Johny Hendricks åkte under natten på sin första TKO-förlust, då han slogs ut av Stephen Thompson vid ”UFC: Fight Night 82”. Efter mötet meddelade Johny att han tänker vänta tills augusti innan han år match igen, och detta hade han att säga via ”MMAJunkie”:
Stephen Thompson was just the better man tonight, what can I say? … No excuses, he was just the better man. I’m thinking August (is when I want to fight again), because I have a baby boy being born anywhere from March 24 to April 14, so I want to be there for my wife and help her out after the baby’s born.
I’m still trying to figure out if somebody beats me, how do I beat them? Because I’m pretty sure I’m going to see them again and if I see them again, I want to make sure that it’s not the same outcome. It sucks when you lose, but like I said, I’ll be back, I’m going to get better, I’m going to get stronger.
I’m still figuring things out. I’m pretty sure I’m going to see him again one day and now it’s about how do you figure out that style? Now I’ve felt it, now I understand it a little bit and that’s really what you have to do. Yeah I’m going to beat myself up over until I get another fight, but until then I’m really going to try to get myself better.
Hendricks har inte lyckats rada upp två segrar sedan vinstsviten mellan 2011 och 2013, men innan mötet mot Thompson besegrade han Matt Brown via ett enhälligt domslut under UFC 185.
