No. 8-ranked UFC heavyweight Mark “The Super Samoan” Hunt is without question one of the heaviest hitters in the sport of mixed martial arts. A feared puncher with a lifetime of kickboxing experience under his belt, Hunt has produced some of the most brutal knockouts that we’ve ever had the pleasure of seeing. The legendary
No. 8-ranked UFC heavyweight Mark “The Super Samoan” Hunt is without question one of the heaviest hitters in the sport of mixed martial arts. A feared puncher with a lifetime of kickboxing experience under his belt, Hunt has produced some of the most brutal knockouts that we’ve ever had the pleasure of seeing.
The legendary striker will clash with returning former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar in the co-main event of July 9’s UFC 200 from the all-new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The bout seems to display the classic striker vs. grappler contest, and many are predicting Hunt to put Lesnar away as he’s done to so many other helpless victims.
Leading up to the highly-anticipated clash, we here at LowKickMMA thought it’d be the perfect time to take a look back the illustrious career of “The Super Samoan”. Excluding his kickboxing matches, let’s check out eight times that Hunt absolutely destroyed his opponent in an MMA fight.
Mark Hunt put in another top notch performance at UFC Fight Night 85, so what’s next for the heavy hitting ‘Super Samoan?’ The heavyweight division wouldn’t be the same without Mark Hunt, and he proved it once again with a thunderous knockout win against Frank Mir in Australia. The two mixed martial arts legends collided
Mark Hunt put in another top notch performance at UFC Fight Night 85, so what’s next for the heavy hitting ‘Super Samoan?’
The heavyweight division wouldn’t be the same without Mark Hunt, and he proved it once again with a thunderous knockout win against Frank Mir in Australia. The two mixed martial arts legends collided in the UFC Fight Night 85 main event last night (Saturday March 19, 2016), but it was a purely one sided affair. For ‘The Super Samoan,’ it was just about finding the opening to land one fight ending strike.
That opportunity came in the opening round, with less than three minutes transpired, as Hunt launched a spectacular right hand that bounced off Mir’s head. As the ex-UFC heavyweight champion flopped to the canvas, the New Zealander walked off like a gangster. Another one punch KO under Hunt’s belt, and now a range of potential big fights await him.
So what’s next for Mark Hunt? We’ve picked out five possible opponents for the fan friendly ‘Super Samoan’ to battle next, check it out:
Winner of dos Santos vs. Rothwell
Another former UFC heavyweight champion in Junior dos Santos will tangle with Ben Rothwell at the upcoming UFC Fight Night 86 on April 10. Now might be the right time for Hunt to avenge his spectacular knockout loss to ‘Cigano,’ but that would all depend on ‘JDS’ getting past ‘Big Ben’ next month. Rothwell could also be a great fight for Hunt if he beats dos Santos, with either fight being worthy of headlining a Fight Night card, or perhaps a co-main on a pay-per-view.
The heavyweight division has long been the most appealing to combat sports fans simply due to the sheer power possessed by its inhabitants. Boxing legends Rocky Marciano and “Iron” Mike Tyson helped to establish the notion that heavyweights were known for their knockout power, and mixed martial arts (MMA) is no different. If you’re looking
The heavyweight division has long been the most appealing to combat sports fans simply due to the sheer power possessed by its inhabitants.
Boxing legends Rocky Marciano and “Iron” Mike Tyson helped to establish the notion that heavyweights were known for their knockout power, and mixed martial arts (MMA) is no different.
If you’re looking for some of the very best bone-crushing finishes out there, look no further than the illustrious UFC heavyweight division.
With the title set to be defended this upcoming May at UFC 198, we thought it’d be a perfect time to look at the 10 best heavyweight knockouts in UFC history.
Mixed martial arts heavyweight legends collide at UFC Fight Night 85 this weekend (Saturday March 19) in Brisbane, Australia as Mark Hunt and Frank Mir go at it. Both men have storied careers that ran parallel but never crossed over paths until this point, with Mir as the former UFC heavyweight champion and poster boy
Mixed martial arts heavyweight legends collide at UFC Fight Night 85 this weekend (Saturday March 19) in Brisbane, Australia as Mark Hunt and Frank Mir go at it. Both men have storied careers that ran parallel but never crossed over paths until this point, with Mir as the former UFC heavyweight champion and poster boy of the promotion, and Hunt mostly making his name in the glory days of Japanese MMA and also as a decorated K-1 kickboxer.
Now with the two finally set to meet for the first time in their illustrious timelines, we’ve seen quite a jovial rivalry up until this point. An extremely rare complimentary trash talk video can be seen at the end of this article, but has certainly been overshadowed by Frank Mir’s most recent comments. Check out what the heavyweight submission specialist told MMAJunkie.comduring a recent interview. It’s chilling.
“I love leg locks and heel hooks and kneebars. They’re complex and hard to avoid. I feel like if we get down to the ground, defending his legs is going to be very difficult, especially because his main concern is getting up – not worrying about his feet.”
“I have the hip drive that when I grab something, it’s not going to be uncomfortable. He’s going to have to make the decision of it he wants to continue fighting or go ahead and lose that fight. When I say continue fighting, I mean if he taps, he can continue on (with his career). Kneebars and heel hooks at his age could take him out of competition for an extremely long time.”
“Even when we’re striking, I feel very comfortable that I’ll be winning the MMA aspect of the standup fight,” Mir said. “That’s because there’s takedowns involved. Mark can’t just come in and throw a four-piece combination and a low kick. He has to be worried about me grabbing his leg and taking him down and fighting his way back up. It changes the striking aspect. For my striking, I’ve learned to adapt it right off the bat for MMA. Even my jiu-jitsu, I adapt it very much for MMA.”
“I’ve finished fights from my feet, I’ve finished fights with my ground-and-pound, and I’ve finished fights from my back with a submission, from top with submission,” Mir said. “You name it, and I’ve finished a fight that way. Mark can’t the same thing. If he hasn’t finished the fight by knockout or TKO, how can he finish the fight?”
So, in short, the message from Mir is tap and you can continue fighting, if not, it may be the end of Mark Hunt’s fighting career. So much for the fun and games we were first seeing between these two legends of the game.
In closing, we could well see the end of either man’s career on Saturday down under, as a loss at this stage, particularly a brutal finish, could well mark the conclusion of their long stints as mixed martial artists. Let’s hope not.
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