When it comes to being a submission specialist in mixed martial arts, the clock can either be your best friend or your mortal enemy. In today’s episode of Across The Pond, you will meet a surgeon of stinging precision leaving no opportunity left to chance on the operating table at Featherweight for Fury Fighting Championship at the tender age of 21. A professional mixed martial artist since June 2024 and representing Gracie Barra The Woodlands, Joe Hendershot holds a 2-0 record with each of his professional victories coming via submission. He has spent his entire professional career with Fury Fighting Championship and is 2-0 under their banner. Hendershot has spent his whole career as a professional MMA fighter in the United States in his home state of Texas. He also fought for Fury Fighting Championship as an Amateur prior to turning professional. Hendershot has never gone to the scorecards at any point in time over the course of his journey as a professional mixed martial artist with a 100 percent finishing rate to show for it. Both of Hendershot’s finishes during his career in the professional ranks have been inside the distance.
In his professional MMA debut and promotional debut under the Fury Fighting Championship banner on the preliminary card of Fury FC 92, he faced Denzel Rosaroso and submitted him via rear-naked choke in round three. Then in his second appearance under the Fury Fighting Championship banner on the preliminary card of Fury FC 97, Hendershot tapped out Cristian Lopez in the first round via kimura. The win earned Hendershot the second submission victory of his professional career in addition to consecutive victories and finishes under the Fury Fighting Championship banner. He also secured back-to-back wins and finishes to begin his professional career in the process. Hendershot is a prospect whose smooth slice will only sharper as he progresses with each passing year!
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