George St–Pierre må vara titelhållaren i welterviktsdivisionen, men det gör honom inte till den farligaste motståndaren. Enligt Johny Hendricks saknar GSP en viktigt detalj, nämligen knockout-kraft. Någonting som han menar att Jake Ellenberger besitter, vilket gör den matchen till ett hårdare möte.
Här nedan berättar Johny Hendricks varför det är både roligare och mer utmanande att möta en man som Ellenberger, även om det i slutändan, inte behöver vara en svårare match;
He’s shown that he can knock people out, and whenever you have that kind of power, you have to respect it. You have to know, ‘OK, this guy is a heavy-handed guy.’ One shot can put you away. That’s what makes fighting people like that a little bit more of a challenge, a fun challenge, because no matter what happens — it might be the second or third round — you still have to worry about everything. It makes it that much more exciting …. (with) Georges St. Pierre, you don’t have to worry about that knockout punch. You’ve just got to worry about getting taken down. (With) Ellenberger, you’ve got to worry about the punch and also his take downs.”
It’s not that it’s more difficult (fight) but, it’s a little bit more dangerous, you know what I’m saying? Like I said, you don’t know which punch will be the last. With GSP, you know where he’s going to want to take it, you know he’s not going to want to stand with you. He’s going to want to go in there set up his jab, throw a few leg kicks, or he’s going to get you to the perimeter, to that black line, and you know a double leg is coming. Ellenberger, he is going to try to knock you out before he takes you down.
