Stipe Miocic continued to establish himself as one of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s premier heavyweights, this time at the expense of Mark Hunt.
Miocic took care of the 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix winner with fifth-round ground-and-pound in the UFC Fight Night “Hunt vs. Miocic” headliner on Saturday at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre in Adelaide, Australia. Hunt (10-10-1, 5-4-1 UFC), having absorbed a frightening amount of punishment across 20-plus minutes of combat, finally wilted 2:47 into round five.
Clean boxing, repeated takedowns and heavy and efficient ground-and-pound were all on display for Miocic (13-2, 7-2 UFC), who has won four of his last five fights.