Mark Hunt Takes Aim At Fellow Fighters Including Jon Jones

Mark Hunt’s journey through the UFC heavyweight ranks started way back in 2010. After leaving the Japanese MMA scene with a losing 5-6 record, ‘The Super Samoan’ decided to try his hand under the Zuffa banner. This was all against the advice of UFC president Dana White, who reportedly offered Hunt a lump sum to drop his dream of fighting for the UFC. The heavy-handed K-1 veteran looked to be on the brink after losing to Sean McCorkle in his UFC debut.

Somehow Hunt managed to turn his career around, and built up a four fight win streak including stunning knockouts over Stefan Struve and Cheick Kongo. A gutsy albeit losing performance against Junior dos Santos at UFC 160 cemented Hunt’s place in the hearts of the fans. After a fight of the year winner against Antonio Silva, the Pride veteran would become the first man to KO Roy Nelson in the UFC.

Walk Away KO

Tough losses to Stipe Miocic and Fabricio Werdum once again threw up talks of retirement for Mark Hunt. As we’d become accustomed to throughout his career, Hunt wasn’t going to give up. He once again built a winning steak, this time with trademark walk-away knockouts over Frank Mir and Bigfoot Silva. Then came arguably his biggest fight to date, as Mark Hunt was booked in to face Brock Lesnar at UFC 200. Ironically this bout would also prove to be his most controversial, not by his own doing though.

After being smothered for three rounds by Lesnar on the already waning UFC 200 main card, Hunt was respectful and humble in defeat. This didn’t last long though, as days later we learned Lesnar had failed a drug test. Following the announcement of Lesnar’s USADA bust, Mark Hunt lost his cool.

Mark Hunt’s last fight?

The events following UFC 200 may confirm Mark Hunt will never fight for the promotion again. It’s far from his last fight though, as ‘The Super Samoan’ now stands against his employers. Furious that not only Lesnar, but also Silva and Mir had all failed drug tests, Hunt unleashed his anger during a series of interviews. Also taking to social media, the former K-1 champ blasted anyone who supported Lesnar, made massive accusations against the UFC and declared he’d be starting a fighters association.

During his most recent post on Facebook and Instagram, Hunt has taken swipes at his fellow fighters. The one-punch knockout artist claims fighters under the UFC banner are scared to speak up.