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Johny Hendricks returned to Submission Radio to chat with the boys about his fight with Tyron Woodley at UFC 192.

If Johny beats Tyron being getting the next title shot should be almost guaranteed however if that doesn’t pan out we might just see Bigg Rigg start beating people from ranking 15 up he explained “Well I hope so. If that doesn’t get me the title shot – if I beat the number five ranked guy and I beat the four ranked guy, I guess I need to drop down to the number 15th guy, beat them and that will give me a title shot.” With Carlos being ranked 4th and getting the shot over Hendricks Submission Radio asked the former champion if rankings really still mean anything Johny still thinks there’s a place for them “I understand rankings, you know what I mean, I do. And there’s a place for ’em. Now it’d be different if I was 0-2 against Robbie. If I was 0-2, then you sit there and say “okay, how do I get back to being number one”, or I gotta hope that somebody beats him. If somebody beats him, then I can go back into another title fight. But this is 1-1. I just feel like no matter what it was, nobody should have jumped me.”


In a similar position in the Featherweight division a fellow wrestler Frankie Edgar has found himself passed over many times for a potential title shot when asked if he worries about becoming the “Frankie Edgar” of the welterweight division Johny said “Here’s the thing, look at Frankie Edgar. He’s exciting and he hasn’t got a title shot in how long? You know what I’m saying? It’s just one of those things. Here’s what I’ve learned, do not try to think too much. Do not try to think too much. Do your job. And my job is to fight.

Being picked over Hendricks as a more exciting fight for fans Johny questions how exciting Carlos Condit really is in a title situation “We’ve seen him – they keep saying that “oh he does exciting fights”. But realistically his title shots, they haven’t been as exciting. You know, Nick Diaz. Five round fight. Then Georges St. Pierre – besides the head kick. The way he fights whenever he fights these guys that he knows that he has to worry about power.”


Speaking of Carlos, GSP recently made a comment about “If I would have to bet  between Lawler, Hendricks and Condit, I believe Condit is the one that will emerge victorious. That’s on a five round fight. He’s a nightmare.” Johny Hendricks doesn’t really care about what Georges has to say “Ah, who cares? (laughs) You know what I mean? Who cares? Yeah the reason why he’s saying that is ’cause the last time [against Condit] I got tired in the third round, right? But here’s the thing, it’s a three round fight. Everybody’s like “Oh if you would have went five rounds, Condit would have beat him”. Well no, because if I was training for a five-round fight – which I think I’ve proven that I can go five rounds – I can do those things and that’s important. So realistically, who cares?”


Before UFC 192 Johny discussed some of his advantages over Tyron Woodley “One. Fighting a lot of top five opponents back to back to back to back. I think since 2013 I’ve been fighting top five guys, actually probably even sooner than that. ‘Cause I went Fitch, Koscheck, Condit was one of them, then I had Martin Kampmann and then GSP. So I’ve had a lot of them, and I’ve also had a lot of five-round fights. So maybe that’s one thing that could be in my favour, is that I’ve had a lot of experience, a lot of exposure to the media and all that kind of stuff. And also the big-time pressure fights. I’ve been there. But realistically I try not to think of any of that. I know I just named off some of the stuff, but whenever I’m training and whenever I’m doing things I try to sit there and say “we’re equal, we’re the same”. Because how do I beat a guy that’s equal to me? And that’s sort of the way that I try to approach every fight.” So how will the fight play out? Johny shares his prediction “There’s a couple ways I see it ending. First and foremost I want to get my hand raised. I think that’s most important, getting your hand raised. Second is that hopefully I can go out there and showcase some of my things that I’ve been working on. Every fight I’m improving my striking. I think people see that, that I am improving my striking. And that’s really important to me because I think that’s gonna help me further down the road. And knowing that, but also showing the power that I have now, you know, getting back to the old ways. That’s really what I want to showcase.”


Interview link: http://bit.ly/1WB9YFd


Transcript

Johny’s reaction when he got passed over for Carlos Condit on the next title shot

“You know what, realistically it’s not the first time. You know what I’m saying? Yeah you’re a little upset, but realistically you just look at it and say “Man, it is what it is”. Don’t know why, don’t know how, but he did. So if he did, then you just sit there and say “hey, get one more win. Get one more win and move forward”, to where you start getting ‘Cowboy’ [Cerrone]. I’ve been telling everybody, you do the Cowboy way. You just sit there and start beating everybody until there are no more number one contenders except for me.”

