Updated: Mark Hunt Says He’s Now Unemployed, Dana White Says He’s Not
Is “The Super Samoan” done with the UFC?
Heavyweight powerhouse and former K1 world champion Mark Hunt was expected to make his return to the Octagon in September following a ten month lay off with injury. But, that doesn’t look like it’s going to happen now as the 40-year old has recently revealed he is now unemployed.
Hunt announced the news on his official Twitter account but hasn’t yet disclosed any reasons as to why. However, he said the move was not his choice, saying he was excited about his fighting future:
“Not my choice guys but going from being exited at the prospects of the future of fighting to being unemployed in a day lol this sucks,” Hunt wrote.
The kickboxing standout was scheduled to take on Roy Nelson in the main event of UFC Fight Night 52 in Saitama, Japan, in what could have been a possible title eliminator. But, it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen as of now.
Hunt was hoping to get back in the win column against the TUF 10 champion after going winless in his last two matches. He last fought at UFC Fight Night 33 in December where he went to a draw with Antonio “BigFoot” Silva after five rounds of non-stop action.
Prior to that he took on former heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos at UFC 160 where he was stopped in the third round after another brutal war. Hunt picked up a “Fight of the Night” bonus in both of the bouts.
Checkout Hunt’s tweets below where he reveals the news and stick with LowKick for more updates on this story:
Well I’m unemployed that sucks
— mark richard hunt (@markhunt1974) August 5, 2014
Not my choice guys but going from being exited at the prospects of the future of fighting to being unemployed in a day lol this sucks
— mark richard hunt (@markhunt1974) August 5, 2014
Update:
It appears like Hunt and the UFC must have had their wires crossed as Dana White has denied cutting Hunt saying: “that’s the dumbest thing I have ever heard””.
White tweeted to let fans know the striking specialist wasn’t retired and that the news is “false”. Here’s what the UFC boss had to say:
@J_R_H_P_97 Hell NO Mark Hunt isn’t cut
— Dana White (@danawhite) August 5, 2014
@Chubfishswe @ufc that’s the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
— Dana White (@danawhite) August 5, 2014
