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News: With final fight on contract set for UFC 135, Matt Hughes weighing career options

Josh Koscheck (15-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) is the final obligation on the current contract of Matt Hughes (45-8 MMA, 18-6 UFC).
Consequently, the former UFC welterweight champ is playing his future by ear after he fights the onetime title challenger Saturday at UFC 135.

"The outcome of this fight won't really matter, to be honest," he said today. "After this fight, win or lose, doesn't matter, I'll talk to the UFC and we'll figure out what we want to do."

UFC 135 takes place Saturday at Denver's Pepsi Center. The event's main card airs on pay-per-view. Two preliminary bouts to air on Spike TV make up a lead-in to the main card, and the remainder of the preliminary card streams live on Facebook.

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While co-headliner Hughes said he continues to get enjoyment out of his career as a fighter, there are some close to him that don't feel the same way.


"My wife tells me I'm done fighting," he admitted.
That declaration actually came 10 months prior when Hughes was knocked out by B.J. Penn in a brisk 21 seconds at UFC 121. The two had split a pair of earlier bouts.
Hughes isn't saying he's boarded that plane yet.
"We'll see what I feel like, and we'll see what the UFC wants to do," he said.
The loss to Penn snapped a three-fight win-streak for Hughes, who once reigned over the welterweight division with an iron fist. Victories over Matt Serra, Renzo Gracie and Ricardo Almeida boosted his stock. But dual losses to current champ Georges St-Pierre made a title shot a faraway prospect, and at 37, Hughes is no spring chicken.
But he's clearly not ready to give up his lifestyle, and that may keep him in the game.
"It's competition," Hughes said. "I think that's what drives your top athletes in the UFC is the fact that you love getting in there against one other person and mixing it up. I don't have to rely on four other basketball teammates to score a basket. I've just got to rely on myself. The fact that it's just me and another person competing in there, that's my big drive.
"I consider myself a lucky man. I love going to the gym every day, twice a day. I love traveling with my buddies. All in all, it's a great lifestyle."



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"The outcome of this fight won't really matter, to be honest," he said today. "After this fight, win or lose, doesn't matter, I'll talk to the UFC and we'll figure out what we want to do."

Doesnīt sound that he even believe fully in him self to me???  I think he should retire after this fight no matter the outcome, I meen he love competition but it must be hard to know your never going to get back to your greatest period ever again? Heīs already been there done that and sure wins over much lesser oponents every now and then canīt be his drive for ever?

I donīt want him to go down that way cause he is a true legend like it or not! I hope he can pull off the unthinkable and destroy Kos, unlikely but īdamn I hope so!
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turkskurk (Content Administrator) — ↑ 92.37 TB ↓ 121.39 GB ↕ 779.19 Sep 20, 2011 ‐ Report
"My wife tells me I'm done fighting,"

That sums it up. No matter how much HE may want to keep fighting, he can't be successful if he is fighting with his wife over it.

Time to get into the business of training other fighters full time.
shotokido — ↑ --- ↓ --- ↕ --- Sep 20, 2011 ‐ Report
He's never really been the sort to get all worked up over a fight and chest thumping about winning, so it doesn't say anything.

He has wins and losses on his record already, so he's just being realistic. He isn't a teenager who thinks he can win every fight, every day.

And he should listen to his wife! He can't still need the money, and he's taken plenty of beatings. If he wants to compete he should drop it down a level and just do grappling.
aighearach — ↑ 376.04 GB ↓ 342.47 GB ↕ 1.10 Sep 21, 2011 ‐ Report
Hughes still has plenty of fight left in him. Look at some other competitors still fighting hard at an advanced age and doing pretty well for themselves. Hughes is among those super athletes so his age should never really become a factor. His opponents haven't really been slouches either. Taking on Renzo in his first ufc fight was about the least prolific fight in the bunch and he pulled off with Almeida what nobody has ever done before ..to anyone.

I'm sure if Hughes had the right gameplan, mindset and his stuff together he could make it to another title shot or at least a number one contender elimination bout, but if he made it to GSP, he better have a plan to finish it cause GSP with his girly point fighting would just put us to sleep and get it with points..

Anyway, i have a bit of a biased opinion (coming from the same place as Hughes)but I think he still has a shot at good things in any case. Cheers.
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