Det har nu gått lite mer än två månader sedan Carlos Condit förlorade mot Robbie Lawler via ett delat domslut, i titelmatchen i weltervikt under UFC 195. Condit har sedan dess kollat på matchen vid två tillfällen, men är inte allt för hård mot sig själv och tycker att han presterade bra.
Det här berättade Condit via ”FOX Sports”:
I think I watched it twice. For starters it was a great fight. I’m always very critical of my performances so I saw a lot of mistakes that I made. Little stuff, but it’s stuff I’m like ’oh man I can’t believe I did that’. But overall, I felt like I deserved to get the win.
I’m not (expletive) about it. Robbie fought a great fight. He’s a warrior, he is a champion, but I think it was my fight that night.
Condit funderade efter förlusten på att gå i pension efter 14 år och nästan 40 matcher i karriären, men beslutade att fortsätta. Han tror dock inte att han skulle sluta om han blev mästare och skulle då kunna tänka sig två titelförsvar.
I’m still kind of up in the air for me. I don’t know. I want the title fight with Lawler. I feel like I should be the champion and I should be defending the belt. We can wish all we want but the reality is what it is. I don’t know. If a fight that piques my interest is offered to me, particularly the rematch with Lawler then I think I could get excited. Otherwise, I think I’m on hiatus.
It’s a little bit of a waiting game. That’s basically what the UFC told me. Give them a few weeks to kind of figure stuff out and we’ll just see where it goes from there.
Condit diskuterade en eventuell retur med UFC för ett par veckor sedan men fick då inget svar. Det ryktades också tidigare att Conor McGregor skulle få titelmatch mot Lawler om han tog sig förbi Nick Diaz under UFC 196.
McGregor förlorade sedan via submission i andra ronden och det pratades då istället om Diaz skulle få titelmatchen.
Utöver detta har man fortsatt att spekulera om en eventuell comeback för den före detta mästaren Georges St-Pierre.
It’s a little crazy right now. There’s an argument that could be made for a lot of different guys getting a title shot. I think I have one of the strongest arguments but it’s kind of crazy right now.
Om Condit själv fick välja skulle han gå retur om bältet under UFC 200 i Las Vegas i juli.
I would be stoked. That’s definitely something that I would shoot for. That would be ideal. I don’t think anybody would be sad about them making that matchup. I understand there’s other fights that might want to make and that’s basically want they told me, but I’m going to stay in shape
You know how this sport is, people get hurt, people back out of fights. If that happens in this situation, I’ll be ready to step in and fill in for the challenger. I don’t think anybody would be sad about that.
Condit berättar att han inte är helt säker på pension ännu och kan ändå tänka sig att möta en annan motståndare om titelmatchen inte blir av.
If there’s a fight that piques my interest, I still love this thing. I still love to train. I’ve still got a hell of a lot of fight left in me. It’s just from more of a logical standpoint, a standpoint of being responsible to my longevity for my family, I definitely have to take a lot of things into consideration.
I’m just at a different point in my career. I’m not working my way up the ranks. When you’re trying to get your foot in the door and make a name for yourself, you’ve got to kind of take the fights that you can, but I’ve been at this for a while. I’m not speaking about anybody else, I’m just speaking for me.
I’ve always gone out and fought in a way that I was proud of and I think inspired others and hopefully drew people to the sport. I’ve come farther in this sport than I ever thought. I was just doing this because I had an interest in martial arts as a kid and wanted to be a ninja.
Now I’m fighting for the world title. It’s been a crazy ride but I’m proud of what I’m done.