If Hendricks believes he gets a title shot after he beats Tyron

“Well I hope so. If that doesn’t get me the title shot – if I beat the number five ranked guy and I beat the four ranked guy, I guess I need to drop down to the number 15th guy, beat them and that will give me a title shot.”

On if having rankings makes sense if Johny is ranked #1 and still doesn’t get a title shot

“I understand rankings, you know what I mean, I do. And there’s a place for ’em. Now it’d be different if I was 0-2 against Robbie. If I was 0-2, then you sit there and say “okay, how do I get back to being number one”, or I gotta hope that somebody beats him. If somebody beats him, then I can go back into another title fight. But this is 1-1. I just feel like no matter what it was, nobody should have jumped me.”

On if Hendricks worries about ending up in a similar spot to Frankie Edgar and constantly missing the title shot

“Here’s the thing, look at Frankie Edgar. He’s exciting and he hasn’t got a title shot in how long? You know what I’m saying? It’s just one of those things. Here’s what I’ve learned, do not try to think too much. Do not try to think too much. Do your job. And my job is to fight. And the way that I look at it and the way that I’m thinking of it is that sometimes you gotta take it in your own hands. Yes. But I’m never going to talk trash or call somebody something or do anything to get a fight. I mean I have kids. I’ve done so good so far letting my fighting do the talking. And if that’s what I have to do to get a fight [talking trash], then I’m not gonna do it. Like I said, then that’s why I’d rather go with this kind of attitude. I’m just gonna keep beating people and beating people and beating people until there is no one left.”

On who’s winning between Carlos and Robbie

“I think it’s gonna be a good fight. I don’t know. The reason why it’s gonna be tough is because it depends what game plan Carlos Condit comes out with. We’ve seen him – they keep saying that “oh he does exciting fights”. But realistically his title shots, they haven’t been as exciting. You know, Nick Diaz. Five round fight. Then Georges St. Pierre – besides the head kick. The way he fights whenever he fights these guys that he knows that he has to worry about power. And who knows, he might go out there and try and throw offense right off the bat and take the fight to Robbie Lawler. Only time can tell. ‘Cause like I said, there’s still a lot of time. You also gotta think too if it’s November the 14th, that right there might be a great thing [for Carlos]. How well does Robbie recover from this last fight [against Rory MacDonald]? That might play a big factor. [You] just don’t know, and only time can tell.”

On if a part of Johny hopes Carlos wins because it’s the more “Marketable” fight than another rematch against Lawler

“Yeah. Realistically I don’t care who it is. I don’t care who wins it. I was hoping that Robbie was going to win this last one deep down so that way I could get my rematch. Now that it didn’t happen I don’t care who wins this fight. Whoever, whenever, it doesn’t matter. But realistically right now the thing I can think of – that I know I have to think of – is Tyron Woodley. If I don’t look for him – he’s ranked in the top five for a reason, and if I overlook him then that can be bad news for me, and it might take me two more fights to get back to the title.”

On if it’s difficult for Johny to see Tyron as a big threat going into this fight due to his lack of performance against top Welterweights previously

“No, you have to. You have to think of him as threat. If you don’t think of him as a threat it could be poor judgement. It’s a fight, and it’s a tough fight. He has wrestling and he has power in his right hand, and whenever you look at those two things, if you don’t look at him and respect him, then you lose. And when you lose it takes you that much longer to get back to where you wanna be,”

Who is the better MMA wrestler and if Tyron’s wrestling is something that Johny will have to watch out for

“It is and then it isn’t. Meaning that it is because when you start some of the exchanges, who’s to say that he doesn’t come out and try and get a take down, you know, sort of bait me into one or try and throw some punches to get to one. So you sort of have to worry about those takedowns. But then again, you don’t go in there thinking that that’s the only thing he’s going to do because then that might mess up your striking abilities. But what you want to do and what you need to do – let’s say he goes out there and I’m worried about his takedowns. I start striking but I’m not really committing on a lot of punches. That’s gonna build confidence on him. And the more confidence he builds, then he might use that to his advantage to get some takedowns.”

