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MOSCOW – Mark Hunt’s next fight will be the last on his UFC contract, and he hopes it takes place close to home in Australia.

Hunt (13-13-1 MMA, 8-7-1 UFC) has made no secret of the fact he plans to leave the UFC once his deal wraps up. He remains embroiled in an ongoing lawsuit with the company stemming Brock Lesnar’s failed drug tests around the time of their UFC 200 fight in July 2016, and is ready to move on with life.

The second-to-last bout on Hunt’s deal went down Saturday at UFC Fight Night 136. He suffered a first-round submission loss to Aleksei Oleinik (57-11-1 MMA, 6-2 UFC) in the headlining bout from Olympic Stadium in Moscow, and afterward Hunt shed more light on his future.

Hunt said he hopes to complete his deal at UFC Fight Night 142, which takes place Dec. 1 in Adelaide.

“I love working for the UFC, but we have issues,” Hunt told reporters, including MMAjunkie, post-fight. “I’ve got one more fight left, and I’m trying to get on the Adelaide card with Tai (Tuivasa) and the boys. One last hurrah for the old guy.”

Hunt, 44, will hope to go out on a high note if he can get his desired fight date. Things didn’t go his way in the bout with Oleinik, but Hunt is no stranger to defeat.

Although Hunt said he’s put in the necessary time to prepare for Oleinik’s offensive arsenal, he was unable to stop it. “The Super Samoan” landed some heavy strikes, but once the fight hit the ground he couldn’t avoid the submission.

Hunt was classy in defeat. After more than 20 years in combat sports, he knows how to handle it.

“I trained a lot of stuff for the ground, of course, but I got caught with a sub,” Hunt said. “That’s the way it works in this business.”

To hear more from Hunt, watch the video above.

For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 136, check out the UFC Events section of the site.