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Joseph Benavidez has opened up on his fighting future after a tough loss to Askar Askarov<\/a> at last weekend’s UFC 259 card.<\/p>\n

Benavidez’s loss to Askarov, a unanimous decision, marked his third setback in a row, as he was also recently beaten in a pair of fights with Deiveson Figueiredo.<\/p>\n

On the heels of these losses, Benavidez admits he hasn’t been feeling himself in the cage\u2014or in practice\u2014lately.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf talking about everything, I just couldn\u2019t find the adrenaline, the excitement and explosiveness,\u201d Benavidez said on his At Home with Benalivi <\/em><\/a>podcast. \u201cIt\u2019s a tough realization because I feel like why couldn\u2019t I find that? You come to this point I think in every sport that you just feel like you\u2019re not the same person in there anymore. I\u2019m not who maybe I used to be in there and I\u2019ve had those thoughts a long time, you know, fighting for 15 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve even had it in practice leading up to this sometimes, but practice is practice. Day in and day out, sometimes you have a good day, sometimes you have a bad day. But yeah, in the fight that\u2019s how I felt. Some of the things that came so naturally to me like the scramble, like I\u2019m mister scramble. And I see in the second round I got held down, and that was never a worry for me because taking me down is like taking yourself down \u2013 it\u2019s pretty hard to hold me down. It wasn\u2019t a thing (I worried about).\u201d<\/p>\n

After his loss to Askarov, Benavidez is unsure what his future holds, but is reluctant to make any hasty decisions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought I could get out of that disappointment (from the losses to Figueiredo), win, knock this guy off, and show I can compete at the top and have that rare opportunity to walk away on top, or at least still competing with the best, which I have always done in my career,\u201d Benavidez said. \u201cI thought I could avoid that inevitable disappointment and just somehow get it. It\u2019s just hard. Not that if I would\u2019ve won or lost had anything decided as far as my future goes. You win and you still feel good. I never had a plan in mind. I wanted this year to have a fight or two, and we\u2019ll see how it goes. It was just about having fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joseph Benavidez, 36, has competed for the UFC flyweight title on multiple occasions, but has yet to win a belt with the promotion. Nonetheless, he’s known as one of the best flyweights in MMA history.<\/p>\n

What do you think the future holds for Benavidez after UFC 259?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joseph Benavidez has opened up on his fighting future after a tough loss to Askar Askarov at last weekend’s UFC 259 card. Benavidez’s loss to Askarov, a unanimous decision, marked his third setback in a row, as he was also recently beaten in a pair of fights with Deiveson Figueiredo. 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