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UFC legend Matt Hughes off ventilator, showing ‘small signs of improvement’

Matt Hughes is doing better after being seriously injured in a scary truck-train crash last month.

The UFC legend is no longer on a ventilator and has shown "small signs of improvement,” per a statement posted by his family to his sister Beth Ulrici Hughes’ Facebook page.

“Matt is off the ventilator and showing some small signs of improvement,” the statement read. “There are some stories and comments out there that are exaggerated. Please don't believe everything you hear or read. This is going to be a long journey for his recovery.”

On June 16, Hughes was driving a pickup truck in Raymond, Ill.