Mark Hunt is back and he’s targeting Jon Jones this time around.
Ahead of Jones’ long-awaited heavyweight debut against Ciryl Gane tonight (Saturday, March 4, 2023) at UFC 285 live on ESPN+ PPV from inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Hunt took to social media to launch a lengthy verbal attack on “Bones” and the promotion as a whole.
Hunt, who was a UFC roster member from 2010 to 2018, had a difficult relationship with the organization before and after his release. ‘Super Samoan’ filed a RICO lawsuit against the promotion, UFC president Dana White and Brock Lesnar in 2017. In the lawsuit, Hunt claimed the UFC allowed Lesnar to fight at UFC 200 despite testing positive for banned substances before and also after the event.
To say Hunt is strict about steroid use in UFC competition would be an understatement.
So it should come as no surprise that the former heavyweight contender is bothered by Jones and his highly promoted return to action. Remember Jones has tested positive for a few banned substances over the years and doesn’t have a perfect track record to fall back on. Hunt attempted to expose that this week and also set the UFC’s feet on fire.
“Sik from this company of rats on my feed. All they do is promote steroids using rats like this loser,” Hunt wrote via Facebook along with a photo of Jones. ” Listen. It’s the world heavyweight title from a belt of worthless trash. You have a steroid using a rodent that crushes pregnant women and hides under the octagon when USADA tries to test that rodent. UFC = joke belt. The only thing you are the world champion of is being exploited. That’s why @ufc will never be credible because they have rodents like this being considered GOATS. #ALIACT and dasseeeiiitt.
It’s a full mouth, but it’s safe to say that Hunt isn’t a Jones fan.
Fortunately, Hunt doesn’t run the UFC or control who fights. Despite his past issues outside the cage, Jones remains the greatest fighter in sports history in the eyes of most fight fans. His return tonight at UFC 285 will be one of the biggest moments in combat sports this year and will give Jones the opportunity to start fresh in a new weight class.
As for Hunt, he will have to endure the action later tonight as Jones makes for one of the biggest fight cards of the year.
remember that MMAmania.com will provide live, round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 285 fight card right herestarting from the beginning ESPN+ Online “Preliminaries” matches, which are due to start at 5:30 p.m. ET, then the rest of the undercard on ESPN/ESPN+ at 8:00 p.m. ET, prior to the PPV main card start time at 10:00 p.m. ET on ESPN+ VPP.
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