Carlos Condit knows all about how hard it is to climb the divisional mountain, especially when you fall just short of the peak.
In a fight for the ages, Condit went toe-to-toe for five rounds with UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler at UFC 195. It was the kind of contest that takes years off of a man's career, and for Condit he has to at least consider the toll it might have taken on him.
"It's not really an emotional thing," Condit said at the post-fight press conference, according to Steven Marrocco and John Morgan from MMAjunkie.com. "I'm not dejected. I don't know. I have to evaluate, but there's a possibility it might be my last one. We'll see."
This was Condit's second attempt at becoming an undisputed world champion. He carried an interim belt with him into a matchup with Georges St-Pierre at UFC 154, only to be put on his back for the majority of the fight. St-Pierre would win a unanimous decision to unify the belts.
The shootout with Lawler was much more to Condit's liking, but the outcome still didn't favor "The Natural Born Killer." That letdown combined with the sheer amount of punishment Condit regularly puts himself through makes it tough for him to commit to another fight anytime soon.
"I've been at this for a long time, over 40 professional MMA and kickboxing fights," Condit said. "I came up short tonight. Tonight was kind of a do-or-die moment for my career, I feel like, and I was all in. If I got that strap, I was going to keep fighting. If I didn't, like I didn't, I have to see if I can continue to do this."
