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\u201cAbsolutely not [done with MMA]. Might do one more or maybe two, might be one. We\u2019ll see what comes about but the calendar\u2019s booked. We\u2019ve got the Badr [Hari fight] and then we\u2019ve got Rico [Verhoeven] after potentially so that will be next year and then we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alistair Overeem continued, \u201cUh, Fedor? Respect to Fedor. He hasn\u2019t fought in a couple of years. I don’t know, I’ve been working on my compassion lately and I think challenging a man who has not fought for several years, I don\u2019t really think that\u2019s a good thing to do. I even felt a little bad about fighting Badr, and his last win was in 2015.”<\/p>\n
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