Filed under: Featured , Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos LAS VEGAS – Mark Hunt ’s demeanor ahead of UFC 209 is the opposite of enthusiastic. Hunt (12-11-1 MMA, 7-5-1 UFC), who meets Alistair Overeem (41-15 MMA, 6-4 UFC) in a heavyweight fight on Saturday night at UFC 209, is in the midst of a legal battle with the UFC , company president Dana White and former opponent Brock Lesnar after Lesnar failed multiple drug tests around the time of his UFC 200 fight with Hunt in July. Earlier this week, the UFC filed a motion to dismiss Hunt’s case , but as of now it has yet to be ruled on. Hunt will still compete for the promotion despite the current situation, but he said that wasn’t necessarily by choice. “I was forced to be here,” Hunt told MMAjunkie at today’s UFC 209 media day. “I was told, ‘If you don’t take this fight it’s against your contract.’ Why should my family suffer and miss out on my hard work
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Mark Hunt ‘forced’ to fight Alistair Overeem at UFC 209 as pending lawsuit looms – MMA Junkie