{"id":279040,"date":"2018-06-21T10:32:25","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T17:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=279040"},"modified":"2018-06-21T10:32:25","modified_gmt":"2018-06-21T17:32:25","slug":"tai-tuivasa-is-seeking-vengeance-against-mark-hunts-former-foes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tai-tuivasa\/tai-tuivasa-is-seeking-vengeance-against-mark-hunts-former-foes\/","title":{"rendered":"Tai Tuivasa is seeking vengeance against Mark Hunt&#8217;s former foes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rising heavyweight contender Tai Tuivasa is hoping to avenge some of the losses of his mentor, heavyweight legend Mark Hunt.<\/p>\n<p>Most notably, Tuivasa is interested in getting some payback against Brock Lesnar, whose win over Hunt was overturned due to a failed drug test. While vengeance is one of the main drivers for Tuivasa&#8217;s interest in Lesnar, however, he&#8217;s also aware that he&#8217;d likely get a big payday for this fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHell yeah, it\u2019s a money fight,\u201d Tuivasa said of a Lesnar fight on Submission Radio\u00a0(via<a href=\"https:\/\/themaclife.com\/featured-posts\/tai-tuivasa-brock-lesnar-alistair-overeem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> The Mac Life<\/a>). \u201cI\u2019m in this for the money, I\u2019m in this\u00a0for my family can do good, you know what I mean? So, of course [I\u2019d fight Lesnar]. With the money, obviously who wouldn\u2019t want to fight Brock Lesnar? And I\u2019d love to get one back on him for my boy [Hunt].<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Submission Radio #161 Stipe Miocic, Tai Tuivasa, Dave Meltzer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kEXPhe3QY04?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s all them boys that I want to get some payback for. Overeem, all\u00a0them\u00a0boys,&#8221; Tuivasa added. &#8220;I was there in the corner [when Overeem\u00a0defeated\u00a0Hunt], so I think of that as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ever since Lesnar&#8217;s win over Hunt was overturned, Hunt has repeatedly lambasted Lesnar for his abuse of performance-enhancing drugs. Tuivasa seems to share Hunt&#8217;s feelings on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone knows he\u2019s fucking on the juice.\u201d Tuivasa said of Lesnar. \u201cYou can ask a 10 year old kid and they\u2019ll probably tell you that. It\u2019s obvious. He\u2019s probably one of the biggest humans I\u2019ve ever seen in real life. He\u2019s huge. But that doesn\u2019t mean \u2014 if I\u2019m gonna get paid, I\u2019m gonna get paid and I\u2019ll fight him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Lesnar is currently under contract with WWE, there has much discussion about his potential return to the Octagon of late \u2014 perhaps even for a heavyweight super fight with <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/jon-jones-weighs-in-on-daniel-cormiers-claim-to-goat-status\/\">Jon Jones. <\/a>Before any potential return to the cage occurs, however, Lesnar will have to serve the remainder of the USADA-administered suspension he received after testing positive.<\/p>\n<p>Would you be interested in seeing Tai Tuivasa fight Brock Lesnar and Alistair Overeem in the future?<\/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 6\/21\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rising heavyweight contender Tai Tuivasa is hoping to avenge some of the losses of his mentor, heavyweight legend Mark Hunt. 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