mark hunt
Mark Hunt was born into a large, tight knit Samoan family in a tough suburb of South Auckland, New Zealand. [1]
Representing Oceania, Mark Hunt was born into a large, tight knit Samoan family in a tough suburb in the city of Auckland, New Zealand. [2]
Mark Hunt (born March 23, 1974) is a New Zealand kickboxer and mixed martial artist of Samoan descent, currently living in Sydney, Australia. [3]
Mark “Super Samoan” Hunt (born March 23, 1974) is a New Zealand born Samoan kickboxer and mixed martial artist, currently living and fighting out of Sydney, Australia. [1]
As a kickboxer he shocked the world on 8 December 2001 by winning the K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Final. [4]
Hunt stepped in as a late replacement for Sakuraba, and won a split decision against an outweighed PRIDE middleweight (205 lb) champion Wanderlei Silva. [1]
As a kickboxer he shocked the world on December 8, 2001 by winning the K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Final. [5]
Hunt was immediately taken down by Barnett and ultimately lost to a kimura submission roughly two and a half minutes into the first round. [...] Hunt’s mixed martial arts career saw him fight in events in Japan’s PRIDE Fighting Championships. [1]
After that he took part of K-1 World GP 2001 in Melbourne, where he beat Japanese boxer Hiromi Amada, before suffering a close unanimous decision loss to reigning champion Ernesto Hoost. [4]
At the PRIDE Shockwave 2005 event, Hunt surprisingly defeated Mirko Filipovic “Cro Cop” via a dubious split decision, after his earlier loss to him in K-1. [1]
After the fight however, Sefo suffered an eye injury and was not able to continue, allowing Hunt to proceed in his place. [4]
He won the K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Final. [3]
Hunt won the rematch by knocking out Le Banner in the second round and advanced himself onto the semi-finals facing Stefan Leko. [4]
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Sources:
[1] Mark Hunt “Super Samoan” - MMA Fighter
[2] PRIDEFC Official Website
[3] Mark Hunt facts - Freebase
[4] Mark Hunt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[5] Mark Hunt - FightWiki