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Johny Hendricks says he's kept his weight down for UFC 185 bout with Matt Brown, making cut without Mike Dolce
Feb 27, 2015 - 12:55:41 PM Johny Hendricks says he's kept his weight down for UFC 185 bout with Matt Brown, making cut without Mike Dolce

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

Johny Hendricks had a bad weight cut into his rematch with Robbie Lawler last fall, something he blames on himself for starting camp too heavy for the cut.

Into his return fight at UFC 185 against Matt Brown, the former UFC Welterweight Champ says he's started at a much more manageable weight, and wants to prove he can handle the cut himself, so he's not working with Mike Dolce into the event.

"I've been keeping my weight down a lot. Instead of walking around at 215, I'm walking around at about 195," Hendricks said in an interview with FoxSports.com this week. "I've been walking around at 195 for the last two months. I'm trying to lose fat and build muscle because the last fight I was at like probably right around this time like 19 or 20 percent body fat, and now I'm at 14 percent body fat... So I've done a lot of focus on this one making the weight cut easier and hopefully furthering my career at welterweight."

"We didn't have a fallout, but I'm not using Mike for this fight. Here's the thing: I feel like I'm leaning on somebody else too much. He's a great guy and it's a great program, and I'm still using it in a sense because a lot of his stuff I am still using, but I wanted to take it in my own hands."

Penick's Analysis: Hendricks allowed himself to balloon up too much for both of his fights with Lawler last year, and that certainly had a negative effect on his performances in those fights. If he can get that back in line, he's capable of more than he did in those two fights, and he can move back into that top spot with the right performances from here on out.