Mark Hunt Quotes

I didn't know how to throw a punch - why would I? Who knows how to throw a punch? Now I do it all the time, and it makes me feel strong.

People don't understand fighting. They think you just go there and stand in the middle and swing for the fence. People who fight like this are idiots.

I always break people's noses with the uppercut, not the hook.

Even just my basics are so effective against a guy like Max Holloway.

I know a little bit of fisticuffs.

If you trained jiu-jitsu his whole life, why would you trade punches on fight night against a striker?

I like training hard. I like to punch the face. I like getting punched in the face.

Yes, I started off as a bare-knuckle boxer.

There are no pure styles of karate. Purity comes only when pure knuckles meet pure flesh, no matter who delivers or receives.

When I was a child, my father taught me to put up my fists like a boy and to be prepared to defend myself at all times.

I thought boxing was stupid.

I don't shoot guns. I don't know how to do that. I grew Upstate New York, so I fought with my fists.

I never fought in my life outside of a ring.

I just want to be a fighter. I just like to win fights.

If you had no real training, if you hadn't spent years and years studying a martial art, how would you kill the bad guy?

My father was both the person who gave me reason to learn how to fight and the one who taught me the basics of fighting. He would tell me that if it was a big fight, it would probably be uneven, it wouldn't be fair.

In the early 2000s, I was introduced to the noble art of kickboxing, it thrilled me, and I loved it. I loved the honour and the discipline, and I also loved the punching.

I feel like if I ever got into some sort of rumble on the street, I will actually be able to defend myself.

Actually punching is a mistake; a heavy hitter will cut you with one shot.

I've got a tidy chin and a decent punch. And, for people who think they can fight and are champions, I'll make it extremely hard.

I'm a street fighter.

When I get finished with fighting, I hope they ask the same questions. It's not my purpose to answer them. Boxing is the art of self-defense. I knock 'em out the first chance I get.

I liked to watch the expression in the fighter's face change when you connected with him. You know when you connect in the right spot. It's like a tunnel vision.

Boxing is limited fighting with a specific rule set. Fighting is true, where you can do anything.

I kick and punch quite hard, and it surprises people.