Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
President Dana White really loves
heavyweight slugger Mark Hunt (his
words), and wants the aging "Super
Samoan" to stick by his side until the
end of his already-legendary mixed
martial arts (MMA) career.
That said, White -- who just coughed
up "millions" to keep him
-- may have buyer's remorse in the
aftermath of UFC 200.
That's because Hunt blew a gasket
when news broke that Brock Lesnar,
who mugged and slugged his way to a
unanimous decision win over the
former K-1 kickboxer, failed a pair of
drug tests administered by United
States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).
Hunt explodes during his conversation
with MarkHunt.tv:
"The way I see it, the Brock
Lesnar doping thing is just
another reason why we need a
fighter's association. These guys
are just making up the rules as
they go. First the Reebok thing,
then Brock's four-month testing
exemption. Conor [McGregor] gets
pulled off a card for not going to a
press conference that me or
Brock didn't go to anyway. Work
that out. There's probably a heap
of others. They say they are
cleaning up the sport, yet I've
risked my health two times
against guys cheating since this
USADA thing started. I was told
Brock was gonna be tested when I
took the fight, he comes in
looking fricken juicy as hell and
then I find out he's popped after
the PPV has already been sold.
It's ridiculous. The fact that they
haven't even bothered to make
contact with me since all of this
happened just proves they don't
care. I'm pretty sure all of this
stuff is just there to look good for
the sale if you ask me. These
guys have lined there pockets
with our blood if you ask me. I
mean they deserve to get paid no
doubt, they took the UFC from
nothing into what it is today, but
come on, most of the guys
fighting, get paid nothing and
have no benefits
. We are massive reason why fans
watch the sport and we risk our
health to do it. I'm not sure what
its like in the states, but in
Australia workers stick together
to make sure their voice is heard.
Lots of guys have talked about
this, but someone needs to make
this happen and I'm happy for it
to be me. To the fighters listening
to this I want them to get in touch
with me via my Facebook page
and we can get thing going. I
won't name anyone until we sort
it all out, but get in touch and lets
make this happen."
Hunt, who banked a career-high $
700,000 for his UFC 200 loss, tried to
warn them.
This isn't the first time a combatant
has called for some sort of union or
fighter's association, but those
conversations usually happen behind
closed doors (unless you're this guy).
I'm sure the Las Vegas Culinary Union
would love to get its grubby little
hands on Hunt's new movement,
especially now that UFC is in a state of
transition.
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