{"id":112770,"date":"2014-09-18T05:03:09","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T12:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=112770"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:31:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:31:44","slug":"melvin-manhoef-explains-how-he-was-tricked-into-fighting-mark-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/melvin-manhoef-explains-how-he-was-tricked-into-fighting-mark-hunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Melvin Manhoef Explains How He Was Tricked Into Fighting Mark Hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MMA-NEWs-PNG.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MMA-NEWs-PNG.png\" alt=\"MMA NEWs PNG\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MMA-NEWs-PNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MMA-NEWs-PNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MMA-NEWs-PNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Melvin Manhoef is arguably one of the hardest hitting fighters on the planet.  One of his most spectacular highlight reel knockouts came during his time in Pride FC, where he knocked Mark Hunt out cold with a left hand.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to being knocked out by Junior Dos Santos in May of 2013, Hunt hadn&#8217;t been knocked out since he fought Manhoef in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Manhoef spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2014\/09\/melvin-manhoef-talks-doug-marshall-getting-tricked-into-fighting-mark-hunt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a> about how his manager tricked him into fighting Hunt.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI was eating chocolate cake and (my manager) called me, \u2018Hey, do you want to fight Mark Hunt?&#8217;\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said, \u2018Man, that guy is like 140 kilos (300-plus pounds) or something. I\u2019m 88 kilos. How do you want me to do that?&#8217;\u201d he remembers. \u201c(My manager) dropped the subject, but five minutes later, he said, \u2018You know, I was working in a bar, and one of my friends was there with his wife. And this big huge guy touched his wife, her butt and her tits. And my friend did nothing. What would you do?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said to him, \u2018Man! I would really f-ck that big guy up if he touched my wife!\u2019 And (my manager) said, \u2018Yeah, that guy is Mark Hunt! So you can fight him.\u2019 Then he called the promotion and told them that I\u2019d be fighting. He tricked me into taking that fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe left punch hit him so hard that his whole back and everything was shaking. That fight is very memorable to me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mark Hunt takes on Roy Big Country Nelson in Japan this upcoming Saturday exclusively on UFC Fight Pass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melvin Manhoef is arguably one of the hardest hitting fighters on the planet. One of his most spectacular highlight reel knockouts came during his time in Pride FC, where he knocked Mark Hunt out cold with a left hand. 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