{"id":143053,"date":"2015-05-10T20:09:29","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T03:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=143053"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:28:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:28:24","slug":"australian-politician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/australian-politician\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Politician Uses Mark Hunt Fight To Criticize &#8216;Thuggery&#8217; MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Hunt-Face-Ouch.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-142962\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Hunt-Face-Ouch.png\" alt=\"Hunt Face Ouch\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Hunt-Face-Ouch.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Hunt-Face-Ouch-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Hunt-Face-Ouch-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Hunt-Face-Ouch-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stipe Miocic vs. Mark Hunt wasn&#8217;t pretty. The fight featured Hunt being beaten up nearly five full rounds and the referee hesitant to stop a fight that should probably have been stopped in the third. Needless to say it was kind of hard to watch.<\/p>\n<p>So of course, an Australian politician thought it was a great example to call out the sport and it&#8217;s legitimacy. Check out his tweet below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mark Hunt hit 361 times in w\/end Cage Fight &amp; Daniel Andrews wants to legalise this thuggery &amp; brutality in Victoria. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/R8EL8KGR1n\">pic.twitter.com\/R8EL8KGR1n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Denis Napthine (@denisvnapthine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/denisvnapthine\/status\/597562882323189760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>By: <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/ryan-miller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryan C. Miller<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryancmiller1630\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ryancmiller1630<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>THIS IS NOT A DRILL! Ronda Rousey&#8217;s Intense Judo Workout &#8212; WATCH!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"container1\" class=\"outer-container\"><!-- Start of Brightcove Player --><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- By use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C  found at https:\/\/accounts.brightcove.com\/en\/terms-and-conditions\/.  --><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\/js\/BrightcoveExperiences.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"JavaScript\"><\/script><object id=\"myExperience4224710095001\" class=\"BrightcoveExperience\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\"><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"width\" value=\"560\" \/><param name=\"height\" value=\"315\" \/><param name=\"playerID\" value=\"4174782329001\" \/><param name=\"playerKey\" value=\"AQ~~,AAADV3-cjCE~,liy9q4yw9hqmtNPERf0MOvxn6JKOOxF3\" \/><param name=\"isVid\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"isUI\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"dynamicStreaming\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"@videoPlayer\" value=\"4224710095001\" \/><\/object> <!--  This script tag will cause the Brightcove Players defined above it to be created as soon as the line is read by the browser. 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