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Sonny Bill Williams vs Mark Hunt is a heavyweight boxing event which took place at the Ken Rosewall Arena on November 5 2022 in Sydney, Australia.

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Mark Hunt is a global superstar in kickboxing and mixed martial arts, the ‘Super Samoan’. This documentary charts his tumultuous career from childhood abuse at the hands of his father, to his lowly start in the ring and triumph in the UFC.

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UFC Fight Night 142: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on 2 December 2018 at Adelaide Entertainment Centre in Adelaide, South Australia. A heavyweight bout between former UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos and Tai Tuivasa served as the event headliner.

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UFC Fight Night 136: Hunt vs. Oleinik was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on September 15, 2018 at Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Moscow, Russia. The event marked the promotion's first visit to Russia. The UFC arranged to use half of the venue and used a modified seating configuration for the arena. While not officially announced, the promotion was initially targeting a heavyweight bout between former UFC Heavyweight Champion Fabrício Werdum and Aleksei Oleinik to serve as the main event. However, on May 22, Werdum was flagged for a potential USADA doping violation and his status moving forward became unknown. On July 19, the promotion announced that a bout between the 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix winner and former interim title challenger Mark Hunt and Oleinik would serve as the event headliner.

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UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on February 10, 2018 at Perth Arena in Perth, Australia.

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UFC Fight Night 110: Lewis vs. Hunt was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on 11 June 2017 at the Spark Arena in Auckland, New Zealand. A heavyweight bout between Derrick Lewis and the 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix winner and former interim title contender Mark Hunt served as the main event.

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UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on March 4, 2017, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada. A UFC Welterweight Championship rematch between current champion Tyron Woodley and five-time kickboxing world champion Stephen Thompson headlined this event. The pairing met recently at UFC 205, as Woodley retained his title after the fight ended in a majority draw.

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UFC 200: Tate vs. Nunes was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on July 9, 2016, at the T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. This event suffered a major hit only three days before it happened, as it was announced that Jones was pulled out by USADA due to a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collection on June 16. Cormier declared he would still fight if an opponent brought to him "made sense". It was announced that former UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva would replace Jones on less than two days' notice and face Cormier in a three-round non-title light heavyweight bout. Due to those major changes, the already scheduled UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between then champion Miesha Tate and top contender Amanda Nunes was revealed as the new main event.

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UFC Fight Night 85: Hunt vs. Mir was a mixed martial arts event held on March 20, 2016 at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Australia. It was headlined by a heavyweight bout between the 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix and former interim title contender Mark Hunt and former two-time UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir.

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UFC 193: Rousey vs. Holm was a mixed martial arts event held on 14 November 2015,[1] at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was the most attended UFC event in the history of the company at the time, with 56,214 people filling the stadium.

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UFC Fight Night 65: Miocic vs. Hunt was a mixed martial arts event held on 10 May 2015 at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre in Adelaide, South Australia. The event was headlined by a heavyweight bout between top contenders Stipe Miocic and Mark Hunt. The fight saw Miocic set the record for the number of total strikes landed in a UFC bout, with Miocic landing 361 strikes. Miocic also outlanded Hunt 361–46 in total strikes with the 315 strike differential being the largest margin in UFC history.

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UFC 180: Werdum vs. Hunt was a mixed martial arts event held on November 15, 2014 at Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City, Mexico.

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UFC Fight Night 52: Hunt vs. Nelson was a mixed martial arts event held on September 20, 2014, at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event was headlined by a heavyweight bout between Roy Nelson and Mark Hunt.

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UFC Fight Night 33: Hunt vs. Bigfoot was a mixed martial arts event held on 6 December 2013, at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The card was headlined by a heavyweight bout between Mark Hunt and Antônio Silva. The main event ended in a rare majority draw decision; one judge scoring the fight 48–47 for Mark Hunt, while the other two saw it a 47–47 draw. Post-fight, UFC President Dana White said that the bout had earned Fight of the Night honors.

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UFC 160: Velasquez vs. Bigfoot 2 was a mixed martial arts event held on May 25, 2013, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event was a rematch between former UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez and Antônio Silva. In their first encounter at UFC 146 a year earlier, Velasquez defeated Silva via first-round TKO.

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UFC on Fuel TV 8: Silva vs. Stann was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 3, 2013 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

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UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 26, 2012 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

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UFC 135: Jones vs. Rampage was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 24, 2011 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado.

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UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Sunday, 27 February 2011 at Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia.

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UFC 119: Mir vs. Cro Cop was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 25, 2010 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The event was the first that the UFC has hosted in Indiana.

