As seen in the main event of UFC Fight Night 85, Mark Hunt dropped Frank Mir with a right hand and walked off as the fight was called. Following the event, there’s speculation that Mir might retire from MMA. Mir shot down any speculation about him retiring from MMA during the latest episode of his
As seen in the main event of UFC Fight Night 85, Mark Hunt dropped Frank Mir with a right hand and walked off as the fight was called. Following the event, there’s speculation that Mir might retire from MMA.
“I fought Mark Hunt, and I got caught with a shot that he threw,” Mir said. “That’s kind of like getting caught by a submission by me. It’s kind of a list of guys. Had he pulled guard and armbarred me, maybe I would have thought about retiring.”
“It happens,” Mir said. “I got caught. It’s nothing against him. He did a great job. I made a mistake, and he’s really good at it. The margin for error with Mark Hunt is a lot smaller than it is with some of the other heavyweights where you can get caught with a shot and maybe recover.”
Mir explained that he never got into MMA to prove people wrong or win titles or awards, he got into MMA because he likes all aspects of it. From the training to the lifestyle to getting better.
“I didn’t have anything to prove to begin with to anybody else,” Mir said. “I didn’t start out doing this because I wanted to win awards or titles. I like martial arts, I like training, I like the lifestyle. I want to constantly get better. Why not just keep fighting? Until I get told that I can’t anymore, then I’ll move on.”
Mir (18-11) is currently on a two-fight losing streak. In his last six bouts, he’s 2-4. He was knocked out in the first round by Josh Barnett at UFC 164 and then lost in a three round war to Alistair Overeem at UFC 169 by decision. He rebounded with a first-round KO of Antonio Silva in February of 2015. He knocked out Todd Duffee in the first round at UFC Fight Night 71. He lost to Andrei Arlovski at UFC 191 by unanimous decision. He was knocked out in the first round by Mark Hunt at UFC Fight Night 85.
Mir will be out of action for the next few months. His next opponent and fight is not known as of this writing.
As seen in the main event of UFC Fight Night 85, Mark Hunt dropped Frank Mir with a right hand and walked off as the fight was called. Following the event, there’s speculation that Mir might retire from MMA. Mir shot down any speculation about him retiring from MMA during the latest episode of his
As seen in the main event of UFC Fight Night 85, Mark Hunt dropped Frank Mir with a right hand and walked off as the fight was called. Following the event, there’s speculation that Mir might retire from MMA.
“I fought Mark Hunt, and I got caught with a shot that he threw,” Mir said. “That’s kind of like getting caught by a submission by me. It’s kind of a list of guys. Had he pulled guard and armbarred me, maybe I would have thought about retiring.”
“It happens,” Mir said. “I got caught. It’s nothing against him. He did a great job. I made a mistake, and he’s really good at it. The margin for error with Mark Hunt is a lot smaller than it is with some of the other heavyweights where you can get caught with a shot and maybe recover.”
Mir explained that he never got into MMA to prove people wrong or win titles or awards, he got into MMA because he likes all aspects of it. From the training to the lifestyle to getting better.
“I didn’t have anything to prove to begin with to anybody else,” Mir said. “I didn’t start out doing this because I wanted to win awards or titles. I like martial arts, I like training, I like the lifestyle. I want to constantly get better. Why not just keep fighting? Until I get told that I can’t anymore, then I’ll move on.”
Mir (18-11) is currently on a two-fight losing streak. In his last six bouts, he’s 2-4. He was knocked out in the first round by Josh Barnett at UFC 164 and then lost in a three round war to Alistair Overeem at UFC 169 by decision. He rebounded with a first-round KO of Antonio Silva in February of 2015. He knocked out Todd Duffee in the first round at UFC Fight Night 71. He lost to Andrei Arlovski at UFC 191 by unanimous decision. He was knocked out in the first round by Mark Hunt at UFC Fight Night 85.
Mir will be out of action for the next few months. His next opponent and fight is not known as of this writing.
UFC Fight Night 85 drew the ninth most viewers in the history of UFC Fight Night events on FOX Sports 1 this past Saturday evening.
The show, which aired live from Brisbane, Australia this past weekend and featured Mark Hunt knocking out Frank Mir i…
UFC Fight Night 85 drew the ninth most viewers in the history of UFC Fight Night events on FOX Sports 1 this past Saturday evening.
