Mark "Super Samoan" Hunt trains @ Tiger Muay Thai & MMA, Phuket, Thailand

Mark "Super Samoan" Hunt trained at Tiger Muay Thai & MMA Training Camp in Phuket, Thailand for a short holiday with friend Brian Ebersole. Mark is a New Zealand born Samoan kickboxer and mixed martial artist, currently living and fighting out of Sydney, Australia. Hunt is known for his raw strength, KO power and having one the toughest chins in the world. As a kickboxer he shocked the world on 8 December 2001 by winning the K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Final. Hunt's mixed martial arts career saw him fight in events in Japan's PRIDE Fighting Championships. His first MMA fight was a submission loss to Hidehiko Yoshida, an Olympic gold medalist in judo. In his second fight, he defeated American wrestler Dan Bobish by TKO. Hunt stepped in as a late replacement for Sakuraba, and won a split decision against an outweighed PRIDE middleweight (205 lb) champion Wanderlei Silva. Silva, renowned for his brutal punching and Muay Thai clinch game, was neutralized by the hard-hitting Samoan and knocked down several times in the fight. At the PRIDE Shockwave 2005 event, Hunt surprisingly defeated Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović via a split decision, after his earlier loss to him in K-1. At PRIDE 31: Unbreakable, Hunt defeated Japanese boxer Yosuke Nishijima in the third round with a powerful one-two punch. Hunt made his UFC debut on 25 September 2010 at UFC 119 against fellow UFC newcomer and undefeated prospect Sean McCorkle.[6] Hunt trained with American Top Team for the fight. Photos that had emerged on the internet had shown that Hunt had lost a considerable amount of weight in comparison to that of his Pride days.[7] He was defeated via Submission (Straight Armbar) at 1:03 of the first round. Hunt's next fight in the UFC was against Chris Tuchscherer at UFC 127 on 27 Feb. in Sydney, Australia.[8] Hunt defeated Tuchscherer in the second round via KO, earning Knockout of the Night. http://www.TigerMuayThai.com http://www.MMAPhuket.com http://www.D-BaucheryFilms.com