#2 The Super Samoan gets hunted down by Fabricio Werdum
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Mark Hunt is one of those few big name UFC fighters whose record belies their popularity. The Kiwi has been knocked out only a handful of times in more than sixty of his MMA and kickboxing fights.
He honed the inherent aggression and power that ran him afoul of the law in his teens into the terrorising left hand that magnetises fans to his fights.
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The Heavyweight title tilt at UFC 180 was changed to an Interim belt fight after Velaquez withdrew due to injury. Despite being given just a few days notice and going up against the altitude of Mexico, not to mention a primed Fabricio Werdum, Hunt didn’t take his foot off the pedal.
There were moments when it looked as though Hunt would pull off the unimaginable and inscribe a fabled win, but Werdum was too well prepared. Vai Cavalho wasn’t horsing around and kept conditioning Hunt to crouch when it looked as though he was about to shoot for a takedown.
In a breathtaking microcosm of brutality, Werdum used his height to launch a knee into the shorter Hunt, almost decapitating him in the process and becoming the Interim Heavyweight Champion.
