“Cheating is nothing to be proud of.”
― Mark Hunt
“Knowing and assuming are two different things.”
― Mark Hunt
“I was K-1 world champion.”
― Mark Hunt
“Your mind is the most powerful weapon you have.”
― Mark Hunt
“I got injuries already from fighting from guys that have been cheating. And you’re never the same when you get injured like that. I mean, look at my hand. It’s broken, it’s got 16 screws in it. I’m not as strong in this hand. It just affects you, especially this body being my livelihood.”
― Mark Hunt
“They can be King Kong, Godzilla, or whatever – I don’t care what they have. Once you get a punch in the face or a knee in the head, all of those skills are gone.”
― Mark Hunt
“There should be no tolerance for cheaters, especially in fighting.”
― Mark Hunt
“I’m not a liar. I’m a pretty straight up person.”
― Mark Hunt
“It’s the fight game, and everyone loses. You win some, you lose some. You just try to get back up on the horse.”
― Mark Hunt
“I’d be champ already if it wasn’t for the cheaters.”
― Mark Hunt
“There is nothing wrong with fighting, but when you’re fighting an uphill battle on an uneven playing field, that’s what I don’t like.”
― Mark Hunt
“You back me into a corner, I’m not going to lay down and die. I’ve been down that road too many years in my life.”
― Mark Hunt
“At the end of the day, that’s just boxing – it’s a different sport altogether. But when I finish fighting for the UFC, there are so many different options I have. Boxing is another option I could take.”
― Mark Hunt
“I’ve had a pretty chequered past, you know, as a kid, as a troubled kid.”
― Mark Hunt
“You’ve got Jon Jones, for instance. That guy is the best, one of the best fighters in the world, but he’s a cheater.”
― Mark Hunt
“I’m not gonna waste my money watching two cheaters fight. Why would I? They’re cheaters, in the end. That’s basically all they are. They should get nothing.”
― Mark Hunt
“For me, with fighting, I’m not going to have any regrets. I’m throwing down to the very end.”
― Mark Hunt
“All the guys at this top level, they’re pretty much dangerous all over the place. If you’re not good all over the place, you’ll be in a little bit of trouble. It’s hard to swim at the top end if you’re only good at one thing.”
― Mark Hunt
“Everyone wants to be UFC champion, and that’s my goal and my dream.”
― Mark Hunt
“If I get the boot out of the UFC, I’ll still continue to fight.”
― Mark Hunt
“I never lose a rematch.”
― Mark Hunt
“Sometimes I don’t sleep well.”
― Mark Hunt
“I’ve still got my senses about me, and I know what’s right and wrong, which is the main thing.”
― Mark Hunt
“You can hear me starting to stutter and slur my words.”
― Mark Hunt
“My memory is not that good anymore.”
― Mark Hunt
“I do watch some of my losses, but it just makes me think, ‘Well, you know, should have done this; could have done that.’ But that’s why I don’t like watching it. It’s a shoulda/coulda/woulda thing.”
― Mark Hunt
“I’m never confident about anything, especially with law.”
― Mark Hunt
“At the end of the day, I’m one of the greatest fighters on the planet.”
― Mark Hunt
“I never turned down any fight. I’m always up for the opportunity.”
― Mark Hunt
“What my thing is, I tell most of the time the truth, and sometimes it’s good for me, sometimes it’s bad. But, it’s true.”
― Mark Hunt
“I don’t turn down fights unless I’m injured. Never have. So it’s a part of my makeup.”
― Mark Hunt
“Everyone’s a world class ground fighter until they get a punch to the face.”
― Mark Hunt
“There is nothing wrong with my health. Who doesn’t forget things from time-to-time? Who out there has never stuttered or slurred a word at some point?”
― Mark Hunt
“Anyone who knows me knows how sharp my mind is. I speak at a thousand miles an hour. I’ll hold a discussion or a debate with anyone.”
― Mark Hunt
“I’ve built a career in one of the toughest, most ruthless industries in the world. You can’t do that unless you’re completely with it.”
― Mark Hunt
“My brain is fine.”
― Mark Hunt
“My old man was ruthless. He terrorised us.”
― Mark Hunt
“Yes, I was a bully. But the scrapping on the streets was my way of dealing with the anger I felt towards my parents.”
― Mark Hunt
“Home was never a safe place for me. I felt safer on the streets.”
― Mark Hunt
“I’d fight any of the top guys.”
― Mark Hunt
“I’m always down for a battle. I was born down.”
― Mark Hunt
“I love rematches.”
― Mark Hunt
“I’d like to fight and get close to that title shot – that’s all I’m interested in. My whole purpose is to fight for the world title.”
― Mark Hunt
“I’m a professional; I’ve got to be on weight all the time. There’s not excuses for that.”
― Mark Hunt
“At the end of the day, none of us are really promised tomorrow anyway.”
― Mark Hunt
“I don’t want to be remembered as just some tough guy who could take punches.”
― Mark Hunt
“It’s always discouraging to lose. You look at it and think, ‘Man, what’s going on?’ It’s always discouraging. But I’m a fighter. I don’t like to quit.”
― Mark Hunt
“I’ve been training jiu-jitsu for a while. It just didn’t really click in my brain. Maybe sometimes I get a bit lazy. By the time I realize I’m in trouble, I’m already caught. You can’t really think about it. You’ve got to just react as it happens.”
― Mark Hunt
“I’ve got my dreams. I want to be the best fighter on the planet.”
― Mark Hunt
“I have, like, 12 screws in my hand.”
― Mark Hunt
“I never wanted to be a fighter. This is what God said I’m going to do, and I’m happy with that.”
