Are there two nicer guys in the ufc than Johny Hendricks and Martin Kampmann?
Out of the Octagon they might be fighters you might approach on the street, buy a drink for at a bar or have over and entertain as a special guest fighter at your UFC party.
Surely there is nothing nice about punching another man in the face. Yes, but there is an exception when it comes to these guys and their chosen profession. Honour amongst fighters moreso than thieves.
This is a battle between Hendrick's Sampsonesque beard and all the heavenly feats of strength that come with it ie strong wrestling and a building demolishing left hand. Versus Kampmans, Henry the Eight's "off to the gallows" like guillotine, a powerful muay thai game and a huge heart, tried and tested against Alves,Mc Freddries & Leites.
Forget GSP/Condit. Two fighters whod rather play it safe and run away from each other the entire night. Hendricks/Kampmann has 3 round war and fight of the night candidate written in crimson ink all over it.
They both respect each other and have trained together in the past, which gives credence to a 3 round mayhem melee. When two former training partners fight for real it can only be described as a dichotomous joy and pain", pain from fighting a former ally and joy from fighting someone familiar that you have some "intel" on.
A favourite childhood hip hop track from the late 80's comes to mind. Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock's, "Joy and Pain". As confusing as the perplexing line for a friendly and relatively popular kid sounded "Used to be friends now we're foes ask me why man, no ones knows.."
It all makes sense now. as it does to all the fans at UFC 154.
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