Hendricks: I never wanted to hit someone so hard

by Garrett Derr | source: bleacherreport.com

Following his knockout victory over Fitch, Hendricks couldn't believe what had happened.

"I actually asked myself, 'Did it really happen?' I trained for four months and it was the hardest and the best camp I've ever had. I thought it was going to be a three-round war. All the news and media were saying Fitch was already looking into fighting GSP or [Carlos] Condit or [Nick] Diaz. He didn't think I was at the same skill level. But, the Lord blessed with me with a powerful left hand," Hendricks said. "It only takes one punch."

"I told everyone I was going to hit him as hard as I could. It was the first time in my career that I wanted to hit someone as hard as I possibly could. I couldn't wait to hit him before the fight began," Hendricks said.

"When it actually happened, I couldn't believe he fell. I asked myself, 'Did he really just fall down? Should I hit him again?' All of a sudden the ref jumped in and I couldn't believe it was over," Hendricks said. "I did what no one else in the UFC could do."

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2/1/12 12:20 PM by RocketsRedglare

Not lucky, shitty defense, which is the standard in the sport. Like both, fitch for his work ethic. don't consider him lay and pray

2/1/12 9:29 AM by RONxBURGUNDY

It was cool and all. But...there's been like 8 events since this happened. Is it a shocking story that he wanted to punch his opponent...hard?What a news-worthy story. And so current!

2/1/12 9:11 AM by Fly Rodder

How lucky something is, is dependent on the probability of expected results. For example, winning the lottery is fucking lucky, no matter how "hard" you practice on winning it. Throwing a well-aimed haymaker at an opponent with his hands low - and landing it - knocking him out - isn't really lucky. And as posted earlier, getting dominated for two rounds, getting in a slugfest while throwing wild shots and having one of them slip through and clip your opponent on the temple stunning them, well, that's a lucky shot.

2/1/12 8:30 AM by MattyECB

lol @ the french comment! Once in a thousand years or...The last huge world war had France with the largest standing army, and they only lasted a month because the assholes assumed Germany would ignore a clear route because it had forrest LOL GO MAGINOT And if you look at the amount of Jews handed over by complicit nations, hillarious comparing the Italians who were with them from the start and who had Hitler's little crush, at least until the end, Mussolini to the Vichy Governments hand-overs of all the Jews who ran their for safetyNot to mention the poor Brits got bombed into rubble without giving upFrench aren't surrenderers, but it's pretty godamn obvious why they get a bad rep in joking stereotypes. To put it in the words of Robin Williams. The french version of Anne Frank, THE BITCH IS UPSTAIRS

1/31/12 11:06 PM by Reckoner

Umm, yeah, it was a lucky punch.

1/31/12 9:50 PM by ufcman187

You did something that's never been done before. You finished fitch before I could fall asleep lol. All joking a side, congrats on your win !

1/31/12 9:41 PM by King Mo Lawlawlawl

I've never wanted Hendricks to hit someone so hard either. You the man Johnny

1/31/12 9:25 PM by LAE

People just like being pedantic. MMA and something totally luck based like the lotto are totally different things.All these people are just hating on Hendricks (which i totally dont get, but whatever)"The harder you train the luckier you get" - Gary PlayerCommon Sense, how does it work?

1/31/12 1:22 PM by historytjs

does fitch even have another fight lined up yet?If I were him (and this is coming from a guy with absolutely zero fighting experience... well there was this one time in high school but that didn'tgowellsoletsmoveon) I would try to get another fight as fast as possible and get back on the horse, or in fitch's case, get back to grinding dudes.

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