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Former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks<\/a> is currently in the midst of a rough stretch.<\/p>\n

First, he lost his belt in a competitive fight with Robbie Lawler. Though he was able to rebound with a nice win over Matt Brown in his next fight, his next fight thereafter saw him succumb to a first round TKO dealt by Stephen Thompson. From there, things got even worse for the former champ, as he failed to make weight for a UFC 200 bout with Kelvin Gastelum, and ultimately lost that bout by decision<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Given his recent skid, Hendricks has stated several times that his UFC 207 fight with Neil Magny could be his last<\/a>. In a recent interview with FOX Sports<\/a>, however, he changed his tune a bit, saying this retirement talk was merely a way of encouraging the media not to ask him what comes next after Magny.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want the press to not start shooting me past my fights,” Hendricks told Fox Sports. “I get so caught up in what\u2019s next, this, this, this and this, and it sort of ruined me. It sort of got me to where I wasn\u2019t focused on the fight I needed right now.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Johny<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why I said retirement. Cause guess what? Now you guys can\u2019t ask me what\u2019s next. You\u2019ve got to be there Saturday and you\u2019ve got to call me on Saturday and say \u2018hey are you still going to fight or not?\u2019 Then we can talk about what\u2019s next.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just tired of people asking 30,000 questions that don\u2019t revolve around my fight. That\u2019s why. Here\u2019s the thing, if I didn\u2019t mention retirement what would you all be doing right now? You\u2019d all be saying well what about [Georges St-Pierre] or what about this person or what about this person? I\u2019m done with those questions. What if\u2019s \u2014 I\u2019m done with what if\u2019s.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI started coaching wrestling again and it made me realize, who cares about what if\u2019s. That\u2019s not in my control. Dec. 30 is in my control. Neil Magny is in my control. Nothing else is.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do you think Hendricks should continue to fight? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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