Frankie Edgar suffered a devastating knockout loss to Marlon Vera at UFC 268 on Saturday. He had been answering questions about retirement all week leading into the fight.

Now Frankie Edgar is getting, even more, calls to retire with UFC 268 producing his second knockout loss in a row. The New Jersey native admits he's not quite ready to call it a career yet.

“Everybody’s going to bring up the fucking retirement and this and that, and I’m not gonna answer it because I don’t know what it is, honestly,” Edgar said on his Champ and the Tramp podcast. “I just want to know, when I do retire, I’m never coming back. I’m not ready for that yet. I’m not ready to make that decision yet.

“But this is probably the first time after a fight where I’m not thinking about my next fight. I’m not thinking about getting back in the gym. I know I’m never gonna stop training no matter what I decide, and I will be back in the gym soon just because I’m addicted to that. But I’m not thinking of it, and this is the first time probably in my fight career that that’s happened.”

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It's a tough decision for Frankie Edgar as he's not quite ready to leave the UFC. The former lightweight champion isn't even sure how he would go about retirement.

“I know I’ve got a lot left to give this sport in many ways like my spirit doesn’t want to be done, that’s for sure,” Edgar said. “I feel like I can still do this at a high level. I was doing that at a high level two nights ago and got caught with a good shot.

“But I don’t like being on this end, and it seems like I’m here often, as of late. So I’m being real about it, but I’m not gonna make a decision. I don’t know if I’ll ever be the guy that goes out and fucking announces he’s retiring, I don’t know if I could do that. I don’t know if I’ll be the guy a year from now that’s like, I want to fight. So I’m just not gonna make any fucking announcement.”

UFC 268 will most likely not be the last time we see Frankie Edgar. He is a legend of the game and is known for bouncing back.