20 years later, this is still one of the most epic things I've ever seen. Hunt gets kneed in the goddamn head and beat up in the corner and sticks his chin out as if to say, "Not today, motherfucker." Then 10 seconds later he turns it around and knocks Le Banner out. Just epic.
@@alainm.3378 the UFC bores me so much. It’s the same shit every fight, no Grand Prix’s, No Japanese events or anything. It’s always been the same stale show every time. Dana is whack
Mark is one in 5 billion. A masterpiece, a kind man. Thank-You Mark for your indelible (mark) you have placed in my heart and the marks on fighters bodies! Salute!
Mark Hunt was a fill-in fighter. All the other fighters laughed at him backstage asking why he was even in the comp. They asked him who he wanted to fight first and he said he wants to take on the favourite for the comp which was Le Banner. Ohh how beautiful this fight was knowing the background story.
Didn't knowhe was a fill in ,he had just won Fukuoka grand Prix n lLe banner jus won Osaka I thought it was a battle of champions frfr nice to know though
if you ever seen him as a bouncer in auck on k rd etc knocking out everyone who deserved it , punch and not even look and walk away ... or knocking over 2 or 3 with ease ...marks life was fighting like most island boys his age ... being a white boy kiwi (with many islander & maori mates ) if you fight and lose you get their respect .. even more so if win or even ... that twitch muscle is powerful ... !!
@@SkateeAndDestr0y The book is called "Born to Fight" by Mark Hunt. I couldn't stop reading it after I picked it up. www.amazon.com/Born-Fight-bestselling-story-champion-ebook/dp/B00XI0L3SC
Yes because , the next opponet in the same tournament was Francisco Filho and Hunt also win the fight and with this the Japaneses liked so much Hunt !!!!! 👌💪🤙 🤓🤓🤓
Love watching Hunt fight. Every time I see him he looks overweight, out of shape, even disinterested as the fight starts. But he has, surprisingly quick hands, and a huge heart and iron chin.
Mark Hunt is still the toughest guy I have ever seen. I almost feel guilty for rooting for him because all this punishment he withstands is gonna catch up with him in a few years. I am a huge fan though.
Masscreation1618 I've knocked out 4 polynesians in my life, one's skull broke my hand but I put him down like a sick dog, your people have thick bones but I am superior.
Masscreation1618 well hunt seems tough except when he faces brazilians lol jk. I love hunt but he got brutally KO'D twice in his last 2 losses. Hunt will definitely have brain damage it doesn't matter what race or descendent hunt is still human. Although a beast and a tank plus a legend he's still human.
Great 👍😃 fight Mark ❣️ Hunt 👍✅ Super Samoan. We all love ❤️😘❤️😘 you 💝💝😘😘 and cheer all your fights. Thankyou for entertaining us n the world 🌎🌍. WOW 😲😲😲. Fantastic fighting Skills. Well Done 👍✅ and GOD 🙏❤️ BLESS 🙏❤️ You and the family . You are a very handsome 🤩🥰💝❤️😍❤️ Samoan. Take Care 💖💖 Mark ❣️🙏❤️ and GOD 🙏❤️ BLESS 🙏❤️.
All K-1 fighters in this period (not least Jerome Le Banner) were fully committed to the bouts showing the audience the best fights ever seen in any form of martial arts. No wonder the venues were always fully packed literally.
I can't believe how quiet the crowd was until it got really exciting. Le Banner has more than a hundred fights and 70 KOs. You gotta love the way Mark Hunt fights.
Together with the fight "Vitali Klitschko vs. Lennox Lewis", these both warriors had the best and most exciting fight, i've ever seen in my life. Much respect, love and greetings to this both big fighters ❤️ PS: thank you very very much for the upload. Love you :)
LeBanner is one tough dude. His resume of knockouts includes some of the best of all time. Ernesto Hoost, Francisco Filho, Peter Aerts and others. He even has a couple decision wins over Mark Hunt. But this time Hunt had Lebanner's number. Iron chin and raw power are Hunt's trademark and he employed them perfectly to advantage here. Well done.
