Issue 118

August 2014

UFC 170lb king Johny Hendricks survived the heavy hands of Robbie Lawler, but, in honor of our special welterweight issue, we wonder...

COULD MATT BROWN KNOCK OUT UFC CHAMP JOHNY HENDRICKS?

MATT BROWN

Revitalized UFC welterweight contender 

19-11

YES

I think I match up perfectly well with Johny Hendricks. He’s been striking with people a lot more lately and, of course, that’s my strength, so I’d be glad to test him there. I wrestle with really high-level guys all the time and that’s his other strength. So I don’t see any reason I wouldn’t match up perfectly with him.

I definitely don’t think (a fight between us) would go to decision. It’s like I’ve said 100 times, I’m not going to hit him that many times and not knock him out; he’s not going to stay on his feet if I hit him as many times as Robbie Lawler hit him. And I’m a really accurate striker.

I hate to eat my own words, because I hit Erick Silva a lot of times and he didn’t go down, and it took three rounds, but I’ve got to get my groove back. I can knock (Johny Hendricks) out. I guarantee it.

JOHNY HENDRICKS

UFC welterweight champion with the big left hook

16-2

NO

Everybody thinks that they can knock out somebody. The only difference is it takes a lot of shots for Matt Brown to knock somebody out. He hasn’t gone out there and hit one person one time and laid them out. I have.

If he’s going get hit that many times by me, he’s not going to remember that night. That’s perfect because here’s a guy who’s been talking some trash and thinks that he can hit me, do this, do that, because once we get in there and I actually hit him with my left hand, he won’t remember what he was talking beforehand.

I guess what’s different about me and everyone else is that I am not too worried about who it is. I don’t care who it is, I don’t care when it is, I just want to be healthy... Everybody can talk and run their mouths. That’s good because whenever it comes time to step into the Octagon, they probably won’t be speaking it, if you know what I mean.

WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY ON THE MATTER

“How does a mere mortal KO a Bigg Rigg?! Lawler couldn’t do it, Brown definitely can’t do it. Lawler will KO Brown.”

@420MMA

“Of course Brown can KO Johny. The big question is whether he can avoid Hendricks’ wrestling and grappling to have that chance.”

@TheEliJordan

“Hendricks will double leg Matt straight to the ground. Huge Matt Brown fan but let’s be honest. I hope he can get up and throw.”

@InsrtFootnMouth

“Of course, it’s the fight game & the body is made to go down, however Johny took Robbie’s best shots & didn’t fall so I say no.”

@JblazeNYC