Mark Hunt on Walk-Off Knockout: ‘I Just Felt It’

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SYDNEY — MMA Fighting spoke to Mark Hunt after his win over Chris Tuchscherer at Sunday’s UFC 127 in Sydney, Australia. Hunt expressed his relief in winning his first fight in nearly five years and talked about his walk-off knockout.

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SYDNEY — MMA Fighting spoke to Mark Hunt after his win over Chris Tuchscherer at Sunday’s UFC 127 in Sydney, Australia. Hunt expressed his relief in winning his first fight in nearly five years and talked about his walk-off knockout.

Mark Hunt to Get One More Shot in the UFC Against Chris Tuchscherer in Australia

(Ah, yes. The glory days. Photo via fighters.com)
Currently riding a six-fight losing streak with all losses coming in the first round, PRIDE/K-1 vet Mark Hunt last competed at UFC 119 in September, where he fell victim to a Sean McCorkle armlock in …

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(Ah, yes. The glory days. Photo via fighters.com)

Currently riding a six-fight losing streak with all losses coming in the first round, PRIDE/K-1 vet Mark Hunt last competed at UFC 119 in September, where he fell victim to a Sean McCorkle armlock in just 63 seconds. Hunt’s UFC debut was part of a contractual obligation carried over from his days in PRIDE, and we figured we’d seen the last of him in the Octagon when he lost in such garbage-ass fashion. And yet, the UFC has added the Kiwi kickboxer to the lineup of UFC 127 (February 27th; Sydney, Australia). Oceania represent?

Hunt will be taking on Team Deathclutch member Chris Tuchscherer, who’s also skating on thin ice, contract-wise. Tushcherer has gone 1-2 during his stint in the UFC, winning a razor-thin majority decision over Tim Hague between first-round knockout losses to Gabriel Gonzaga and Brendan Schaub. As Gonzaga himself might say, loser, you are a fired. In other heavyweight news…

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Sean McCorkle Validates Trash Talk, Calls Out Sonnen, Mitrione After Win

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MMA Fighting spoke to Sean McCorkle after his UFC 119 win over Mark Hunt Saturday night about what it felt like to win his debut, his performance and why he wants a shot at Matt Mitrione o…

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MMA Fighting spoke to Sean McCorkle after his UFC 119 win over Mark Hunt Saturday night about what it felt like to win his debut, his performance and why he wants a shot at Matt Mitrione or Chael Sonnen next.

UFC 119 Undercard Live Blog: Hunt vs. McCorkle, Grant vs. Paulino, More

Filed under: UFCINDIANAPOLIS — This is the UFC 119 live blog for the four preliminary bouts from the Conseco Field House.

Matches on the undercard are Thiago Tavares vs. Pat Audinwood, TJ Grant vs. Julio Paulino, Steve Lopez vs. Waylon Lowe and
Mark …

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Grant vs. Paulino is one of the UFC 119 undercard fights.INDIANAPOLIS — This is the UFC 119 live blog for the four preliminary bouts from the Conseco Field House.

Matches on the undercard are Thiago Tavares vs. Pat Audinwood, TJ Grant vs. Julio Paulino, Steve Lopez vs. Waylon Lowe and
Mark Hunt vs. Sean McCorkle.

The live blog is below.

Sean McCorkle Says He’s ‘Like Kimbo Slice, Except Without the Fighting Part’

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As we found out on a recent episode of The Bum Rush, UFC rookie and Indianapolis local Sean McCorkle understands at least one constant in life: Nobody likes an angry giant. When you’re as physically imposing as…

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As we found out on a recent episode of The Bum Rush, UFC rookie and Indianapolis local Sean McCorkle understands at least one constant in life: Nobody likes an angry giant. When you’re as physically imposing as McCorkle – he’s 6-foot-7 and says he started his “living nightmare” weight cut for UFC 119 at around 320-pounds – you basically have no choice but to be jolly. It’s just the more socially acceptable thing to do. As McCorkle reaffirms in this video interview with Ariel Helwani, the big fella’s got jokes, alright.

McCorkle is so legitimately amusing here that he doesn’t even break out his best material until the six-minute mark, when he starts talking about his bitch of an ex-wife. He claims he never considered fighting anything more than a hobby until said bitch “pretty much took all his money” in a divorce about a year and a half ago. Since then it’s been full speed ahead, running his professional record to 9-0 before being tabbed as the guy to welcome Pride veteran Mark Hunt to his contractually-obligated Octagon debut on Saturday.

“Boy, does your ex-wife feel stupid now,” Helwani says.

“She felt stupid to me before,” McCorkle deadpans. Hi-yo!

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Sean McCorkle Doesn’t Want to Get Beat Up in Front of Friends, Family

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MMA Fighting spoke to Octagon newcomer Sean McCorkle about his UFC 119 debut against Mark Hunt, how he talked his way into the organization and his quirky Internet persona.

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MMA Fighting spoke to Octagon newcomer Sean McCorkle about his UFC 119 debut against Mark Hunt, how he talked his way into the organization and his quirky Internet persona.