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DREAM.9 took place on May 26, 2009, at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan, promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group’s DREAM. The main event features the Featherweight Grand Prix semifinals, with Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Yoshiro Maeda and Hideo Tokoro vs. Abel Cullum, following their first-round wins at DREAM.7. Other key bouts include Ronaldo Souza vs. Jason Miller for the vacant DREAM Middleweight Championship, where Souza comes off a submission win over Matt Lindland and Miller advances after defeating Yushin Okami. The card also features the Super Hulk Tournament opening round with Hong Man Choi vs. Jose Canseco and Gegard Mousasi vs. Mark Hunt.

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DREAM.5 took place on July 21, 2008, at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan, promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group’s DREAM. The main event features Joachim Hansen facing Shinya Aoki in the Lightweight Grand Prix final to crown the first DREAM Lightweight Champion, with Hansen advancing after a TKO win over Kultar Gill and Aoki submitting Katsuhiko Nagata at DREAM.4. Other key bouts include Eddie Alvarez vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri in a lightweight semifinal rematch, Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Katsuyori Shibata, and Alistair Overeem vs. Mark Hunt in a heavyweight clash.

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Pride Shockwave 2006 was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships on December 31, 2006. In Japan, this event was called Pride Otoko Matsuri 2006: Fumetsu

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Pride Critical Countdown Absolute was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on July 1, 2006. This event comprised the second round of the Pride 2006 Open-Weight Grand Prix tournament, featuring the advancing fighters from the first round held at Pride Total Elimination Absolute. Wanderlei Silva was inserted into the tournament in place of Pride Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko, who was unable to participate due to a hand injury.

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Pride Total Elimination Absolute was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Osaka Dome in Osaka, Japan on May 5, 2006.

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Pride 31: Unbreakable (promoted in Japan as Dreamers) was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships on February 26, 2006 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. It was also the first Pride pay-per-view event of 2006.

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Pride Shockwave 2005 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on December 31, 2005. In Japan, the event was called "Otoko Matsuri 2005 – Itadaki" (Itadaki means victory) The event concluded the Pride Lightweight (73 kg, 161 lb) and Welterweight (83 kg, 183 lb) tournaments of 2005. Takanori Gomi won the Lightweight tournament by knocking out Hayato Sakurai. Dan Henderson won the Welterweight tournament by defeating Murilo Bustamante via split decision. Wanderlei Silva retained his Middleweight Champion title by defeating Ricardo Arona via split decision.

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Pride Shockwave 2004 (marketed in Japan as "Otoko Matsuri - Sadame") was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. The event took place at the Saitama Super Arena on December 31st, 2004. This event held the final bout of the 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix because it had ended in a no contest at the Final Conflict event back in August.

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Pride 28: High Octane was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on October 31, 2004.

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Pride Critical Countdown 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. The event held the second round of the Heavyweight tournament. It took place on June 20th, 2004, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

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K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Final was a kickboxing event promoted by the K-1. The event was held at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday, December 7, 2002 in front of 74,500 spectators. It was the tenth K-1 World Grand Prix final, involving ten of the world's top fighters (two being reservists), with all bouts fought under K-1 Rules (100 kg/156-220 lbs). The eight finalists had almost all qualified via preliminary events, while two additional fighters were invited as reserve fighters (for more detail on this see bulleted list below). In total there were ten fighters at the event, representing eight countries.

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K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Final was a kickboxing event promoted by the K-1. The event was held at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday, December 8, 2001, in front of 65,000 spectators. It was the ninth K-1 Grand Prix final, involving eight of the world's top fighters, with all bouts fought under K-1 Rules (100 kg/156-220 lbs). The eight finalists had almost all qualified by winning preliminary tournaments (with the exception of Peter Aerts who was a runner up), while two additional fighters were invited as reserve fighters in case of any injuries.

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The K-1 WORLD GP 2002 開幕戦 (Opening Tournament) takes place on February 24, 2002, at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. This kickboxing event features an eight-man Heavyweight Grand Prix to kick off the 2002 season, with fighters including Peter Aerts vs. Sergei Gur, Ernesto Hoost vs. Tsuyoshi Nakasako, Mark Hunt vs. Adam Watt, and Stefan Leko vs. Jorgen Kruth. The tournament progresses through quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final to determine the opening round winner, with Peter Aerts emerging victorious over Ernesto Hoost by decision. Additional superfights include Mike Bernardo vs. Alexei Ignashov and a K-1 vs. Muay Thai bout with Kaoklai Kaennorsing. It’s the explosive start to K-1’s 2002 World Grand Prix journey, drawing 19,500 fans.

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