSP, or that he would beat GSP, all I'm saying is that it shows he should be the #1 contender right now. As far as I'm concerned, WW and MW are in the same boat in the sense that nobody is going to beat the current champions.

 

[SnitchInsider]

A decision win would have been great for Hendricks.

Unfortunately, he got decision gift instead.

 

[SnitchInsider]

GSP got 7/8 takedowns in his fight with Condit. Hendricks got 12. Hendricks and GSP are both great wrestlers. I'm not saying this fight makes Johny a good matchup for GSP, or that he would beat GSP, all I'm saying is that it shows he should be the #1 contender right now. As far as I'm concerned, WW and MW are in the same boat in the sense that nobody is going to beat the current champions.

Hendricks had more takedowns than GSP, probably because GSP actually held Condit down more, unlike Hendricks.

 

[Deleted member 354106]

Now...I'm not complaining here. really, I'm not.


But what exactly did he do when he got those takedowns? I just don't understand why that wasn't considered LnP when he was much less active than some fighters would be.

I'm not saying he did anything with them. GSP hasn't finished a fight on the ground in nearly 5 years, but he wins. I don't think Hendricks will beat GSP, I'm just saying he should be held in regard as the #1 contender.

 

[Elysianwing]

GSP got 7/8 takedowns in his fight with Condit. Hendricks got 12. Hendricks and GSP are both great wrestlers. I'm not saying this fight makes Johny a good matchup for GSP, or that he would beat GSP, all I'm saying is that it shows he should be the #1 contender right now. As far as I'm concerned, WW and MW are in the same boat in the sense that nobody is going to beat the current champions.

How many punches did Hendricks land on Condit on the ground again? Hendricks got more takedowns, in three rounds, than GSP did in 5....


because Condit got up from underneath him a hell of a lot more than he did under Georges.

Not sure how you are extrapolating that into evidence that Hendricks is the #1 contender.

 

[PAPERCLIP30]

I'm not saying he did anything with them. GSP hasn't finished a fight on the ground in nearly 5 years, but he wins. I don't think Hendricks will beat GSP, I'm just saying he should be held in regard as the #1 contender.

I agree. That wasn't directed at you personally, just everyone in general.


He was much less active than, lets say, DHK is from top. Yet Hendricks gets praised while DHK is considered a LnP artist.


I just wonder why that is.

 

[blueflame97]

He's one-punched his last 2 out of 3 opponents. His other wins were split decisions.

This kind of shows that the split decisions probably went his way for the right reasons and the knockouts weren't flukes. Basically a unanimous decision win over Condit solidifies that fact that he's not overrated and he deserves the #1 spot.

Exactly. And Hendricks made a fan out of me with that performance.

 

[Deleted member 354106]

Hendricks had more takedowns than GSP, probably because GSP actually held Condit down more, unlike Hendricks.

Too bad that 12 ineffective takedowns are scored better than 9 effective ones, right? I agree with you, but it's about the scoring.

 

[bwolf]

GSP got 7/8 takedowns in his fight with Condit. Hendricks got 12. Hendricks and GSP are both great wrestlers. I'm not saying this fight makes Johny a good matchup for GSP, or that he would beat GSP, all I'm saying is that it shows he should be the #1 contender right now. As far as I'm concerned, WW and MW are in the same boat in the sense that nobody is going to beat the current champions.

Yet you completely ignore that the reason Hendricks got 12 take downs was because he couldn't keep Condit down if his life depended on it. Its been awhile since I seen the fight but I remember GSP having better success on the ground vs Condit than Hendricks did tonight. I'd even say that Condit did a lot more from the bottom than Hendricks did from the top.

Take downs should be scored but tonights fight proves the are weighed way to heavily. I think Condit won the stand up, I think he won on the ground. The difference was the take downs.

 

[Deleted member 354106]

I agree. That wasn't directed at you personally, just everyone in general.


He was much less active than, lets say, DHK is from top. Yet Hendricks gets praised while DHK is considered a LnP artist.


I just wonder why that is.

Probably because Hendricks has those two huge knockouts in recent memory. People are expecting something big, so they're not calling out on the LnP from Hendricks.