Chris Lytle takes a step back to re-evaluate his career but he’s not considering retirement at this point

UFC welterweight veteran, Chris Lytle has been speaking about the next step he’ll be taking in his mixed martial arts career after coming up short last time out inside the octagon, explaining retirement is the furthest option away from his thoughts as is a bunch of easy fights.
Speaking via MMAJunkie.com, Lytle said:

“I wanted to take a little time and re-evaluate what I’m doing with everything and how I feel – make sure I have a plan and (I’m) not just go out there and make any decision. I’ll plan it out and figure out what I want to do. Basically, I just had my meniscus removed. It wasn’t that it was real bad. I was just that I haven’t been able to train like I want to. I haven’t been able to do lots of things, and mobility wasn’t 100 percent.”

“I’m not going to pick and choose my fights, and I always feel like I should be able to fight anybody, anytime, anywhere. If that’s the fight that I have, I’m not going to say, ‘No, I’m not fighting.’ I’m not going to shy away from people because of anything. Unfortunately, I wish I was a little smarter about stuff, but I’m not.”

“As long as I have the will to do it and the physical ability to do it, I would like to. If one of those things goes away, then I’m going to have to re-evaluate. I’m sure I’m going to miss things. I’m sure I’m going to have to come up with a way to be involved with things in a different aspect. I’m trying not to think about that right now. I look at it like this could be my last fight, and I’ve got to make it the best fight of my life.”

Lytle came up short last time out inside the octagon, losing out to the unorthodox Brian Ebersole at UFC 127 in Sydney, Australia. Prior to that he’d won four-fights straight inside the octagon including a unanimous decision win over former champion, Matt Serra in September of last year.