Following the second consecutive loss by knockout in the first round, Matt Hughes is in all likelihood done fighting.

Even before the UFC 135 showdown with Josh Koscheck, the 37-year-old Hughes gave hints that retirement was under consideration, revealing that he in the final bout of his contract, and that his wife was asking him to fight no more forever.

Although Hughes declined an invitation to appear at Saturday night's post-event press conference, immediately post loss he told Joe Rogan he would likely ask to be "shelved" by the UFC, while all parties involved considered the options.

UFC President Dana White was more blunt.

"I think he's going to retire," White said of Hughes. "I just don't think Hughes wants to say the word 'retire.'"

"He's going to fly out to Vegas in the next month or so and sit down and talk, but I'm pretty sure he's going to hang it up – without saying 'retire. I'm almost 100 percent positive he's going to retire. I don't think he's going to do anything else."

The 2010 UFC Hall of Fame inductee is arguabaly the most dominant welterweight champion in the UFC's history, and holds the organization record for career victories at 18.
 

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