{"id":265027,"date":"2017-12-05T07:04:34","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T15:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=265027"},"modified":"2017-12-05T07:04:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T15:04:34","slug":"report-mark-hunts-brain-test-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/mark-hunt\/report-mark-hunts-brain-test-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Mark Hunt&#8217;s brain test results are in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After penning <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/mark-hunt\/mark-hunt-fine-dying-fighter-hes-got-conditions\/\">a tell-all piece<\/a> for the publication Players Voice, in which he admitted to many of the symptoms of brain injury, UFC heavyweight Mark Hunt was plucked from a planned bout with Marcin Tybura, and shelved indefinitely by the UFC. The plan, the organization revealed, was to have Hunt undergo extensive testing before allowing him to return to the cage.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailytelegraph.com.au\/sport\/boxing-mma\/mark-hunt-cleared-to-fight-by-specialists\/news-story\/c672d8c398cb0ab0572d16075af66f6b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Telegraph<\/a>, Hunt&#8217;s test results are in, and they&#8217;re good. This report, which sites a Tuesday conference call with\u00a0<span>specialists from the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas, claims Hunt has<\/span>\u00a0been declared fit to continue competing. Hunt&#8217;s manager subsequently confirmed this news.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve just had a conference call with the doctors in the States, who gave us the good news,\u201d Hunt&#8217;s manager Zen Ginnen told The Daily Telegraph. &#8220;So it\u2019s all looking positive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe doctor said Mark scored well above average and that he\u2019s good to compete. So they\u2019ll ring the UFC now and let them know. We\u2019re just waiting on the UFC to clear him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This, of course, is not the first stint of testing Hunt has undergone. He also underwent testing in Australia \u2013 which apprently wasn&#8217;t enough to satisfy the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow Mark\u2019s been cleared twice,\u201d Ginnen said. \u201cHe\u2019s done testing with two experts in Australia \u2014 and been cleared \u2014 before going and proving himself again in the US. Obviously our concern was always Mark\u2019s health and we\u2019re pleased to know everything is fine. The doc said he\u2019ll forward on the results to the UFC and so we\u2019ll wait to hear from them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Having attained these favorable test results, Hunt is now apparently eyeing a UFC 221 fight with Fabricio Werdum, and from there, a fight with <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/stipe-miocic\/odds-stipe-miocic-vs-francis-ngannou-heavyweight-title-fight-released\/\">the winner of Francis Ngannou and Stipe Miocic&#8217;s heavyweight title fight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;We would love for Fabricio to be Mark\u2019s opponent in Perth,\u2019\u2019 Ginnen said. \u201cWe think Francis Ngannou is next in line for a title fight. So we\u2019d like to go up against Fabricio and hopefully be in line for a title hot at the back end of 2018.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for updates on Mark Hunt&#8217;s return as they emerge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 5\/12\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After penning a tell-all piece for the publication Players Voice, in which he admitted to many of the symptoms of brain injury, UFC heavyweight Mark Hunt was plucked from a planned bout with Marcin Tybura, and shelved indefinitely by the UFC. 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