UFC heavyweight Mark Hunt is coming off of a knockout loss to Alistair Overeem from UFC 209. However, the heavyweight is not happy about it.
Mark Hunt recently appeared on The MMA Hour to discuss his previous bout with Alistair Overeem. The fighter’s opinion of his UFC 209 opponent are beginning to mirror those of the fighter’s views on Brock Lesnar.
Prior to their fight, Overeem was administered an IV. The heavyweight was experiencing food poisoning just 24 hours before the fight, prompting officials to administer the IV. However, Hunt believes this was not the case.
As transcribed by Bloody Elbow, Hunt said “I wasn’t told about that. They’re not going to say anything about that. I think it’s just a whole crock of sh-t. It’s all made-up rubbish. It’s rubbish, you know? Have rules for everyone, not changing them for anyone.”
“I would’ve told him to toughen up. F—k. Toughen up, mate. He didn’t look sick when he got to the fight. He looked like he was pretty hydrated there.”
“Normally, a loss, it’s hard to swallow but you get over it sooner or later,” Hunt said. “But it is what it is. He got away with cheating and that’s it. He got away with it, so good on him. He didn’t get caught, they gave him help. Well f—k, you’re still a cheater to me.”
“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. I mean, shucks. And I already know, like I just said, that guy is always going to be a cheater. So are all the other guys, they’re going to be cheating monkeys anyway, so that’s how I feel about these guys. They’re lucky they got around the circumstances, and that’s the bottom line. That’s the bottom line, homie.”
“I don’t believe he was sick at all. He made sh-t up, and they said, ‘oh, here, have an IV. Give you a bit more help,’” Hunt added. “Load of sh-t. I think I might say that next time, ‘I’m sick, I’m sick.’ Rubbish.”
