UFC Fight Night 52: Hunt drops Nelson with second-round KO
It was vintage Mark Hunt on Saturday night in Saitama, Japan.
The 40-year-old heavyweight showed little rust after a layoff that lasted just over 10 months. After a competitive first round against fellow slugger Roy Nelson, Hunt became the first man to finish "Big Country" inside the Octagon after dropping his opponent with a hard right uppercut at the 3:00 mark of the second round.
The best part? Hunt says he wants to fight again on Nov. 7 when the UFC touches down in Sydney, Australia.
Mark Hunt wants to fight in 4 weeks on the Sydney card in Australia. I say why the hell not? #UFC
— Damon Martin (@DamonMartin) September 20, 2014
UFC Fight Night 52 also saw lightweight Myles Jury earn a first-round TKO finish of Japanese MMA icon Takanori Gomi and the returning Yoshihiro Akiyama earned his second win in the UFC with a convincing unanimous decision victory over Amir Sadollah.
Here are the full results:
| Division | Winner | Loser | Method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heavyweight | Mark Hunt | Roy Nelson | KO, Round 2 (3:00) |
| Lightweight | Myles Jury | Takanori Gomi | KO, Round 1 (1:32) |
| Welterweight | Yoshihiro Akiyama | Amir Sadollah | Unanimous Decision |
| Women's Bantamweight | Miesha Tate | Rin Nakai | Unanimous Decision |
| Welterweight | Kiichi Kunimoto | Richard Walsh | Split Decision |
| Flyweight | Kyoji Horiguchi | Jon Delos Reyes | TKO, Round 1 (3:48) |
| Bantamweight | Masanori Kanehara | Alex Caceres | Unanimous Decision |
| Featherweight | Katsunori Kikuno | Sam Sicilia | Rear-Naked Choke, Round 2 (1:38) |
| Welterweight | Hyun Gyu Lim | Takenori Sato | TKO, Round 1 (1:18) |
| Bantamweight | Kyung Ho Kang | Michinori Tanaka | Split Decision |
| Lightweight | Johnny Case | Kazuki Tokudome | TKO, Round 2 (2:34) |
| Featherweight | Maximo Blanco | Daniel Hooker | Unanimous Decision |
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