Mark Hunt, now 44, has no plans to hang up his gloves and in fact intends to prove he still ranks among the best heavyweights in the sport when he steps inside the Octagon opposite Alexey Oleynik in the UFC Fight Night 136 headliner on Saturday at Olimpiysky Arena in Moscow.
Ahead of Hunt’s confrontation with “The Boa Constrictor,” here are five things you might not know about him:
1. He could soon join a list of accomplished fighters who are vegan.
Hunt decided to go vegan after watching a documentary about animal cruelty at one of the largest pig farms in the United States.