Mark Hunt: not always lucky, but always bright

The martial artist of mixed martial arts, Mark Richard Hunt, fully justifies his nickname "Super Samoan". Its distinctive features are a knockout, cannon ball, strong chin and huge physical strength. (кикбоксинг), Pride и UFC. Behind Hunt - a successful career in K-1 (kickboxing), Pride and UFC. He defeated Ben Rothwell, Mirko Krokop Filipovic, Frank Mir, Stefan Struve, Wanderlei Silva. In kickboxing, Mark Hunt defeated Gary Goodridge, Jerome Le Banner, Peter Graham and many others. Yes, the New Zealand fighter has a lot of defeats in statistics, but all of them were received in the hardest battles with the best of the best.

Fight style

Mark Hunt - a pronounced drummer (affects the long kickboxing career). He prefers to use punches (most of the victories are won by knockouts from punches).

Weak sides

Even in kickboxing, Hunt almost never used his feet, preferring to stand firmly on his feet, which makes it difficult for him to fight at a distance. The New Zealander is very heavy, which makes it somewhat slow. Despite the good protection from transfers to the ground, Mark Hunt does not fight too well, which helped to defeat him to many opponents.

The proprietary "chip" is the withdrawal from the enemy after the main attack. In mixed martial arts it is customary to finish off a fallen opponent. Mark Hunt does not. After putting his key blow, he quietly leaves aside, giving the judge the opportunity to announce the end of the fight. This "tradition" delighted the fans.

Main fights

• With Stefan Struve. The Dutch giant looked worse than Hunt in the rack and could not impose on that floor. In the third round, Mark Hunt with a monstrous blow knocked out the opponent, receiving a bonus for the best knockout of the evening.
• With Antonio Silva. The famous "Brisbane War" and one of the best battles in the history of the UFC. The opponents staged a real bloody bath in the octagon, which ended in a draw. After the fight in the body, Silva found an increased content of testosterone, and the fight was declared invalid. The New Zealander was given a bonus to his opponent.

• With Junior dos Santos. Hunt's attempt to defeat one of the best fighters of the heavy division ended in failure. Santos took advantage of speed and literally shot his opponent with his fists, and then knocked him out with a kick from the turn.
• With Roy Nelson. Roy Big Nelson, like Mark Hunt, has a hard blow (although a bit poor technique) and a "cast-iron" chin. However, even his strength was not enough - the New Zealander knocked out an opponent with an uppercut and, according to the company's tradition, did not finish off, but calmly walked away.

• With Fabricio Werdum. Werdum is one of the smartest division fighters. Realizing that the New Zealander did not take in the rack, he decided to act cunning. The Brazilian constantly tried to transfer the enemy to the ground - so often that almost any movement of Werdum Hunt began to respond with protection against translation. At one of these moments, the Brazilian fighter changed tactics and threw a knee jumping in the jump. Not ready for this, Hunt went to technical knockout.