{"id":115449,"date":"2014-10-16T14:19:38","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T21:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=115449"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:16:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:16:55","slug":"shogun-stop-fighting-that-makes-no-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/shogun-stop-fighting-that-makes-no-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"Shogun: &#8216;Stop Fighting? That makes no sense&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/shogun-stop-fighting-that-makes-no-sense\/shogun-rua-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115518\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-115518\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Shogun-Rua.png\" alt=\"Shogun Rua\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Shogun-Rua.png 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Shogun-Rua-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Shogun-Rua-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;It (retirement) never really crossed my mind. Much to the contrary, I was always planning on continuing to fight. If I&#8217;m the guy going in there fighting and I&#8217;m happy doing it and the UFC is the promotion that hires and promotes my fights and they are happy with having me on the show, then why would I stop fighting? It doesn&#8217;t make much sense. It never really crossed my mind.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;It doesn&#8217;t really bother me or hinder me in any way. My mom and my wife, they don&#8217;t really understand much about fighting, and they&#8217;re naturally worried with my well-being, with my health and everything. I think every fighter probably goes through that at some point. I understand they worry and I understand they care about me. I also understand they don&#8217;t understand much about fighting, so I don&#8217;t really get bothered by it; it doesn&#8217;t hinder me at all. It&#8217;s natural. I know what I&#8217;m doing. It&#8217;s part of the game, and my family is being my family.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/ufc\/story\/shogun-rua-has-never-contemplated-retirement-it-doesn-t-make-much-sense-101314\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FOX Sports<\/a>, former UFC light-heavyweight champion, Mauricio &#8216;Shogun&#8217; Rua says retirement isn&#8217;t even on his mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It (retirement) never really crossed my mind. Much to the contrary, I was always planning on continuing to fight. 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