Hendricks: I want my belt back
Johnny Hendricks: “Robbie’s going to get some time to relax, let his body heal, and then let’s do it. But other than that, I don’t know why.”
Johny Hendricks won the welterweight title by defeating Robbie Lawler, but Lawler took it from him in their rematch. Now Hendricks is willing to wait for another title shot in a trilogy fight with Lawler to hopefully regain the welterweight title:
“I’ve been in two fights with [Lawler], and it’s turned out well, you know what I mean?” he said. “If he wants to get into that kind of battle, there are other ways around that. I know that. I’ve been in there with him. So, to sit there and think that it’s going to be a bloody war, you never know until the moment comes. Does that make sense? But when the moment comes, you either rise up to it or you fold.”
The only hitch is whether or not the UFC wants to book the 31-year old Hendricks into a trilogy fight once Lawler heals up. Or, if the UFC might opt for a different course of action, such as booking Tyron Woodley or Carlos Condit against Lawler.
“I haven’t talked to anybody yet, I don’t know what’s going on,” Hendricks said. “I have not a clue. I figure it makes perfect sense. Robbie’s going to get some time to relax, let his body heal, and then let’s do it. But other than that, I don’t know why. All I can do is keep training with what I need to do, but hopefully I get that call soon and they tell me it’s going to happen.”
