Five UFC fighters who wanted to knock Dana White out

#3 Mark Hunt

Mark Hunt is currently embroiled in a lawsuit against the UFC

One of the UFC’s most tenured fighters at Heavyweight, Mark Hunt’s grudge against Dana has only come recently – since the summer of 2016 – but it arguably burns more strongly than any other on this list. Currently embroiled in a lawsuit against the UFC while still remaining on their roster, Hunt has accused Zuffa – mainly Dana – of everything from fight-fixing to racketeering to ignoring doping from other fighters.

In a way, the Aussie star has a point. He was selected to fight Brock Lesnar when the WWE star and former UFC champion decided to return to MMA at UFC 200 last summer, and despite USADA now overseeing the UFC’s anti-doping program, Lesnar was allowed to re-enter testing relatively late on due to a weird loophole. Brock went on to beat Hunt by unanimous decision, but then tested positive for the banned performance enhancer clomiphene.

Hunt was furious, stating that he was sick of fighting steroid-enhanced opponents, as he’d already taken on Antonio Silva and Ben Rothwell in the past. He accused the UFC of turning a blind eye towards doping and hit them with a lawsuit. Although he has continued to fight since, a recent booking against Marcin Tybura was terminated after the UFC brass had concerns over an interview that saw Hunt admit to memory loss – a possible sign of CTE.

Since then, Hunt’s fury towards Dana has only grown. He let out an expletive-laden rant towards Dana and the UFC following his removal from the Tybura fight and has vowed to bring the UFC down. If he were given the chance, he’d probably “knock that bloke out”, as he so loves to say!