The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s debut in Russia is now in the books, so it’s time for us to figure out what lessons there are to be learned. If nothing else, our education process will be less demoralizing than the one Mark Hunt went through on Saturday.
For the first few minutes of his UFC Fight Night 136 headliner against Alexey Oleynik, the 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix champion looked every bit the righteous favorite. Hunt had the Russian limping almost immediately with his low kicks and looked to be on his way to a quick and tidy evening.