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Hendricks skulle have mødt [[Paulo Thiago]] den 3. marts, 2011, på [[UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mmajunkie.com/news/22164/johny-hendricks-vs-paulo-thiago-targeted-for-ufc-on-versus-3.mma|title=Johny Hendricks vs. Paulo Thiago targeted for UFC on Versus 3|publisher=MMAJunkie.com|access-date=20. januar 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124005901/http://mmajunkie.com/news/22164/johny-hendricks-vs-paulo-thiago-targeted-for-ufc-on-versus-3.mma|archive-date=24. januar 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Men Thiago måtte melde afbud på grund af en albueskade.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mmajunkie.com/news/22232/paulo-thiago-scratched-from-ufc-on-versus-3-johny-hendricks-in-limbo.mma|title=Paulo Thiago scratched from UFC on Versus 3, Johny Hendricks in limbo|publisher=MMAJunkie.com|access-date=28. januar 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110130222609/http://mmajunkie.com/news/22232/paulo-thiago-scratched-from-ufc-on-versus-3-johny-hendricks-in-limbo.mma|archive-date=30. januar 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> I stedet kæmpede Hendricks mod [[TJ Waldburger]] den 26. marts i 2011, ved [[UFC Fight Night 24]], hor han erstattede en skadet [[Dennis Hallman]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mmajunkie.com/news/22727/hendricks-replaces-hallman-faces-waldburger-at-ufc-fight-night-24.mma|title=Hendricks replaces Hallman, faces Waldburger at UFC Fight Night 24|publisher=MMAJunkie.com|access-date=5. marts 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307155326/http://mmajunkie.com/news/22727/hendricks-replaces-hallman-faces-waldburger-at-ufc-fight-night-24.mma|archive-date=7. marts 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Hendricks vandt via TKO i 1. omgang og fik ''Knockout of the Night''-prisen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/UFC-Fight-Night-24-Bonuses-Zombie-Hendricks-Pocket-3655K-31110|title=UFC Fight Night 24 Bonuses: ‘Zombie,’ Hendricks pocket $55K|publisher=sherdog.com|access-date=26. marts 2011|date=26. marts 2011}}</ref>
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