I can only imagine after days if not weeks of dieting and cutting weight before a fight, the most satisfying thing in the world would be eating a horrible triple Baconator from Wendy’s. No, actually. I’m lying for the sake of the article. I can’t ever justify eating a triple Baconator. Look at that thing. My heart hurts just scanning through all of the pictures of this monstrosity. Two thousand five hundred friggin calories of pure unrelenting heart disease driving through your veins. But Johny Hendrick’s is not a man to be trifled with. If he wants the triple Baconator then it is God’s will.
MMAJunkie recently had Hendricks on MMAJunkie radio and the welterweight discussed his post fight traditions and his Battle Beard.
“What happens is after I shave it off, my body finally goes into relax mode,. “As soon as I start growing it and I see it starting getting a little bit out there, I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh, it’s training camp all over again. Here we go.’ It pushes me through it.
“And as soon as I shave it and look in the mirror, I relax and stop thinking about fighting for however long.”
“There’s a Wendy’s around here,” “Trust me. Sure enough, his redheaded mistress was a block away. Hendricks, who eats a clean diet during training camp, feasted on one of life’s little pleasures: a triple Baconator.
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