{"id":196641,"date":"2016-06-15T09:05:36","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T16:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=196641"},"modified":"2016-06-15T09:05:36","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T16:05:36","slug":"dana-white-has-nothing-but-praise-for-mark-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/mark-hunt\/dana-white-has-nothing-but-praise-for-mark-hunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White has nothing but praise for Mark Hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Hunt has earned the reputation as one of the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-mark-hunt-picks-up-walk-off-1st-round-ko\/\">hardest hitting men in the history of the UFC<\/a>.  The &#8216;Super Samoan&#8217; has gone 7-4 in his UFC career, and is currently on a 2-fight win streak that has seen him knock out both Bigfoot Silva and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-mark-hunt-picks-up-walk-off-1st-round-ko\/\">Frank Mir.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ahead <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-updated-ufc-200-promo-with-brock-lesnar-mark-hunt\/\">Hunt&#8217;s UFC 200 fight<\/a> against former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, UFC President Dana White spoke about Hunt&#8217;s new UFC contract, and why he wants the veteran heavyweight to finish his career with the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldsun.com.au\/sport\/more-sports\/round-6-ufc-president-dana-white-wants-mark-hunt-to-keep-fighting\/news-story\/0dcdc78ddf06e3b2e03da8311f0d34bd\" target=\"_blank\">HeraldSun<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI love Mark Hunt. And I\u2019ve told him that. When we were talking through his latest contract I said, \u2018Mark I love yah and I want you to end your career with me. I want you to be here for the rest of your career\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you look at what he\u2019s accomplished between our last deal and this one &#8230; no, age is not a factor with Mark Hunt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s definitely a special individual when it comes to doing a deal. But I love the f &#8230; ing guy and was willing to do whatever it took.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love his style, I love his toughness and I really love his f &#8230; ing walk off knockouts. I love everything about him.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Hunt has earned the reputation as one of the hardest hitting men in the history of the UFC. The &#8216;Super Samoan&#8217; has gone 7-4 in his UFC career, and is currently on a 2-fight win streak that has seen him knock out both Bigfoot Silva and Frank Mir. 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