― Mark Hunt
“I feel blessed by God.”
― Mark Hunt
“I’m not going to underestimate any fighter.”
― Mark Hunt
“Coming from a standing background in striking, I couldn’t catch up to the guys with 20-plus years of training on the ground. I had to learn submissions. I found out it wasn’t an easy road. I had six losses in a row, but I still felt I was the best fighter in the world.”
― Mark Hunt
“Every fight is different.”
― Mark Hunt
“Every fight could be my last.”
― Mark Hunt
“Mentally, I could fight forever. I feel I’m the best fighter on the planet. My mind says I can fight forever, but physically, I won’t be able to do it.”
― Mark Hunt
“I love fighting.”
― Mark Hunt
“If you don’t like to be hit, you’re in the wrong sport.”
― Mark Hunt
“In the end, I think everyone should be treated fairly.”
― Mark Hunt
“I’ve done it my whole life: as a kid, when people made fun of you, I put positive stuff in there to keep me going.”
― Mark Hunt
“My whole career’s been an underdog’s.”
― Mark Hunt
“I won the world title in K-1 as a nobody.”
― Mark Hunt
“I don’t ask to fight anybody. All I ask is to fight the best fighters in the world.”
― Mark Hunt
“I’m always going to say I’m going to knock someone out.”
― Mark Hunt
“Every loss I take, I’ve accepted, and I move on.”
― Mark Hunt
“I used to make $300 a week, struggling to put food on the table, but I have become one of the highest-paid fighters in the world. I feel that’s destiny.”
― Mark Hunt
“I’ve been fighting since I was a child, fighting to get out of my circumstances.”
― Mark Hunt
“I couldn’t believe that talk about Jon Jones fighting Lesnar – that would have zero legitimacy. In society, we punish people that do bad things. Why isn’t it the same in fighting?”
― Mark Hunt
“I eat too much.”
― Mark Hunt
“It’s not my decision, what goes on with who gets a title shot. I mean, some people get their shots in two or three fights. They’re pretty lucky. I wish I could be like them.”
― Mark Hunt
“Whenever I start something, I try to finish it.”
― Mark Hunt
“It’s a dream of mine to be a mixed martial arts world champion.”
― Mark Hunt
“I’ve been the best fighter in the world at kickboxing – they can’t take that away from me – but when I started in MMA, I realized how great this sport is. It’s the ultimate combat sport, and that’s why I want to be the world’s best at it.”
― Mark Hunt
“I’m knocking fools out. I’m beating guys because that’s what I was born to do.”
― Mark Hunt
“That first loss in the UFC was a tough one. I hadn’t fought in a year, and you start again, different organisation, different scenario, and it all plays into it.”
― Mark Hunt
“All I’ve ever said I need is an opportunity. Give me a chance, and I’ll take it with both hands and run with it.”
― Mark Hunt
“Normally, a loss, it’s hard to swallow, but you get over it sooner or later.”
― Mark Hunt
“A loss is just a loss. You get up again, dust yourself off, go at it again regardless of the circumstances. That’s the way I look at it.”
― Mark Hunt
“I was a cheap criminal; I did many, many wrongs. I admit that. Of course, if I could tell each person I’m sorry, I would.”
― Mark Hunt
“Part of my gift as a fighter is being a human punching bag.”
― Mark Hunt
“I don’t feel pain like most people.”
― Mark Hunt
“My sister is strong.”
― Mark Hunt
“A few months before my dad died, his eyes had started to go, and his skin was turning green. When he finally went to hospital, he was diagnosed with late-stage pancreatic cancer. None of us kids knew why the old man ignored the doctors and refused their help, but none of us were surprised, either.”
― Mark Hunt
“I always remember my dad’s blue overalls and the blue overcoat he wore in winter, and I remember my mum’s big old Afro. Sometimes, though, in my memories, smudges have replaced their faces.”
― Mark Hunt
“Most of the neighbours didn’t like our parents, and they particularly gave Dad a very wide berth. We kids didn’t have that luxury.”
― Mark Hunt
“I’ve been given a platform with the UFC, so I might as well share my story.”
― Mark Hunt
“I was in jail a couple of times, and I was probably heading back there for a long time. But martial arts saved my life and some of the choices I made with it.”
― Mark Hunt
“People always say its an aggressive and bad sport and just like street fighting, but it’s not the same thing. You go into work at the gym every day, and it takes away from being an aggressive person in public. You’re training every day, and you’re losing that aggression for the public.”
― Mark Hunt
“The whole reason I fight is for my family. Everything I do is for them.”
― Mark Hunt
“I’m always going to be a New Zealand fighter. I’m a Kiwi, of course, and I’ve still got my New Zealand passport.”
― Mark Hunt
“My hands aren’t even that big.”
― Mark Hunt
“You don’t learn anything from quick knockouts. I learn more about myself from hard fights.”
― Mark Hunt
“Knocking someone out cold means you just caught them, that’s all.”
― Mark Hunt
“When I’m fighting, I’m trying to find a reaction. I try to make the guy move; I try to make him do things that I want him to do. If he likes moving a certain way, I try to set something up so I catch him if he moves that way.”
― Mark Hunt
“I’ve fought the best in the world.”
― Mark Hunt
“It’s not that I don’t enjoy fighting. I don’t enjoy the circumstances around fighting.”
― Mark Hunt
“Fighting has been a part of my life for my entire existence.”
― Mark Hunt
“There was a lot of pride, being one of the elite fighters in the world, in the best promotion in the world. That’s what I was proud of. To be called a UFC fighter, that was important.”
― Mark Hunt
“If you want to be the champ, you’ve got to beat the champ.”
― Mark Hunt
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