His stay at the top may have been brief, but
Johny
Hendricks certainly made his mark in mixed martial arts. The
former
Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight titleholder will
celebrate his 40th birthday on Sept. 12.
Hendricks was a four-time NCAA All-American wrestler at Oklahoma
State University, where he won back-to-back national championships
(2005-06) for the tradition-rich Cowboys. The Ada, Oklahoma, native
made his professional MMA debut in September 2007 and proceeded to
rattle off 15 wins in 16 appearances before a contentious split
decision defeat to
Georges St.
Pierre cost him in his first pass at UFC gold. After St. Pierre
stepped aside as champion to go on a sabbatical, Hendricks captured
the vacant welterweight crown with a memorable five-round unanimous
decision over
Robbie
Lawler in the UFC 171 main event on Nov. 16, 2013. His reign
lasted just 266 days. A little less than nine months later,
Hendricks relinquished the title in his rematch with Lawler at UFC
181. “Bigg Rigg” won just two of his final seven bouts before
retiring in 2018.
Others in MMA celebrating a birthday during the month of
September:
SEPT. 1
Raphael
Davis, 47
Timothy
Woods, 47
Tim
Kennedy, 44
Mike
Pierce, 43
Nick
Catone, 42
Mikhail
Malyutin, 42
D.J.
Linderman, 40
Henrique
da Silva, 34
Carl
Seumanutafa, 34
Fatkhidin
Sobirov, 30
SEPT. 2
Steve
Gable, 47
Jeff
Curran, 46
Shamil
Abdurakhimov, 42
Alessio
Sakara, 42
Jake
Rosholt, 41
Sean
O'Connell, 40
Anthony
Durnell, 39
Enrique
Marin, 37
Cathal
Pendred, 36
Alejandro
Perez, 34
SEPT. 3
Hidehiko
Yoshida, 54
Leo
Sylvest, 50
Alexandru
Lungu, 39
Brian
Cobb, 43
Rene
Nazare, 41
Ousmane
Thomas Diagne, 40
Daniel
Jolly, 39
Dominick
Cruz, 38
Robert
Morrow, 38
Lorenz
Larkin, 37
SEPT. 4
Jason
David Frank, 1973-2022
Bao
Quach, 44
Katy
Collins, 36
Isabela de
Padua, 32
Kevin
Lee, 31
Humberto
Bandenay, 29
Kyra
Batara, 29
Stanislav
Nanaev, 29
Nicolae
Negumereanu, 29
Youssef
Zalal, 27
SEPT. 5
Emmanuel
Yarborough, 1960-2015
Tim
Hague, 1983-2017
James
Brasco, 51
Rob
MacDonald, 45
Gray
Maynard, 44
Jacob
Volkmann, 43
Francis
Ngannou, 37
Raquel
Pennington, 35
Genah
Fabian, 34
Antun
Racic, 33
SEPT. 6
Antonio
Graceffo, 56
Masatoshi
Abe, 47
Thales
Leites, 42
Claudio
Silva, 41
Callan
Potter, 39
Lynn
Alvarez, 38
Handerson
Martins, 38
Tarec
Saffiedine, 37
Jared
Gordon, 34
Michael
Stack, 29
SEPT. 7
Patrick
Williams, 42
Alan
Carlos, 40
Ian
Loveland, 40
Pedro
Munhoz, 37
Yancy
Medeiros, 39
Kevin
Aguilar, 35
Joey
Elzea, 34
Reinier
de Ridder, 33
Artem
Frolov, 32
Larissa
Pacheco, 29
SEPT. 8
John
Halverson, 51
Rubens
Xavier, 49
Mike Thomas
Brown, 48
Chris
Tuchscherer, 48
Yasuhiro
Urushitani, 47
Kurt
Holobaugh, 37
Christian
Morecraft, 37
Chris
Dempsey, 36
Maryna
Moroz, 32
Logan
Storley, 31
SEPT. 9
Don
Richards, 49
Ailton
Barbosa, 47
Roger
Narvaez, 40
Harris
Sarmiento, 40
Jose
Aldo, 37
Bobby
Green, 37
Kyung
Ho Kang, 36
Dong
Hyun Ma, 35
Kristina
Williams, 34
Yaroslav
Amosov, 30
SEPT. 10
Masahiko Kimura, 1917-1993
Sanae
Kikuta, 52
Roman
Zentsov, 50
Mirko
Filipovic, 49
Naoya
Uematsu, 45
Cully
Butterfield, 34
Mark
Martin, 30
Rhys
McKee, 28
Jack
Della Maddalena, 27
Jakub
Wiklacz, 27
SEPT. 11
Dennis
Reed, 56
Chance
Farrar, 48
Johnny
Sampaio, 48
Andre
Winner, 42
Eric
Bedard, 39
Cody
Gibson, 36
Te
Edwards, 33
Allan
Nascimento, 32
Robert
Hale, 31
Jia Wen
Ma, 27
SEPT. 12
Yuki
Sasaki, 47
James
Irvin, 45
Ray
Steinbeiss, 44
Stanislav
Nedkov, 42
Mario
Rinaldi, 41
Johny
Hendricks, 40
