Mark Hunt
Mark Hunt’s career began in kickboxing and later he became an even bigger star in MMA, where he was known not only for being a KO specialist, but also for being exceptionally hard to finish via strikes.
In fact, in his 43-fight kickboxing career Hunt was finished on just two occasions, and one of those was a corner stoppage.
The other came in what would prove to be his last ever kickboxing fight in 2008 against K-1 kickboxing legend Semmy Schilt.
In all fairness to Hunt the size difference between the two was staggering, with the New Zealander standing just 5ft 10″ tall with a 72″ reach, while Schilt was a man mountain at 6ft 11″ tall with an 88″ reach, giving it the feel of a David vs. Goliath battle.
Unfortunately for Hunt, as a four-time K-1 champion Schilt wasn’t just all size and no substance and he’d demonstrate that in some style by landing a perfectly placed spinning back kick to the body that folded Hunt for a knockout finish just 3 minutes into the fight.
