Mark Hunt

“I'm not gonna waste my money watching two cheaters fight. Why would I? They're cheaters, in the end. That's basically all they are. They should get nothing.”

“For me, with fighting, I'm not going to have any regrets. I'm throwing down to the very end.”

“Part of my gift as a fighter is being a human punching bag.”

“If you don't like to be hit, you're in the wrong sport.”

“A few months before my dad died, his eyes had started to go, and his skin was turning green. When he finally went to hospital, he was diagnosed with late-stage pancreatic cancer. None of us kids knew why the old man ignored the doctors and refused their help, but none of us were surprised, either.”

“All I've ever said I need is an opportunity. Give me a chance, and I'll take it with both hands and run with it.”

“That first loss in the UFC was a tough one. I hadn't fought in a year, and you start again, different organisation, different scenario, and it all plays into it.”

“There was a lot of pride, being one of the elite fighters in the world, in the best promotion in the world. That's what I was proud of. To be called a UFC fighter, that was important.”

“Every fight is different.”

“A loss is just a loss. You get up again, dust yourself off, go at it again regardless of the circumstances. That's the way I look at it.”

“I don't ask to fight anybody. All I ask is to fight the best fighters in the world.”

“I'm never confident about anything, especially with law.”

“I've still got my senses about me, and I know what's right and wrong, which is the main thing.”

“I've built a career in one of the toughest, most ruthless industries in the world. You can't do that unless you're completely with it.”

“I'd be champ already if it wasn't for the cheaters.”

“I won the world title in K-1 as a nobody.”

“You've got Jon Jones, for instance. That guy is the best, one of the best fighters in the world, but he's a cheater.”

“There is nothing wrong with my health. Who doesn't forget things from time-to-time? Who out there has never stuttered or slurred a word at some point?”

“If you want to be the champ, you've got to beat the champ.”

“It's the fight game, and everyone loses. You win some, you lose some. You just try to get back up on the horse.”