Hendricks: I don’t care who wins Lawler vs. Brown

UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks next fights the winner of Robbie Lawler vs. Matt Brown at UFC on Fox 12: Lawler vs. Brown on July 26, 2014 at SAP Center in San Jose, California.

During a recent appearance on MMAJunkie Radio, Hendricks was asked who he thought would win Saturday’s fight.

Realistically, I don’t really care, said Hendricks as transcribed by Steven Marrocco for MMAJunkie. There’s a part of me that would like to face Robbie again being healthy. But then again, there’s a part of me that wants somebody new. I’m torn on this fight. Also, I don’t like to pick the welterweight class because if I sit here and (say), ‘Robbie Lawler is going to smash Matt Brown,’ and all of a sudden Matt Brown beats him, did I give him fuel for to fight me? And vice-versa. I’d like to see how it plays out because I think they both have a chance to win.

Longer term, Hendricks believes a rematch with former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre is out there, because GSP has been keeping himself in the news.

I don’t read it, but people tell me (what he says), said Hendricks. He’s been saying that he’s walking around at 201. Huh, cool. Whatever.

Just because you put on an extra pounds doesn’t mean it’s muscle, and just because you put on an extra two or three pounds of muscle doesn’t mean you’re going to be strong as me.”

He didn’t feel that strong. And so that’s just one of those things where I’d like to face him again. Now, I’ve got the belt, and he has to beat me. And realistically, I don’t think he’s going to.

The more that I’m training for these five-round fights, I’m getting better, and I’m still young at this. Most of the guys I’m fighting are 10, 12, 14 years they’ve been fighting. I’m only seven. I’m still developing my striking, trying to tune it up. Everything is starting to fall into place.

Hendricks is currently completing rehab for a torn bicep suffered in his successful title defense vs. Robbie Lawler.