Johny Hendricks became the second former UFC champion to retire this week.
Two days after light heavyweight great Rashad Evans announced that he’s hanging up the gloves, one-time welterweight king Johny Hendricks told MMAjunkie Radio that he is ending his 11-year professional MMA career.
The 34-year-old Oklahoma native, a two-time NCAA Division-I wrestling champion, is planning to focus on coaching high school wrestling.
“I’m done. I’m retiring,” Hendricks said, “I am getting out of the MMA world. I’ve been thinking about this long and hard for a while.