Junior dos
Santos, 39
Paul
Kelly, 39
Rani
Yahya, 39
Garry
Tonon, 32
SEPT. 13
Yuri
Vaulin, 60
Igor
Almeida, 44
Marcus
Sursa, 41
Ronald
LeBreton Jr., 38
Andy
Uhrich, 38
Juan
Archuleta, 36
Zach
Fears, 35
Tommy
Espinosa, 31
Elias
Garcia, 31
Chase
Hooper, 24
SEPT. 14
Antonio
Silva, 44
Chris
Lozano, 41
Adrian
Miles, 40
Dwight
Grant, 39
Alexey
Stoyan, 39
Mauro
Chaulet, 35
Alan
Omer, 35
Yuki
Motoya, 34
Jose
Alday, 32
Gaston
Bolanos, 31
SEPT. 15
John
Marsh, 53
Rick
Hawn, 47
Fernando
Gonzalez, 40
Kaitlin
Young, 38
Jesse
Gross, 36
Mike
Wilkinson, 36
Horacio
Gutierrez, 33
Mike
Perry, 32
Marcelo
Golm, 31
Terrance
McKinney, 29
SEPT. 16
Roberto
Traven, 55
Nobutatsu
Suzuki, 46
Pablo
Garza, 40
Brandon
Halsey, 37
Lucas
Montoya, 37
Darius
Estell, 35
Ariel
Beck, 33
Luis
Vargas, 32
Jeremy
Kennedy, 31
Wei
Xie, 27
SEPT. 17
Michael
Guymon, 49
Denis
Kang, 46
Scott
Jorgensen, 41
Hisaki
Kato, 41
Sultan
Aliev, 39
Sean
Holden, 39
Hector
Urbina, 36
Loik
Radzhabov, 33
Reece
McLaren, 32
Tyson
Pedro, 32
SEPT. 18
Yuji
Hisamatsu, 52
Ryuta
Sakurai, 52
Mike
Pyle, 48
Abel
Trujillo, 40
Felice
Herrig, 39
Ashkan
Mokhtarian, 38
Tyra
Parker, 34
Aren
Akopyan, 30
Aleksander
Podmarev, 29
Tiani
Valle, 29
SEPT. 19
Yoshihiro
Takayama, 57
Mark
Weir, 56
Heather
Clark, 43
Jeremy
Jackson, 41
Leandro
Issa, 40
Matt
Wiman, 40
Lewis
Gonzalez, 36
Volkan
Oezdemir, 34
Sinjen
Smith, 31
Claire
Guthrie, 28
SEPT. 20
Ryan
Jensen, 46
Alex
Karalexis, 46
Eric
Schafer, 46
Quinn
Mulhern, 39
Sarah
Kaufman, 38
Khabib
Nurmagomedov, 35
Aalon
Cruz, 34
George
Garcia, 33
Marvin
Vettori, 30
Riku
Yoshida, 23
SEPT. 21
Ronald
Jhun, 53
Mario
Miranda, 45
Josh
Thomson, 45
Gael
Grimaud, 44
Bianca
Daimoni, 37
Andrei
Koshkin, 33
Martin
Bravo, 30
Bryan
Battle, 29
Ty
Gwerder, 29
Junior
Tafa, 27
SEPT. 22
Bob
Sapp, 50
Forrest
Petz, 48
Takanori
Gomi, 45
Fredy
Serrano, 44
Shamar
Bailey, 41
Bruno
Menezes, 38
Chuck
O'Neil, 38
Mike de la
Torre, 37
Elias
Silverio, 37
Corey
Anderson, 34
SEPT. 23
Shane del
Rosario, 1983-2013
Eugene
Jackson, 57
Jason
Lambert, 46
Makoto
Maeda, 46
Maro
Perak, 41
Joe
Riggs, 41
Mark
O. Madsen, 49
Kyle
Driscoll, 40
Aaron
Pico, 27
Imran
Zhulagov, 26
SEPT. 24
Cristian
Binda, 46
Brad
Pickett, 45
Sara
McMann, 43
Brian
Stann, 43
Kris
McCray, 42
Roxanne
Modafferi, 41
Jose
Andres Cortes, 39
Dan
Charles, 38
Adam
McDonough, 38
Chris
Horodecki, 36
SEPT. 25
Todd
Gouwenberg, 49
Olavo
Belo, 44
Rashad
Evans, 44
Allan
Weickert, 42
Phil
Davis, 39
Jake
O'Brien, 39
Chris
Daukaus, 34
Rodolfo
Vieira, 34
Jessica
Andrade, 32
Aleksa
Camur, 28
SEPT. 26
Shinobu
Aoyama, 50
David
Branch, 42
Roger
Gracie, 42
Hugo
Viana, 41
Martin
Zawada, 40
John
Dodson, 39
Ross
Pearson, 39
Santiago
Ponzinibbio, 37
Dileno
Lopes, 36
Tom
Breese, 32
SEPT. 27
Shannon
Ritch, 53
Thiago
Jambo Goncalves, 43
Karol
Bedorf, 40
Sasa
Mitrovic, 38
Josh
Bacallao, 35
Herman
Terrado, 34
Zebaztian
Kadestam, 33
Islam
Makhachev, 32
Karl
Albrektsson, 30
Max
Rohskopf, 29
SEPT. 28
Mario
Sperry, 57
Fedor
Emelianenko, 47
Din
Thomas, 47
Jeremy
Mahon, 44
Eduardo
Felipe, 43
Sam
Morgan, 42
Justin
Ledet, 35
Anthony
Gutierrez, 32
Tony
Gravely, 32
Janay
Harding, 29
SEPT. 29
Jason
Riley, 43
James
Te Huna, 42
Andre
Galvao, 41
Che
Mills, 41
Eric
Spicely, 37
Alexander
Volkanovski, 35
Evgeny
Bondar, 34
Niko
Price, 34
Collin
Huckbody, 29
Joselyne
Edwards, 28
SEPT. 30
Herb
Dean, 53
Yves
Edwards, 47
Latoya
Walker, 44
Damacio
Page, 41
Scott
Holtzman, 40
Neal
Ewing, 38
Chris
Wade, 36
Natan
Levy, 32
Brad
Riddell, 32
Diego
Silva, 30