For the first time since 2007, the Ultimate Fighting Championship crowned a new welterweight champion on Saturday at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. Johny Hendricks defeated Robbie Lawler to capture the vacant belt that Georges St-Pierre voluntarily relinquished after nine consecutive title defenses. St-Pierre announced following his UFC 167 split decision win over Hendricks on Nov. 16 that he was hanging the gloves up for a while. Speculation quickly spread about why he walked away. St-Pierre has admitted to having Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and that it played a role in his decision
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