{"id":112846,"date":"2014-09-18T18:56:22","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T01:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=112846"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:31:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:31:35","slug":"mark-hunt-i-want-one-chance-for-that-title-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/mark-hunt-i-want-one-chance-for-that-title-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Hunt:  I want one chance for that title shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/hunt2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44293\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/hunt2.jpg\" alt=\"hunt2\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/hunt2.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/hunt2-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/hunt2-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Heavyweight contender Mark &#8220;The Super Samoan&#8221; Hunt recently signed a new 6-fight deal with\u00a0the UFC and stated that he plans to retire once the contract is up.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, retirement is the furthest thing\u00a0from the mind of the New Zealand knockout artist.<\/p>\n<p>Instead,\u00a0the 40-year-old\u00a0is planning\u00a0on making a\u00a0run\u00a0at the title and it all starts\u00a0by defeating Roy Nelson at this weekend&#8217;s UFC Fight Night event in Japan, as he told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2014\/9\/18\/6375285\/mark-hunt-i-want-one-chance-for-that-title-shot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting.com<\/a> in a recent interview:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s good for me to be doing what I&#8217;m doing at my age,&#8221; <\/em>he said.<em> &#8220;I love doing what I&#8217;m doing. But when I&#8217;m finished, I&#8217;m not going to come back. I won&#8217;t need the money. The only reason I&#8217;m still fighting is because I believe I&#8217;m still the best fighter in the world. I want to beat Roy on Saturday night, and then I want to fight a top-five guy. Then I want to challenge for the title once, whoever that may be against. That&#8217;s all I&#8217;m interested in. I want one chance for that title shot.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Do you think &#8220;The Super Samoan&#8221; will be able to make a run at the UFC&#8217;s coveted heavyweight title, or will Roy Nelson put an end to Hunt&#8217;s aspirations on Saturday? Sound off Penn Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heavyweight contender Mark &#8220;The Super Samoan&#8221; Hunt recently signed a new 6-fight deal with\u00a0the UFC and stated that he plans to retire once the contract is up. 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Instead,\u00a0the 40-year-old\u00a0is planning\u00a0on making a\u00a0run\u00a0at the title and it all starts\u00a0by defeating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[9,578,797,5676,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mark Hunt: I want one chance for that title shot | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/mark-hunt-i-want-one-chance-for-that-title-shot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mark Hunt: I want one chance for that title shot | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Heavyweight contender Mark &#8220;The Super Samoan&#8221; Hunt recently signed a new 6-fight deal with\u00a0the UFC and stated that he plans to retire once the contract is up. 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