{"id":265313,"date":"2017-12-08T06:59:18","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T14:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=265313"},"modified":"2017-12-08T06:59:18","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T14:59:18","slug":"mark-hunt-can-now-return-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/mark-hunt\/mark-hunt-can-now-return-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Hunt Can Now Return to the UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Hunt&#8217;s career came into jeopardy when he wrote an article detailing symptoms of CTE. He was consequently pulled from his fight at UFC Sydney and on leave from the UFC indefinitely. This resulted in Hunt seeking out a myriad of tests\u00a0<span>from the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas, to try and prove that he is still fit to fight. After an exclusive<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2017\/12\/7\/16749822\/ufc-clears-mark-hunt-to-resume-fighting-career\"> statement was given to\u00a0MMA Fighting<\/a>, the UFC has cleared Mark Hunt for competition after his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/mark-hunt\/report-mark-hunts-brain-test-results\/\">succesful medical analysis<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe\u2019ve just had a conference call with the doctors in the States, who gave us the good news, so it\u2019s all looking positive.\u00a0The 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. Now Mark\u2019s been cleared twice. He\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.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former champ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabricioWerdum?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FabricioWerdum<\/a> steps in for Mark Hunt against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarcinTybura?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MarcinTybura<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCSydney?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFCSydney<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&#x1f4f0; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ELxidkoCZ3\">https:\/\/t.co\/ELxidkoCZ3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fiatJ8NILe\">pic.twitter.com\/fiatJ8NILe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UFCEurope\/status\/918017079877554181?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The doc said he\u2019ll forward on the results to the UFC and so we\u2019ll wait to hear from them. We would love for Fabricio [Werdum] to be Mark\u2019s opponent in Perth. We 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.\u201d &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailytelegraph.com.au\/sport\/boxing-mma\/mark-hunt-cleared-to-fight-by-specialists\/news-story\/c672d8c398cb0ab0572d16075af66f6b\">Mark Hunt\u2019s manager Zen Ginnen told The Daily Telegraph.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mark Hunt&#8217;s manger&#8217;s suggestion after the results were to have Hunt return in Perth, now that the UFC has signed off on all of his paperwork, an Australian return seems like a no-brainer. You should know by now that the main event of the February card is Robert Whittaker versus Luke Rockhold for the undisputed middleweight title that was just <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/update-georges-st-pierre-vacates-middleweight-title-whittaker-defending-undisputed-title-vs-rockhold\/\">vacated by Georges St-Pierre<\/a>. It&#8217;d be great to get a couple of heavy-hitting heavyweights for the co-main event.<\/p>\n<p><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 12\/8\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Hunt&#8217;s career came into jeopardy when he wrote an article detailing symptoms of CTE. He was consequently pulled from his fight at UFC Sydney and on leave from the UFC indefinitely. 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