Hendricks ready to fight Lawler w/ ‘both arms’ this time
source | MMAFighting.com
Hendricks says he watched the fight, and that he was split in his rooting interest. Brown offered fresh blood; Lawler, a chance to make a more emphatic statement.
“I was torn between those two,” he said. “One, yeah, I can face Robbie Lawler healthy, [with] everything going right, get in there and see if it is as close a fight as it was the first time. Because I’m healthy, both arms are active, I can do a lot more.
“Then again, there’s a part of me that wanted to face somebody new, wanted to face Matt Brown. Because you get to face somebody new, you get try new skill sets and stuff like that, so it was like a 50/50 toss up on that one. But realistically, that’s why I’m not paid to think, I’m paid to fight.”