Mark Hunt and Fabricio Werdum met tonight at UFC 180 in the UFC interim heavyweight title fight, a sentence few expected to ever type/read in 2014.
Early in the bout Hunt landed a right that knocked Werdum down, but didn’t have him hurt much at all. When Werdum rose to his feet, Hunt charged with a flurry but was unable to land anything of serious consequence.
Hunt would charge in later and miss a punch and find himself on the ground with Werdum. Even on top, Hunt had to know he was at a disadvantage with a grappler like Werdum. Instead of getting to his feet when opportunities presented themselves, Hunt stayed on top landing some short punches and allowed Werdum to continue fishing for either a sweep or submission.
Hunt did manage to survive and eventually get back to his feet, landing a right hand and an uppercut moments later. Hunt managed to land another left and hurt Werdum before escaping from a guillotine attempt to end the round.
In round two it was more good work from Hunt, but Werdum landed a huge right knee to the jaw of Hunt, dropping him like a rock. From there it was a flurry of big strikes from Werdum and the fight was stopped.
With the win, Fabricio Werdum becomes the UFC interim heavyweight champion.