Chris Williams
Mr. John Nardone
Blogger Post
18 March 2014
I read a profile article about the newly crowned UFC welterweight champion, Johny Hendricks. Johny Hendricks is a professional mma fighter. He is a two time NCAA champion in wrestling as well as being an All American in all four of his years that he attended Oklahoma State University. After graduating from Oklahoma State University, Johny wasn't sure what he wanted to do as a career until he received a call from one of his former teammates to come to his mma gym to help with wrestling. After months of training there, Johny decided that he wanted to try mma for himself. He made his pro debut in September of 2007. He compiled a 15-1 record and was giving a title opportunity against the all time great Georges St. Pierre in November of 2013. Hendricks lost a very controversial split decision. After the fight GSP announced that he would be leaving the sport and vacating the title. Hendricks was then matched up against Robbie Lawler for the welterweight championship. This fight took place on Saturday, March 15, 2014. It was the best fight of the short year in which Hendricks picked up the decision win and finally got what he has been working for, for the past six years.
The article was well written. It started off with the lead up to the fight that took place on Saturday night. It then went on to discuss the fight and how Johny picked up the victory to finally win the UFC championship. It then started to talk more about the life and career of Johny Hendricks. It somewhat used the inverted pyramid style. It's main purpose was to announce that he finally won the championship. But it focused mostly on the entire career of Johny. It also mentioned his college accolades. It also mentioned some of his personal life talking about how he recently had a daughter and that he also had two other daughters. It was written like most sports articles that focus on a person who is currently in the media is. It covered as to why this person is relevant now and gave information about his entire life.
