A biography for Mark Hunthasn’t been written yet.
“My memory is not that good anymore.”
“Everyone wants to be UFC champion, and that's my goal and my dream.”
“Your mind is the most powerful weapon you have.”
“I'm always going to be a New Zealand fighter. I'm a Kiwi, of course, and I've still got my New Zealand passport.”
“I've been training jiu-jitsu for a while. It just didn't really click in my brain. Maybe sometimes I get a bit lazy. By the time I realize I'm in trouble, I'm already caught. You can't really think about it. You've got to just react as it happens.”
“It's not that I don't enjoy fighting. I don't enjoy the circumstances around fighting.”
“I've been given a platform with the UFC, so I might as well share my story.”
“I always remember my dad's blue overalls and the blue overcoat he wore in winter, and I remember my mum's big old Afro. Sometimes, though, in my memories, smudges have replaced their faces.”
“I'd like to fight and get close to that title shot - that's all I'm interested in. My whole purpose is to fight for the world title.”
“The whole reason I fight is for my family. Everything I do is for them.”
“At the end of the day, none of us are really promised tomorrow anyway.”
“Knowing and assuming are two different things.”
“I don't want to be remembered as just some tough guy who could take punches.”
“Coming from a standing background in striking, I couldn't catch up to the guys with 20-plus years of training on the ground. I had to learn submissions. I found out it wasn't an easy road. I had six losses in a row, but I still felt I was the best fighter in the world.”
“At the end of the day, I'm one of the greatest fighters on the planet.”
“You back me into a corner, I'm not going to lay down and die. I've been down that road too many years in my life.”
“I'm always down for a battle. I was born down.”
“Most of the neighbours didn't like our parents, and they particularly gave Dad a very wide berth. We kids didn't have that luxury.”
“It's always discouraging to lose. You look at it and think, 'Man, what's going on?' It's always discouraging. But I'm a fighter. I don't like to quit.”
“All the guys at this top level, they're pretty much dangerous all over the place. If you're not good all over the place, you'll be in a little bit of trouble. It's hard to swim at the top end if you're only good at one thing.”