Mixed Martial Arts fighter Mark Richard Hunt is 100% justified by his nickname "Super Samoanets." Its distinguishing features are a knockout, “cannon” strike, a strong chin and great physical strength. Hunt has a successful career in K-1 (kickboxing), Pride and UFC. He defeated Ben Rothwell, Mirko KroKop Filipovich, 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 fights with the best of the best.
Battle style
Mark Hunt - a pronounced drummer (affects a long kickboxing career). He prefers to use punches (most victories are gained by knockouts from punches).
Weaknesses
Even in kickboxing, Hunt hardly used his legs, preferring to stand firmly on his feet, which makes it difficult for him to fight at a distance. The New Zealander has a large weight, which makes him somewhat slow. Despite the good protection against transfers to the stalls, Mark Hunt does not fight too well, which helped to defeat many of his opponents.
Brand "chip" - avoiding the enemy after the main blow. In mixed martial arts, it is customary to finish off a fallen opponent. Mark Hunt does not. Having inflicted his crown blow, he calmly leaves aside, giving the judge the opportunity to announce the end of the match. This “tradition” delights fans.
The main fights
- With Stefan Struve. The Dutch giant looked worse than Hunt in a rack and could not impose on him a stall. In the third round, Mark Hunt knocked out the opponent with a monstrous blow, 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. Opponents made a real bloodbath in the octagon, which ended in a draw. After the fight, Silva found an increased content of testosterone in the body, 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 in the heavy division ended in failure. Santos took advantage of the speed and literally shot the enemy with his fists, and then knocked him out with a kick from the U-turn.
- With Roy Nelson. Roy the Big Hillbilly Nelson, like Mark Hunt, has the hardest punch (albeit somewhat poor technique) and a cast-iron chin. However, even his strength was not enough - the New Zealander knocked out his opponent with an uppercut and, according to the company tradition, did not finish off, but calmly stepped aside.
- With Fabrizio Werdum. Werdum is one of the smartest fighters in the division. Realizing that the New Zealander could not be taken in the rack, he decided to act by cunning. The Brazilian was constantly trying to translate the enemy into the ground - so often that almost any movement of Werdum Hunt began to respond with protection from translation. At one such moment, the Brazilian fighter changed tactics and threw a knee jump in the jump. Not ready for this Hunt went to a technical knockout.