His advantages of Tyron

“One. Fighting a lot of top five opponents back to back to back to back. I think since 2013 I’ve been fighting top five guys, actually probably even sooner than that. ‘Cause I went Fitch, Koscheck, Condit was one of them, then I had Martin Kampmann and then GSP. So I’ve had a lot of them, and I’ve also had a lot of five-round fights. So maybe that’s one thing that could be in my favour, is that I’ve had a lot of experience, a lot of exposure to the media and all that kind of stuff. And also the big-time pressure fights. I’ve been there. But realistically I try not to think of any of that. I know I just named off some of the stuff, but whenever I’m training and whenever I’m doing things I try to sit there and say “we’re equal, we’re the same”. Because how do I beat a guy that’s equal to me? And that’s sort of the way that I try to approach every fight.”

Hendricks responds to GSP’s comments about  Condit being more dangerous than Hendricks (GSP: “If I would have to bet  between Lawler, Hendricks and Condit, I believe Condit is the one that will emerge victorious. That’s on a five round fight. He’s a nightmare.”)

“Ah, who cares? (laughs) You know what I mean? Who cares? Yeah the reason why he’s saying that is ’cause the last time [against Condit] I got tired in the third round, right? But here’s the thing, it’s a three round fight. Everybody’s like “Oh if you would have went five rounds, Condit would have beat him”. Well no, because if I was training for a five-round fight – which I think I’ve proven that I can go five rounds – I can do those things and that’s important. So realistically, who cares?”

Johny’s Prediction

“There’s a couple ways I see it ending. First and foremost I want to get my hand raised. I think that’s most important, getting your hand raised. Second is that hopefully I can go out there and showcase some of my things that I’ve been working on. Every fight I’m improving my striking. I think people see that, that I am improving my striking. And that’s really important to me because I think that’s gonna help me further down the road. And knowing that, but also showing the power that I have now, you know, getting back to the old ways. That’s really what I want to showcase.”

by David Bixenspan | davidbix@wrestlingobserver.com | Follow @davidbix

Tonight:

Tough Enough airs live at 8:00 p.m. ET on USA Network with an episode titles “Friend or Foe?” One of the three remaining men is being eliminated this week. The promo shows them training at Full Sail Live.

Total Divas airs at 8:00 p.m. ET n E! with an episode titled “No Holds Barre.” The Bella Twins start a new business but their brother, JJ, tries to take it over, while Trinity cares for her stepkids and and Eva Marie plans on using some kind of NEW DANGEROUS MOVE to prove herself. 

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— After 53 years and broadcasting and 38 years at WMC TV-5 in Memphis, Tennessee, legendary former Memphis wrestling co-host Dave Brown announced yesterday that he’s retiring from his job as WMC’s Chief Meteorologist. His last day is August 31st, the day before his 69th birthday. Yes, as much as we think of him and Lance Russell as contemporaries, he’s actually 20 years younger than Lance, who got him his break in television when he had been working in TV. Brown will still be affiliated with the station as Chief Meteorologist Emeritus, with Ron Childers taking over his old role.

The only reason Dave Brown isn’t talked about more as an all-time elite pro wrstling announcer is that he happened to be sitting next to Lance Russell for decades with Lance as the senior partner in their team. I don’t know if I’d put him quite on the Lance Russell/Jim Ross/Gordon Solie greatest of all time level, but if h isn’t, he’s just below them and above just about veryone lse. Here’s to hoping this might be his ticket into this year’s Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame class. He was a huge part of Jerry Jarrett succeeding in his split from Nick Gulas, as part of the deal for WMC giving Jarrett the Saturday morning time slot was that Brown would leave Gulas’s station, WHBQ, to work for WMC doing both the weather and wrestling (Russell retired from WHBQ, where he was program manager) to work full-time for Jarrett instead of WMC). 

WMC did a really fantastic special last year with them reminiscing about all sorts of great Memphis wrestling moments that I highly recommend. 

— Triple H tweeted a poster with new matches for NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn with an earlier start time. It’s not 100% clear if they’re all airing live or if the new matches are being taped for upcoming weeks of TV.

— Syfy announced today that Haven, the show Adam “Edge” Copeland is a regular on, will be wrapping up after the season that starts airing in October.

— Fred “Darren Young” Rosser posted on Instagram about why he’s OK with the Darren Young character not being gay. Interesting read.

— Paul “Triple H” Levesque’s quarterly conference call with wrestling media is tomorrow. We’ll have the audio here on the site as soon as it’s over.

— Grantland has an extensive article by Tom Breihan about New Jack of all people. Haven’t gotten a chance to read this yet but I’m told it’s fantastic.

