Johny Hendricks Speaks On The Real Reason He Missed Weight At UFC 192

Johny Hendricks missed weight for his fight at UFC 192 with Tyron Woodley and had to pull out of the fight. In the past Hendricks would cut a lot of weight to make 170 with the help of professional nutritionists, but this time he didn’t go that way. He’s been under fire from critics ever since, and joined MMA Hour on Monday to explain the situation.

“Everything was going good,” Hendricks said while on MMA Hour. “I was drinking two and half gallons a day and I was walking right around 193, which is normal. Then my body just quit, I couldn’t go to the bathroom. It was was if my body was holding on to everything, which was sort of weird. So we started doing the weight cut, and I was still drinking two and half gallons a day. Then I just hit a plateau where I would feel lightheaded, which is common. I didn’t think anything of it, and then I woke up on Thursday feeling really good at 184 pounds. I thought it was going to be perfect, lost 10 pounds then wake up on Friday and have to lose an extra three pounds. I went and did my first session and only lost two pounds. I was like, ‘Oh boy.’ That was when my body felt different. I tried to push through it, went and did another session and worked out and that is when I realized something was wrong. Both my left and right sides started to hurt. I went to the hospital and that’s when I found out that my intestines were dried up and that I had a kidney stone on my right side.”

Hendricks says he plans to stay a welterweight, even though UFC president Dana White says he considers him a middleweight now.

Related: Tim Kennedy Takes Shot At Hendricks For Missing Weight At UFC 192

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