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UFC 207’s Neil Magny motivated by Las Vegas bar encounter with Johny Hendricks

After only his second loss in two years (in which he’s fought twelve times), Neil Magny heads into the UFC’s 2016 curtain closer against a man he considers his greatest challenge to date, former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks.

Magny (18-5) will meet Hendricks (17-5) atop the FS1 prelim card for UFC 207 on December 30th. It’s a show headlined by the return for former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey - who takes on incumbent Amanda Nunes.

Hendricks has lost four of his last six fights, including his two most recent bouts; to Kelvin Gastelum and Stephen Thompson.