— Enuhito has a translation of Jushin Thunder Liger’s explanationof how he ended up booked for NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn. Most amusing anecdote: He attended one of the NXT shows in Philadelphia incognito, which, for him, means that he was unmasked.

— The Toronto Star based a piece about “shifting gender equality in pro wrestling” around a Becky Lynch interview. Well, at least that’s the idea. Flavorwire had an article yesterday about the idea that pro wrestling fandom is breeding male feminists, but it was more inherently flawed.

— Brooklyn Daily has an article about tomorrow’s celebrity softball gam with WWE talent before a Brookyln Cyclones game at MCU Park. That is, of course, the venue ROH is running on Saturday opposite NXT.

— At The Big Lead: Is This the ECW Match Weezer References in El Scorcho?

— Chris Hero has signed with Figures Toy Company to produce his first ever action figure as part of our Rising Stars of Wrestling toy line.

— GFW has announced a meet and greet before this Friday’s TV taping with: The Bullet Club (Karl Anderson/Doc Gallows/”Bullet Babe” Amber Gallows), Shelton Benjamin, Eric Young, Candice LeRae, Karen Jarrett, Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith Jr and Lance Archer), and Nick Aldis (Magnus).

— Submission Radio has nw interviews with Demetrious Johnson and Johny Hendricks up covering all sorts of rlevant MMA topics.

— From a press release about the Jake Roberts documentary: Slamdance joins forces with the filmmakers behind “The Resurrection of Jake The Snake” for a multi-city theatrical release of the 2015 Slamdance Film festival favorite documentary beginning in Portland, Oregon on September 2, 2015. The Portland Film Festival will host the film’s release with a special event screening and a Q&A session moderated by UFC superstar Chael Sonnen with Jake “The Snake” Roberts, Diamond Dallas Page and director Steve Yu. The event format is a key element of the film’s continuing theatrical release with personal appearances by Jake “The Snake,” filmmakers and special guests.

The theatrical release marks the initiation of Slamdance Presents, a new distribution moniker for Slamdance’s world premier programs dedicated to creating theatrical and other commercial opportunities for independent filmmakers.

— On the latest Between the Sheets podcast, Kris Zellner and I are joined by indie wrestling’s foremost ring announce, Emil Jay, to talk about the week that included the 1992 G1 and start of the WWF/USWA deal.

— NWA Smoky Mountain returns to Kingsport, TN on Saturday, September 5 for Battle of the Belts 2015 at the Civic Auditorium. Bell time for this event is at 8:00 p.m. This event will be a showcase of champions featuring five NWA sanctioned title matches. In the Main Event, NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion Steve Anthony makes his NWA Smoky Mountain debut when he defends his title against Kingsport’s Own Vince Brent. Can “The Prodigy” bring the championship back to NWA Smoky Mountain? We will find out on September 5 in Kingsport!

— King Kong Bundy will be appearing From 11am to 2pm at Collector’s Realm in Dutchess Marketplace at 461 Route 9 in Fishkill, NY, which is part of Home Depot Plaza just south of I84 (exit 13)

— Adam Mingione has two tickets to this Saturday’s sold-out NXT Takeover show in Brooklyn that he’s looking to sell: Section 223, row 18, seats 2 & 3. Anyone interested in buying them should email him at adammingione@gmail.com.

— Empire State Wrestling runs Saturday, August 22nd at St. Johnsburg Fire Hall, 7165 Ward Road, North Tonawanda, NY, with these bouts: Chris Hero vs. Bill Collier, Candice LeRae vs. RJ City, Johnny Gargano vs. Will Calrissian, Rich Swann vs. Aaron Draven, Dick Justice vs. Brandon Thurston, Plunkett vs. Bobby Sapphire, Jonny Puma & Frankie Feathers vs. Double Down, Chris Cooper vs. Vince Valor, and more. 

— Crossfire Wrestling runs Saturday, August 22nd, at Bissell’s Hideaway, 205 Metler Road, Ridgeville, Ontario. Bell time 4 pm. There will be a 10-man battle royal with the winner facing champion Jeremy Elliot, Kaitlin Diamond vs. Jewels Malone, The Italianos vs the Rochester Wrecking Crew, and more. the next day, Sunday August 23rd at 4:30pm, there will be a Crossfire contract signing at Grand Central, 4573 Queen St., Niagara Falls, ON, for steel cage match on Sunday September 27th between The Infamous Jay Moore and Jeremy Elliott. Patrick Porter from 91.7 GIANT FM will be the host and fans are welcome to attend.