MARK HUNT

I never turned down any fight. I'm always up for the opportunity.

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

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.

I never wanted to be a fighter. This is what God said I'm going to do, and I'm happy with that.

At the end of the day, none of us are really promised tomorrow anyway.

My old man was ruthless. He terrorised us.

My sister is strong.

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

I got injuries already from fighting from guys that have been cheating. And you're never the same when you get injured like that. I mean, look at my hand. It's broken, it's got 16 screws in it. I'm not as strong in this hand. It just affects you, especially this body being my livelihood.

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.

You don't learn anything from quick knockouts. I learn more about myself from hard fights.

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.

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.

The whole reason I fight is for my family. Everything I do is for them.

I was in jail a couple of times, and I was probably heading back there for a long time. But martial arts saved my life and some of the choices I made with it.

I don't feel pain like most people.

Everyone's a world class ground fighter until they get a punch to the face.

Normally, a loss, it's hard to swallow, but you get over it sooner or later.

My brain is fine.

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

What my thing is, I tell most of the time the truth, and sometimes it's good for me, sometimes it's bad. But, it's true.

I love rematches.

I'd fight any of the top guys.

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

When I'm fighting, I'm trying to find a reaction. I try to make the guy move; I try to make him do things that I want him to do. If he likes moving a certain way, I try to set something up so I catch him if he moves that way.