UFC 113: TJ Grant vs Johnny Hendricks booked for May 1

by Jesse Holland on Jan 16, 2010 10:50 AM EST

Nova Scotia's own TJ Grant (15-3) has been tapped to try and quell the uprising of undefeated welterweight Johnny Hendricks (7-0) at the upcoming UFC 113 event from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on May 1, 2010, according to TopMMANews.com.

Grant was able to erase the memories of a unanimous decision loss to "Stun Gun" Kim back at UFC 100 by putting out "The Fire" at UFC 107 -- and effectively giving Kevin Burns his pink slip in the process.

The Fit Plus standout, a submission specialist, made his Octagon debut with a split decision victory over Pride FC veteran Ryo Chonan in front of his hometown fans at UFC 97: "Redemption" in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Now he returns home to try and continue his winning ways against the dangerous wrestler.

Hendricks, a incredibly gifted mat technician, scored a big 30-second win in his promotional debut against The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 7 winner Amir Sadollah at UFC 101 back in August 2009.

He kept that momentum going by tarnishing the "Golden Boy" Ricardo Funch with a unanimous decision win just four months later at UFC 107: "Penn vs. Sanchez." If he's going to make it three straight under the Zuffa banner he'll need to be weary of Grant's above-average grappling chops.

UFC 113 features the much-anticipated rematch between 205-pound division champion, Lyoto Machida, defending his belt against fellow Brazilian Mauricio "Shogun" Rua in the main event of the evening.

Stay tuned to MMAmania.com for more on the still-developing Montreal fight card.

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War Hendricks!!!!!

by James S. on Jan 16, 2010 11:04 AM EST reply actions

I concur

War Hendricks!

by mmatrainer on Jan 16, 2010 11:48 AM EST up reply actions

War Grant!!!!!

by CanadianSensation on Jan 16, 2010 11:15 AM EST reply actions

War and peace!!!!!

Oh….think I missed the point here lol

by eagzy on Jan 16, 2010 1:12 PM EST via mobile reply actions

Good fight

I like both guys, they’re both good grapplers with decent striking. Both of them are probabaly too short to ever be elite WWs as the bigger guys in the division will simply be too strong and have too much of a reach advantage for them to pose a threat to any of them but they both still have bright futures and can put on entertaining fights. I’ve got Hendricks by UD but this will be a close one.

"Wanderlei is focused and well trained...he will easily win this fight, by a large margin and with much better technique."

Anderson Silva on why Wand is going to smash Bisping. Get ready to lose your dignity frosnt.

by David W-S on Jan 16, 2010 2:10 PM EST reply actions

Sweet

I saw both of these guys fight in person at UFC 107 in Memphis and was very entertained. These guys will both bring it, this should be a fast paced fight. I also got to meet Johnny in the stands after he fought, he’s a real cool dude who was super nice to the fans who were mobbing him for autographs. Hope this one makes the televised card because I’m predicting a barn burner. War Johnny!

by Captain Ernesto on Jan 16, 2010 4:03 PM EST reply actions