Mark Hunt Welcomes Fight With Derrick Lewis

In an interview with MMA Junkie, Mark Hunt (12-11-1 MMA, 7-5-1 UFC) said he’s looking forward to his fight with Derrick Lewis (18-4 MMA, 9-2 UFC at UFC Night 110 on Saturday. Here are highlights:

On his love of fighting: “That’s the best place in the world, in the octagon. There’s no charges, no court battle. It’s just mano a mano. There are two guys trying to get that win and trying to move ahead in the rankings of the heavyweight division. That’s all there is. You can forget about everything. (It’s) just pure, plain and simple fighting. That’s the best part about it. Best part about it.”

On why he’s suing Brock Lesnar: “The first thing you do when you have a problem like this, you take away their incentive to cheat. So what’s their incentive? Money. Take away that first, and then it changes their issues, their views on trying to cheat. You take away their financial gain, and they don’t want to cheat. If you talk about people saying it’s a money grab. Yeah, it is. It’s a grab to grab their money so they don’t do it. When you stop the influx of income, and stop their want for cheating – because when cheaters cheat, they want the money, and they want the rest of it. If you take their money gains from it, what have they got? They’ve got (expletive), that’s what they’ve got. Their hand on their (expletive), and that’s all they’ve got.”

On if this could be his last fight: “Who knows? Every fight for me could be my last fight. I’m the oldest in the division. I’ve still got four fights to try to have a run at the title. We’ll see how Sunday goes, and then we’ll go from there.”