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"I didn't hear about it from the UFC at all. No one officially called me or called my manager or my coach. No one consulted with us or asked us if we would take the fight first," Henderson revealed when speaking with FOX Sports.
"It was actually Cowboy who texted me first saying 'hey bro, nothing personal, it's just business, nothing but love' and I said 'oh cool'. I had no idea what he was talking about. I go on Twitter and look it up and go 'oh I see, Eddie Alvarez just got hurt'. So I said 'see you in Boston in a couple of weeks'."
"That's how I found out. Any time, anywhere, anybody in the 155-pound division, let's do it. I'll fight anybody tomorrow. Five round fight? Let's do it. I'll fight anybody. Cowboy on two weeks notice? No problem," Henderson said. "I was a little surprised of the process and how it went down and how I found out. I wasn't asked or anything, but it is what it is. I like to roll with the punches."
"I leave that up for you to say. I'm not the writer or the pundit, who am I to say? I will say yes, Cowboy's on a six fight win streak and I'm off a loss. They are throwing his name up there a lot for a title shot, so after I beat him I plan on being right back up there," Henderson said. "Being the former champ, and after putting an exclamation point by beating Cowboy I plan on being right back there."
Also, states he's changed his plans on moving up to 170.
"I've always been pretty adamant about fighting at 155. I do like fighting at lightweight. It does suck getting down, I don't enjoy the process of getting down in weight. The older I get the harder it is to get the weight off and I entertain the idea of moving up," Henderson explained.
"But I want to get that belt back around my waist. I want that 155-pound belt back around my waist. Let me do that first, get that belt around my waist, beat up on (Anthony) Pettis and then we'll talk about 170."
"I've had a pretty decent run in my career. If I was done right now, I'd say cool, I feel complete, I'm happy. I've done some things, I've accomplished some things. But do I want to beat up Pettis? Do I want that belt back? Absolutely," Henderson said.
"It doesn't matter who I'm fighting. It doesn't matter if I've fought them twice before and beat them twice before. Whatever the circumstances are, so for me a fight's a fight. I don't care who it is. Set it up, let's go. My motivation is I'm a fighter, it's what I do."
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