Johny Hendricks (17-3) kommer ta sig an Stephen Thompson (11-1) på UFC 196 och Hendricks förklarar att han fortfarande känner sig ung i sinnet.
Hendricks berättar att han känner att han har blivit slagen av de som slår hårdast i welterviktsdivisionen, medan Thompson inte har blivit det, vilket kan vara till Thompsons nackdel.
”I still have it; I still feel I’m still young at heart. I still move, I’m still fast, I still hit hard, and I have everything to get back to it. I know what I want to get back because I’ve tasted it. That’s the difference between me and him right now. He wants it. I get that. I understand that. But it’s me. It’s not somebody else he’s fighting – it’s me. If he has that fire, that’s fine because I can match anyone’s intensity no matter how high they want to go or how low they want to go. I’ve proved that time and time again. Can he match mine? That’s the question. When he gets hit by me, will he still be in there? That’s the question. I’ve been hit by the hardest guys in our weight division and stood toe-to-toe. He hasn’t done that yet. He has yet to face down the barrel of the gun and get hit.”
