Current top UFC contender Johny Hendricks can’t blame former welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre if he doesn’t want to return to MMA, but is optimistic that he will. “I hope we get him back,” Hendricks told MMAjunkie Radio. “I hope I can get this belt and get a couple fights underneath me, and he comes back. That’s what I’m shooting for.” Hendricks (15-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC), who on Saturday fights Robbie Lawler (22-9 MMA, 7-3 UFC) for the vacant welterweight belt at UFC 171, partially agreed with an opinion shared by UFC Hall of Famer Matt Hughes, who was skeptical St-Pierre would return to the cage after his split-decision win over “Big Rigg” at UFC 167. Hughes said St-Pierre took a “beating” in the Hendricks fight and was bested in every area of their five-round title bout at UFC 167 despite winning on points. He said the 32-year-old fighter had little left to prove in coming back from a self-imposed hiatus, where a rematch with the No.
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Johny Hendricks agrees with Matt Hughes, but hopes GSP comes back – MMA Junkie