AND THE BIG MAN WAS RIGHT. HE WASN’T LIKELY
TO GET A PINK SLIP IF HE GOT CLIPPED
BY ONE
OF SILVA’S SLEDGEHAMMER-LIKE RIGHT HANDS,
BUT IT WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY DASH HIS
HOPES OF EVER BECOMING A UFC CHAMPION.
MARK HUNT
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like right hands, but it would almost
certainly dash his hopes of ever
becoming a UFC champion.
With his back against the wall
in Melbourne, Hunt’s response was
emphatic, clinical and brutal, flatlining
Silva in 3:41 to the delight of over
56,000 screaming fans.
“When you think about it, I put in
months of training and only did three
minutes of work,” Hunt said, reflecting
on the quick win over Silva. “I didn’t
even warm up.”
At 41, Hunt knows he’s a lot closer
to the end of his career than the
beginning but has a renewed hunger to
etch his name into the history books
before he hangs up his gloves.
Only one man has ever won the
UFC heavyweight title past the age of