He also knocked the crap out of Don Fry, one super tough hombre but didn't have the skills to stand and kick with LeBanner......but it it was a UFC mixed martial arts fight, Don would have killed him
@George Thomas Le Banner's online record differs. On the 18th October in 1996, his record indicates a TKO victory over Hoost in Yokohama, Japan. Right hook is indicated also. Would you rather the ref rescue Hoost for a TKO or would rather have let Le Banner keep going until he scrambled Hoost's brain? Le Banner knocked out Hoost.
интересно у ханта вообще есть хейтеры? у всех бойцов есть...ктото федора не любит..ктото крокопа...я вот вандерлея не люблю.... но по моему абсолютно все обожают марка ханта.
it's pretty amazing when you watch him today. He's noticeably slower but is in the middle of the finest run in his career. Image how good he could have been if he started training grappling seriously 7-8 years ago.
Mark hunt 🇼🇸🇬🇸❤️one of new zealands biggest global superstar❤️south auccland born and raised. Only the best come from the southside.. school of hardknocks💪💯
That was a very rare fight that was a pure war of attrition. Basically til the last chance till the last breath. Absolutely amazing come back from Mark Hunt. He was almost defeated and you could see him change from "I'm about to lose here" to absolute mental attack. 10/10 will definitely watch again. Great fight! Congrats Mark Hunt!
Mark fought like the champion he is. Like you, I need to back MY country (Brazil), but I'm always looking up to the incredible fighter and person that Hunto is. I hope his leg recovers from that infection...
Holy shit that was badass! Jerome had mark in the corner and was teeing off then Mark at the end stick his chin out like come on! Then throws Jerome in the corner and fucking knocks him out. Epic.
I'm not bashing his abilities or anything, in fact I love his fighting style. Le Banner came out with vigor and never backed down. He was involved in some of the most entertaining kickboxing matches of all time. It's just that he often won or lost in spectacular fashion.
One of the best at soaking up hard kicks and punches, he got to the point where he had taken the best of what Le Banner at to bring to the fight and then offered his chin on a plate to Le Banner, it was a pivotal moment in the match up. Mark hit him with such an array of different hooks, straights and upper cuts. Imagine Mark and Tyson in the ring together in their primes?
This is one of my favorite fights (knock outs?) of all time. MMA, boxing, kickboxing, whatever. I absolutely love it. Lebanner with a fucking legendary entrance.
Somoanns are built like fire plugs . No doubt hunt just has a thicker skull and thicker bones in his hands and incredible speed too for his size. Just a wrecking machine.
very impressive, i have watched a lot of Hunts fights and it seems to me that the moment you actually hurt Hunt is when you are in big trouble because he always seems to become very explosive and responsive once he has been hurt, the Cyborg was simply destroyed once Hunt lined his chin up and put him to sleep, good fight!
Mark Hunt's staredowns always look like he's standing in line at the grocery store.
😂😂😂
Nah , like he is about to order from a Maccas menu
Looking at his food.
🤣🤣🤣
LMAO
Mark Hunt is a living legend. He's def one of the greatest, toughest fighter ever. Nothing but love and respect for "The Super-Samoan".
20 years later, this is still one of the most epic things I've ever seen. Hunt gets kneed in the goddamn head and beat up in the corner and sticks his chin out as if to say, "Not today, motherfucker." Then 10 seconds later he turns it around and knocks Le Banner out. Just epic.
My man
Yeah legendary moment
The k1 days where all the Best strikers in the world fought!!
amen
I’m stunned I haven’t seen more of this stuff ! It’s top notch .
@@zensempai7371 UFC and Dana White is piece of shit.
@@alainm.3378 the UFC bores me so much. It’s the same shit every fight, no Grand Prix’s, No Japanese events or anything. It’s always been the same stale show every time. Dana is whack
@@michaelhowe8674 Dana doesn't care. He just puts fights on to feed his gambling addiction.
mark hunt ,definitely one of the toughest guys ever born, fact not fiction.