The show, which aired live from Brisbane, Australia this past weekend and featured Mark Hunt knocking out Frank Mir in the main event, drew 1,149,000 viewers for FS1.
The preliminary time slot, which featured Alan Jouban vs. Brendan O’Reilly in the top position, drew 766,000 viewers.
Ratings for UFC Fight Night 85 actually peaked during the co-main event, which saw Neil Magny TKO Hector Lombard in the third round, as 1,294,000 viewers were tuned in during the latter portion of the fight.
The UFC Fight Night 85 post-show, which aired immediately after the show on FOX Sports 2, drew 386,000 viewers.
UFC Fight Night 85 did good numbers for FOX Sports 1. The pre-fight show did 323,000 viewers while the post-fight show did 386,000 viewers. The prelims drew 766,000 viewers. The main card drew 1,149 million viewers, which is up from 983,000 viewers that the last UFC Fight Night (Fight Night 83) event drew that aired
UFC Fight Night 85 did good numbers for FOX Sports 1.
The pre-fight show did 323,000 viewers while the post-fight show did 386,000 viewers. The prelims drew 766,000 viewers. The main card drew 1,149 million viewers, which is up from 983,000 viewers that the last UFC Fight Night (Fight Night 83) event drew that aired on FS1.
UFC Fight Night 85 took place at Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Australia on Saturday, March 19, in North America.
FOX Sports issued the following:
FS1 UFC FIGHT NIGHT: HUNT VS. MIR posted gains of +86% on viewership (1,149,000 vs. 617,000) and +63% among Adults 18-49 (595,000 vs. 364,000) versus the same Saturday last year (FS1 UFC FIGHT NIGHT: MAIA VS. LAFLARE).
The FS1 UFC FIGHT NIGHT PREFIGHT SHOW (7:30 – 8:00 PM ET) had 323,000 viewers, making it the net’s fourth most-watched UFC FIGHT NIGHT PREFIGHT SHOW to date.
The FS1 UFC FIGHT NIGHT PRELIMS (8:00 – 10:00 PM ET) delivered 766,000 viewers, more than double the prelim card from the same weekend in 2014 on FS1 (369,000). Last March’s UFC FIGHT NIGHT PRELIMS aired on FS2 and delivered 280,000 viewers.
The FS1 UFC FIGHT NIGHT POSTFIGHT SHOW posted gains of +55% on viewership (386,000 vs. 249,000) compared to the post-FIGHT NIGHT edition of FOX SPORTS LIVE that aired on the corresponding Saturday last March.
FS1’s UFC programming has been strong in the first quarter of 2016. The four FS1 UFC FIGHT NIGHTs averaged 1,424,000 viewers, up +13% on viewership from the same period in 2015 (1,261,000) and up +45% compared to the first quarter of 2014 (984,000).
The event was headlined by a heavyweight bout as Mark Hunt will meet former UFC champion Frank Mir.
The UFC returns to the TV network on April 10th with UFC Fight Night 86.
(That face you make when your power scares *you* more than anyone else.)
Mark Hunt is a bad, bad man. Of the twelve victories he has collected as a professional mixed martial artist, approximately fourteen of them have come by way of effortless, walk-off KO. I know the numbers don’t make sense, but that’s just how badass “The Super Samoan” is.
Paired against fellow legend Frank Mir in the main event of last weekend’s Fight Night 85, Hunt was being listed across the books as a moderate favorite — this despite showing something of a weakness to submissions in the past, which remain Mir’s bread and butter. Of course, one doesn’t exactly need a prominent Jiu Jitsu background when they can flatten any man alive with one punch, which is exactly what Hunt did midway through the first round.
Full Fight Night 85 highlights/results after the jump.
(That face you make when your power scares *you* more than anyone else.)
Mark Hunt is a bad, bad man. Of the twelve victories he has collected as a professional mixed martial artist, approximately fourteen of them have come by way of effortless, walk-off KO. I know the numbers don’t make sense, but that’s just how badass “The Super Samoan” is.
