The Native Iowan

UFC 180…

First Pay- to view I have ever done. I want to watch the Hunt v Werdum fight. I have followed Mark Hunt for years. Most folks do not know what this humble slugger from Auckland has done…

Mark Hunt

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hunt

Hunt was born in Auckland, into a large Samoan family, and was a troubled child eventually leading to two jail terms for violent offending.^[4] 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.^[4] The brawl did not last long, and Hunt knocked out multiple people.^[5] Sam Marsters, one of the bouncers at the door was impressed by the young man’s knockout power and invited him to his gym to take up formal training, and a week later, Hunt won a Muay Thai kickboxing match via knockout.^[5] Hunt received a six-pack of beer as a reward for the fight.^[4] Later that year Hunt moved to Sydney, Australia, to train with Alex Tui, and few years later he settled in Liverpool Kickboxing Gym under Maori instructor Hape Ngaranoa.^[6]

He is the only dude from south of the equator to win K1. He may not look the role-model pro-athlete, but he is a real and scary “fighter”.