Mark Richard Hunt is a New Zealand mixed martial artist and former kickboxer of Samoan descent. Hunt competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship until 2018 and was the winner of the 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix. He is known as the ‘King of Walk-Offs’ due to his popularization of the technique of walking away and stopping attacks before the referee officially ends the match. Hunt is currently ranked No. 3 in the world by the Ultimate MMA Federation with a record of 11-2.
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Mark Richard Hunt is a New Zealand mixed martial artist and former kickboxer of Samoan descent, currently living in Sydney, Australia. Hunt competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship until 2018 and was the winner of the 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix. He is known as the ‘King of Walk-Offs’ due to his popularization of the technique of walking away and stopping attacks before the referee officially ends the match. Hunt was born in South Auckland, into a large Samoan family, and was a troubled child eventually leading to two jail terms for violent offending. He had no intention to be a professional fighter until a late night altercation outside a nightclub just after getting out of jail for the second time in Auckland changed the course of his life. In the beginning of his career, Hunt was used by the promoters as a stepping stone for their up-and-coming fighters, taking up fights at short notice, until Tarik Solak promoted K- 1 Oceania tournament in February 2000. In 2002, Hunt went to Paris to fight Jérôme Le Banner again for the third time what turned out to be one of the biggest battles inK-1 history. On 17 December 2002, Mark Hunt returned to defend his K-2 World Championship. In April 2008, Hunt announced his return to K1 and nominated him as the challenger of K1 Super Heavyweight Championship held by Schilt Schilt. The match was held on April 13, 2008 in Yokohama, Japan, at the first K1 World GP event of the year.
Hunt lost the fight by a unanimous decision to Brazilian Kyokushin karate champion Francisco Filho by unanimous decision. He has been nominated to compete in the FEG Super Heavyweights Championship at the end of April 2008 in Tokyo, Japan at the start of the K-3 World GP tournament. The fight will be Hunt’s first appearance in a super heavyweight division since his debut in 2005. He will be the first New Zealander to fight in the UFC’s super-heavyweight division, having previously fought in the bantamweight division in the welterweight division. Hunt is currently ranked No. 3 in the world by the Ultimate MMA Federation (UMA) with a record of 11-2. He was the first Kiwi to win the K1 Oceonia title by knocking out \”The Coconut Crusher\” Aumitagi in quarter finals, Rony Sefo in semis and Phil Fagan in the finals. After this he was invited to Japan for K-one qualifications. He lost his first international fight by unanimous Decision against Jérémy Le Banner. Hunt then TKO’d Adam Watt to earn his place in the K -1 WorldGrand Prix Finals at the Tokyo Dome. He advanced himself onto the semi-finals facing Stefan Leko. Hunt won the rematch by knocked out Le Banner in the second round and advanced himself to the semi finals against his longesis Jerome Jerome Le Banner at the third round of the tournament.
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