Paired against fellow legend Frank Mir in the main event of last weekend’s Fight Night 85, Hunt was being listed across the books as a moderate favorite — this despite showing something of a weakness to submissions in the past, which remain Mir’s bread and butter. Of course, one doesn’t exactly need a prominent Jiu Jitsu background when they can flatten any man alive with one punch, which is exactly what Hunt did midway through the first round.
Full Fight Night 85 highlights/results after the jump.
(via UFC on FOX)
While Mir attempted to take the fight to the ground early to no avail, he eventually settled into a rhythm on the feet that could only result in his doom. He looked sluggish and, if I’m being completely honest here, a little bit flabby. With two minutes to go in the opening round, Hunt landed a hellacious right hand behind Mir’s ear, then basically pushed him to the canvas like a top-heavy bag of potatoes. In classic Hunt fashion, the New Zealander didn’t even attempt to follow-up with ground-n-pound, knowing that Mir had already had enough. As my good friend Billy Zane would put it…
In the co-main event of the evening, Neil Magny rebounded from his typical first round slump to lay a whoopin’ on Hector Lombard. It was a back-and-forth, barnburner of a fight only slightly undercut by the absolutely atrocious refereeing displayed by Steve Perceval. In the closing minute or so of the second round, Magny was unloading the kitchen sink on his clearly gassed opponent, and while the punches weren’t exactly devastating, the pure volume and effortlessness with which Magny was throwing them led many to believe that the fight would surely be stopped.
But it wasn’t, and Magny was forced to continue punching a hole in Lombard’s face until the fight was finally stopped 46 seconds into the third round. You need look no further than how referee Marc Goddard reacted to the fight from cageside to know how badly this thing was botched, and yadda yadda sometimes these things happen in MMA.
Another big moment from Fight Night 85 came in a fight between former hockey enforcer Steve Bosse and New Zealander James Te Huna. Having retired just weeks after signing with the UFC back in 2014 only to unretire and suffer a hellacious, short-notice loss to Thiago Santos at Fight Night 70 last year, the future of Bosse — and Te Huna, for that matter — seemed more uncertain than ever.
Of course, the easiest way to stick around in the UFC is by making an impression, which is exactly what Bosse did via a perfectly-timed right hand just 52 seconds into the first round. The win marked Bosse’s first since 2013, as well as Te Huna’s fourth straight first round loss in as many contests.
The full results for Fight Night 85 are below.
Main card (FOX Sports 1)
Mark Hunt def. Frank Mir via KO (punch) at 3:01 of R1
Neil Magny def. Hector Lombard via TKO (punches) at :46 of R3
Jake Matthews def. Johnny Case via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:45 of R3
Dan Kelly def. Antônio Carlos Júnior via TKO (strikes) at 1:36 of R3
Steve Bossé def. James Te-Huna via KO (punch) at :54 of R1
Bec Rawlings def. Seo Hee Ham via unanimous decision
Prelims (FOX Sports 1)
Alan Jouban def. Brendan O’Reilly via TKO (strikes) at 2:15 of R1
Dan Hooker def. Mark Eddiva via submission (guillotine) at 1:24 or R1
Leslie Smith def. Rin Nakai via unanimous decision
Viscardi Andrade def. Richard Walsh via unanimous decision
Prelims (UFC Fight Pass)
Ross Pearson def. Chad Laprise via split decision
Alan Patrick def. Damien Brown via unanimous decision
Following a successful UFC Fight Night 85 event in Brisbane, Australia, it was decided that Mark Hunt, Neil Magny and Jake Matthews were the three fighters who were deserving of a little extra cash.
At the UFC Fight Night 85 post-fight press confere…
Following a successful UFC Fight Night 85 event in Brisbane, Australia, it was decided that Mark Hunt, Neil Magny and Jake Matthews were the three fighters who were deserving of a little extra cash.
At the UFC Fight Night 85 post-fight press conference held after the event on Saturday night, it was announced that Jake Matthews vs. Johnny Case (video highlights here) was the “Fight of the Night” winner, as Matthews took home an additional $50,000 for his third round submission victory.
Also pocketing $50,000 bonuses for “Performances of the Night” were Mark Hunt, who scored another “walk-off” knockout in the first round of his main event against Frank Mir (video highlights here) and Neil Magny, who stopped Hector Lombard in the third round of their co-main event fight (video highlights here).
For complete UFC Fight Night 85 results, click here.
