UFC lightweight John Makdessi said he was venting rather than planning when he penned a dour Facebook post after a May loss.

Makdessi indicated retirement was on the horizon, but he said his message was misunderstood.

“Sometimes as a fighter, it’s a rollercoaster ride,” he recently told MMAjunkie Radio. “I wrote some stuff on my fan page, and it was really more to express how I was felt.”

Makdessi (13-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC), a seasoned striker with three knockouts on his UFC resume, experienced heartbreak at May’s UFC 187 event against top contender Donald Cerrone (28-6 MMA, 15-3 UFC). The biggest opportunity of his career ended in the second round with a broken jaw and a TKO loss that sent him back to the drawing board.

While the 30-year-old Canadian wrote he would “sit down with myself do a lot of thinking a lot of healing and see what I’m going to do next,” he said his words were directed at a more serious problem he faces in the UFC.

“The issue wasn’t retirement; I was questioning the weight class,” he said. “The 155-pound class is the hardest with the most talented fighters. I am the majority of the time the smaller guy in terms of height and reach advantage. But it’s not easy for me to get down to 155. But at the end of the day, I wasn’t looking at retirement at all.”

Makdessi has no regrets after the outcome of the short-notice Cerrone fight and said he experienced a small victory in the way he performed. He even posted pictures of his jaw as it recovered.

“I’m always looking for excitement, and then I’m fighting Donald Cerrone for a title, one of the toughest guys, and I fought him the whole fight, right in the center of the cage,” he said. “It’s a part of the game; it’s 50-50, and unfortunately, I fractured my jaw. But I proved to myself that I can stand and bang with the best fighters in the world.”

Just who agrees to do that with him is currently undecided. Makdessi said he didn’t care who his next opponent is and left it to the fans and the UFC to decide a name.

Asked about potential fight at UFC 192 with Michael Johnson (16-9 MMA, 8-5 UFC), who wants a quick turnaround after a controversial decision loss to Beneil Dariush (12-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC), or at UFC 194 against Jim Miller (25-6 MMA, 14-5 UFC), who this past month took home a split-call from Danny Castillo (17-9 MMA, 7-6 UFC), he said he had no preference.

“They’re both top competitors,” Makdessi said. “I really don’t care.”

UFC 192 takes place Oct. 3 at Houston’s Toyota Center and features a light heavyweight title tilt between champ Daniel Cormier and Alexander Gustafsson. UFC 194, meanwhile, is hosted by Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena on Dec. 12 and is expected to be one of the biggest, if not the biggest, pay-per-view event of the year.

Both could benefit from a clash of strikers, so Makdessi should have some options.

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