{"id":241478,"date":"2017-06-10T10:39:18","date_gmt":"2017-06-10T17:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=241478"},"modified":"2017-06-10T10:49:47","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T17:49:47","slug":"mark-hunt-not-planning-retirement-just-yet1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/mark-hunt\/mark-hunt-not-planning-retirement-just-yet1\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Hunt not planning retirement just yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC heavyweight Mark Hunt has remained one of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/mark-hunt\/gif-mark-hunt-king-walk-off-ko\/\">the most destructive heavyweights<\/a> on the UFC roster despite being 43-years old. Ranked #7 on the UFC&#8217;s official rankings, Hunt is currently gearing up for his &#8216;UFC Fight Night: New Zealand&#8217; scrap with #6 ranked heavyweight Derrick Lewis tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the fight, many question when Hunt will choose to hang the gloves up for good, however &#8216;The Super Samoan&#8217; revealed recently that he doesn&#8217;t have a master plan for his retirement in the near future, rather he plans to keep fighting until he no longer can.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/ufc\/story\/mark-hunt-wont-stop-fighting-until-the-wheels-fall-off-060817\" target=\"_blank\">Fox Sports:<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Mark-Hunt.png\" alt=\"Mark Hunt\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-226042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Mark-Hunt.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Mark-Hunt-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Mark-Hunt-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Mark-Hunt-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI love fighting. I don\u2019t have to put a time limit on it,\u201d Hunt recently told FOX Sports. \u201cI\u2019ve spent 26 years fighting in two different sports. The old dog is still going. I\u2019m not going to quit now. I\u2019m going to keep going until I can\u2019t do it or God says there\u2019s an injury and you\u2019re done. That\u2019s how it is for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUntil the wheels fall off, this bus is still going to be hauling ass. I\u2019m not scared, homie. Just like Nick Diaz says. I ain\u2019t never scared.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s fighting in the top 10 and the main thing for me is that I\u2019m not cheating and I hope he\u2019s not cheating. I think it\u2019s going to be a great fight and may the best man win, not the best cheater.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hunt-Lesnar-staredown.png\" alt=\"Hunt Lesnar\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-198366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hunt-Lesnar-staredown.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hunt-Lesnar-staredown-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hunt-Lesnar-staredown-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hunt-Lesnar-staredown-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mark Hunt of course is referencing his ongoing dispute with the UFC over Brock Lesnar failing a USADA-administered drug test prior to their UFC 200 fight, and Alistair Overeem using an IV around the time of their UFC 209 scrap in March. In addition, Hunt has been extremely outspoken against PED users given the fact that throughout the course of his career, numerous opponents have failed drug tests following their fight.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Hunt&#8217;s fight with Lewis however, the two men were respectful of one another, even going as far as to praise one another in interviews.<\/p>\n<p>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 6\/10\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC heavyweight Mark Hunt has remained one of the most destructive heavyweights on the UFC roster despite being 43-years old. Ranked #7 on the UFC&#8217;s official rankings, Hunt is currently gearing up for his &#8216;UFC Fight Night: New Zealand&#8217; scrap with #6 ranked heavyweight Derrick Lewis tonight. 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