{"id":116206,"date":"2014-10-22T13:28:37","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T20:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=116206"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:14:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:14:56","slug":"mark-hunt-says-his-only-challenge-will-be-making-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/mark-hunt-says-his-only-challenge-will-be-making-weight\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Hunt says his only challenge will be making weight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/MArk-Hunt-Wins-PNG.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/MArk-Hunt-Wins-PNG.png\" alt=\"MArk Hunt Wins PNG\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/MArk-Hunt-Wins-PNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/MArk-Hunt-Wins-PNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/MArk-Hunt-Wins-PNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nYesterday, we learned that UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez had suffered a knee injury in training and was thus forced out of his scheduled main event title fight with Fabricio Werdum at UFC 180.<\/p>\n<p>With that news, the UFC decided to pit perennial contender Mark Hunt against Fabricio Werdum with the winner being crowned the UFC&#8217;s new interim heavyweight champion.<\/p>\n<p>The now 40-year-old former K1 Champion, Mark Hunt, recently spoke with MMAFighting, where he stated that his only worry about the short-notice fight is making weight, his words:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Don&#8217;t think I [hestitated],&#8221; he told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2014\/10\/22\/7038455\/mark-hunt-on-ufc-180-interim-title-fight-only-challenge-is-making\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a>. &#8220;Only challenge is making weight.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hunt weighed about 302-pounds when he received the call on Tuesday night regarding replacing the injured Velasquez. That means the &#8220;Super Samoan&#8221; will have just over 3 weeks to shed the 37-pounds required to make the UFC&#8217;s heavyweight limit of 265-pounds.<\/p>\n<p>Hunt was able to cut 18-pounds in 24 hours prior to his last octagon bout with Roy Nelson, so this should be a &#8220;cakewalk&#8221;, no pun intended.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you have winning UFC 180&#8217;s new heavyweight main event? Sound off Penn Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, we learned that UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez had suffered a knee injury in training and was thus forced out of his scheduled main event title fight with Fabricio Werdum at UFC 180. 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