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"Does anybody here think Johnny Hendricks didn't win the fight ? Did you see Georges get SMASHED and hurt in the first round? It is all about damage, it is a fight. It is whoever inflicts the most damage. I'm blown away that GSP won that fight, and listen, I'm a promoter, he's the biggest ppv star on the fucking planet for me, and I still don't think he won the fight. I want what's fair and that wasn't fair. I think the NSAC is atrocious and the government needs to step in before they destroy MMA like they did with boxing [...]
Did he say he wants to retire? He didn't say 'I'm going to retire. I'm going to hang it up. It's been great everybody. Thanks a lot for all the years. See you later," a furious White said after the fight. "He said 'I'm going to take some time off.'
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No...You don't just say 'I'll take some time off, maybe I'll be back, maybe I won't.' You owe it to the fans, you owe it to that belt, you owe it to this company and you owe it to Johny Hendricks to give him that opportunity to fight again."
I think Dana was a bit harsh on a man who had just been beaten up, but it is undeniable that he makes some solid points. Just like Anderson Silva was noble enough to give Chael Sonnen a rematch, after losing the majority of the rounds, GSP should've done the same for Hendricks, instead he retired and blamed external circumstances