UFC vs MMA

Georges St. Pierre rules the roost at welterweight, but just behind the UFC champ, Jon Fitch and Josh Koscheck have presented a major blockade to the top. Aside from losses to GSP, those two have combined to run roughshod over the division with a 9-1-1 record since 2009. Fitch is called boring by many fans and Dana White has been lukewarm to giving the world's No.2 170-pounder another shot at the champ, but he keeps winning. Mike Pierce, Thiago Alves, Ben Saunders, Paulo Thiago, Akihiro Gono all tried but failed and the best B.J. Penn could get against Fitch was a draw. Johny Hendricks thinks he's the guy who breaks through against Fitch. "You gotta fight Fitch the way he fights everybody. His main goal is to take you down, put you on your back and do what it takes not to get stood up," Hendricks told "The MMA Insiders" show on ESPN1100/98.9 FM. "My main goal is to defeat him where he's best at,  getting people to the cage taking them down and grin...

December 31 2011 Last updated at 03:05 AM ET LAS VEGAS -- Watch below as Johny Hendricks discusses his UFC 141 knockout of Jon Fitch, how he set up the knockout, why he thinks he deserves a title shot next, and more. View the original article here

The unthinkable has happened: Jon Fitch has been finished. And it took Johny Hendricks only 12 seconds to do it on Friday night at UFC 141. Hendricks landed a huge left hand to Fitch's jaw that had Fitch falling straight backward, with his head bouncing off the canvas. Hendricks pounced and landed one more huge punch on the ground before referee Steve Mazzagatti stepped in to stop the fight. It was a stunning upset victory voer Hendricks, who improves to 12-1 and earns by far the biggest win of his MMA career. "I have a left hand," Hendricks said. "Everybody's been counting me out. I knew if I hit him with it I could lay him out." Fitch, who falls to 23-4-1, had never been finished in the UFC and hadn't been finished in any promotion since 2002. Fitch has long been regarded as the No. 2 welterweight in the world behind Georges St. Pierre, but now there's a new kid on the block: Hendricks, who improves to 12-1, is for real. View the original article ...