Toughness and technique buoyed Alexey Oleynik once more.
The 41-year-old submission savant waded through a stream of vicious low kicks to dispatch 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix winner Mark Hunt with a rear-naked choke in the first round of their UFC Fight Night 136 headliner on Saturday at Olimpiysky Arena in Moscow. Hunt bowed out 4:26 into Round 2, “The Super Samoan” falling to 13-13-1 for his career.
Oleynik ran into considerable difficulty at the start. Hunt blasted his lead leg with thudding kicks that impacted his mobility and made the aptly named “Boa Constrictor” something of a stationary target for one of the most accomplished strikers in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s heavyweight division.