Johny Hendricks

[HISTORY]

Statistics
Name: Johny Hendricks
Height: 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight: 170 lb (78 kg)
Nationality: American
Born: September 12, 1983
Fighting Out Of: Las Vegas, Nevada
Town Of Birth: Ada, Oklahoma
Fighting Style: Wrestling

Mixed Martial Arts Record
Wins: 8
By (T)KO: 4
By Submission: 1
By Decision: 3
Losses: 0
Draws: 0
No Contests: 0

While competing for Oklahoma State University, Hendricks won the 2005 and 2006 NCAA Division I wrestling title at 165-pounds, and he finished second in 2007 after falling to Mark Perry from the University of Iowa. The loss to Perry was Hendricks' only one suffered during his senior year at OSU, during which he had compiled a 56-0 record coming into the bout. In addition to his two national championships, Hendricks was a 4-time All-American at OSU and a three-time Big 12 Conference champion (2005, 2006 & 2007). During his high school wrestling career at Edmond Memorial High School, Hendricks won three Oklahoma state titles and the 160-pound high school national championship. After graduating from OSU in 2007, Hendricks moved to Las Vegas and signed with Team TakeDown, along with two other former OSU wrestlers, Shane Roller and Jake Rosholt. Hendricks began training for an MMA career and made his professional MMA debut on September 28, 2007, in which he scored a third round TKO (punches) over Victor Ratcliff at Masters of the Cage 16 from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Hendricks fought once more in 2007, and defeated Spencer Cowley with a second round TKO (punches) at Snakebite Fight Night from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Hendricks made (and won) his television debut on March 15, 2008 with a first round submission (D'Arce Choke) victory over Richard Gamble at HDNet Fights Xtreme Fighting League, also from Tulsa, before signing a multi-fight deal with World Extreme Cagefighting (along with Roller and Rosholt). While in the WEC, Hendricks won two more fights—a December 3, 2008 TKO (strikes) over Justin Haskins at WEC 37(Hendricks' first fight outside of Oklahoma) and a unanimous decision win over Alex “The Russian Crusher” Serdyukov at WEC 39, which was the last 170-pound fight in WEC history due to the company's decision to dissolve its welterweight division and focus on lighter fighters. With the WEC eliminating his weight class, Hendricks had to find another place to fight and chose to make the jump to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). In May 2009, it was announced that Hendricks would be making his UFC debut against Ultimate Fighter 7 champion Amir Sadollah at UFC 101 from the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 8, 2009. In the first seconds of the first round, Hendricks blocked a high head kick from Sadollah and countered with an uppercut knocking Sadollah on his knees. Hendricks then continued to punch Sadollah until the referee threw him off.The fight ended in a controversial stoppage where many believe it was stopped too early.

MMA Fight History:
-May 8' 2009: defeated TJ Grant, UFC 113: Machida .vs. Shogun 2, 3rd round 5:00 Majority Decision
-December 12' 2009: defeated Ricardo Funch, UFC 107: Penn .vs. Sanchez, 3rd round 5:00 Unanimous Decision
-August 8' 2009: defeated Amir Sadollah, UFC 101: Declaration, 1st round 0:29 TKO (Strikes)
-March 1' 2009: defeated Alex Serdyukov, WEC 39-Brown .vs. Garcia, 3rd round 5:00 Unanimous Decision
-December 3' 2008: defeated Justin Haskins, WEC 37-Torres .vs. Tapia, 2nd round 0:52 TKO (Strikes)
-March 15' 2008: defeated Richard Gamble, EFL-Extreme Fighting League, 1st round 1:45 Submission (Brabo Choke)
-November 16' 2007: defeated Spencer Cowley, HRP-Fight Night, 2nd round 0:35 TKO (Strikes)
-September 28' 2007: defeated Victor Ratcliff, MOTC 16-Masters Of The Cage 16, 3rd round 1:54 TKO (Strikes)