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#3- Mark Hunt’s reluctance to fight Overeem

Hunt said he was being forced to fight his UFC 209 opponent

Most fighters are excited before their big fights. It is safe to say that Mark Hunt is not. Not by a long shot indeed.

Mark Hunt, at present, has a lawsuit pending against UFC as they allegedly let Brock Lesnar compete against him at UFC 200 despite the fact that they were aware that he was using banned substances; thereby waiving off the 4-month mandatory testing period of USADA.

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He says he is being forced to compete against Overeem, as he was told that he would be going against the terms of his contract if he refused to fight. This casts a dark shadow over the match and we wonder if Mark will fight wholeheartedly at all.

And who can blame him, considering that Overeem has been a well known user of PEDs in the past.

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