MARK HUNT
28 | FIGHT AUSTRALIA fightaustralia.com.au
40 — that being the ageless warrior
Randy Couture, who remarkably
took the crown from six-foot-eight,
125-kilogram giant Tim Sylvia at 43
years of age.
The rise, fall and rise of Hunt is a
story already fitting of a Hollywood
blockbuster, but joining Couture in
that exclusive club would just be the
icing on the cake.
The adopted Aussie’s story isn’t the
brainchild of a Hollywood screenwriter,
though. Only he has the power to
determine whether or not his fairytale
ends with gold and riches.After pulling no punches while
reflecting on his rollercoaster ride of a
career, Hunt admits he is happy to look
forward and quit dwelling on the past.
Mir is his next challenge — a feared
submission artist who is capable of
inflicting serious damage with his limb-
twisting holds. While Hunt is wary
of the former champion’s dangerous
repertoire, he is confident that he can
pull the trigger on a knockout punch
before Mir gets a chance to pull a
submission out of his bottomless bag
of tricks.
If the new and improved Hunt
puts in the type of performance he
did against the Brazilian ‘Bigfoot’ in
Melbourne last year, he could remind
the masses that he’s a serious force, and
one of the biggest threats to Werdum’s
heavyweight crown.
“I want more fights. The only way to
get the title shot is to keep winning,”
he said, mentally mapping out his
plan to have a busy 2016 campaign.
“Ideally, I’d like to keep fighting if I’m
not injured and build my record. Even
if I’m not ready to be fighting, I’ll be
fighting. It’s all about creating the
opportunities I like to have.”22
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