{"id":59337,"date":"2013-05-14T15:45:25","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T22:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=59337"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:02:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:02:44","slug":"ufc-making-progress-on-mark-hunt-visa-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ufc-making-progress-on-mark-hunt-visa-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC making progress on Mark Hunt visa issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MARK-HUNT.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53241\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MARK-HUNT.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MARK-HUNT.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MARK-HUNT-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MARK-HUNT-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Evan Stoumbelis (@MMAEvan)<\/p>\n<p>The UFC has been working tirelessly to get Mark Hunt back to the United States in time for his co-main event bout with Junior Dos Santos a week from Saturday. Hunt was in New Zealand, and encountered some trouble with his visa when trying to fly to the states due to a prior arrest, Hunt was never charged in the incident. However, while the UFC isn&#8217;t worried, Hunt says he doesn&#8217;t want to encounter acclimatization issues in Las Vegas. Quotes courtesy of today&#8217;s UFC conference call.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m running out of time to acclimatize, I fought once in Vegas before. I went out four days before the fight and it was quite tiring. It was a bit of a problem.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dave Sholler, the UFC&#8217;s director of communications isn&#8217;t worried about Hunt not being back in time for his fight.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis isn\u2019t the first time we\u2019ve had a visa issue or a travel issue. Our team is working through the issue and we\u2019re confident Mark will be making his way to the U.S. this weekend.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sholler went on to say:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe\u2019re pretty confident that he\u2019s going to get out of there by this weekend. As for a Plan B, we haven\u2019t even gotten to that point because we\u2019re confident this situation is going to get worked out. As of right now, the UFC 160 co-main event is Junior dos Santos vs. Mark Hunt.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mark Hunt will be facing former heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos next Saturday in the co-main event of UFC 160: Velasquez vs. Bigfoot II. The winner is expected to receive a shot at the title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Evan Stoumbelis (@MMAEvan) The UFC has been working tirelessly to get Mark Hunt back to the United States in time for his co-main event bout with Junior Dos Santos a week from Saturday. 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