Mark is one in 5 billion. A masterpiece, a kind man. Thank-You Mark for your indelible (mark) you have placed in my heart and the marks on fighters bodies! Salute!
You right bro, he forgot it's Mark hunt
@Jon Jones .........K
Right ! But he take a two big lessons after one year by banner ;)
How abt when he ate mirko cro cops kick? Legend😎
Crazy how quickly Mark Hunt is able to turn a fight around.
LeBanner made that mistake of getting goaded into a brawl. You don’t do that with Hunt lol
Lebanner made the mistake of thinking all the PED he has in his system would make him invincible.
One of the most devastating knockouts ever in any combat sport.
This is bad but Ray Mercer’s KO of Tommy Morrison was worse in my opinion.
@@albert12256 Yep, that one's brutal too.
Mark Hunt was a fill-in fighter.
All the other fighters laughed at him backstage asking why he was even in the comp.
They asked him who he wanted to fight first and he said he wants to take on the favourite for the comp which was Le Banner. Ohh how beautiful this fight was knowing the background story.
Didn't knowhe was a fill in ,he had just won Fukuoka grand Prix n lLe banner jus won Osaka I thought it was a battle of champions frfr nice to know though
if you ever seen him as a bouncer in auck on k rd etc knocking out everyone who deserved it , punch and not even look and walk away ... or knocking over 2 or 3 with ease ...marks life was fighting like most island boys his age ... being a white boy kiwi (with many islander & maori mates ) if you fight and lose you get their respect .. even more so if win or even ... that twitch muscle is powerful ... !!
Favourite fight ever. Goosebumps eveytime. How can you not love Mark hunt
Yall should read Mark Hunt's book, really gives an insight to all these fights he's had!
Inspiring book !
Conor Jones wtf are you lol
Definitely
@@SkateeAndDestr0y The book is called "Born to Fight" by Mark Hunt. I couldn't stop reading it after I picked it up. www.amazon.com/Born-Fight-bestselling-story-champion-ebook/dp/B00XI0L3SC
Yea and his manager on the right walking out was a crook dixon mciver
One of the greatest knockouts ever! Always gives me goosebumps watching this👏🏻💯
It was this K-1 that Japan fell in love with Mark Hunt.
Yes because , the next opponet in the same tournament was Francisco Filho and Hunt also win the fight and with this the Japaneses liked so much Hunt !!!!!
👌💪🤙
🤓🤓🤓
Love watching Hunt fight. Every time I see him he looks overweight, out of shape, even disinterested as the fight starts. But he has, surprisingly quick hands, and a huge heart and iron chin.
K1 Legends, Mark the last old school K1 fighter still fighting at 40+ years
+eljefereal yeah that was wicked and now fedors back, legends with fighting spirits till the grave.
so is gokhan sakki
Alistair Overeem.
Hunt is a bad ass ...What an awesome fighter Hunt is extremely humble .A classy warrior
@@senorvillarruel8129 isn't Gokhan 35?? Lol
Mark Hunt is still the toughest guy I have ever seen. I almost feel guilty for rooting for him because all this punishment he withstands is gonna catch up with him in a few years.
I am a huge fan though.
nah bro polynesian bodys were built on brutal hand 2 hand combat our ancestors are the polynesian vikings from the lost land of Lemuria
Masscreation1618 I've knocked out 4 polynesians in my life, one's skull broke my hand but I put him down like a sick dog, your people have thick bones but I am superior.
Lol @ Mike Tike. Your funny.
Mike Tike you should stop picking on polynesian school kids, when their mamas catch up with you ya gonna get an ass whippin with the jug cord boy
Masscreation1618 well hunt seems tough except when he faces brazilians lol jk. I love hunt but he got brutally KO'D twice in his last 2 losses. Hunt will definitely have brain damage it doesn't matter what race or descendent hunt is still human. Although a beast and a tank plus a legend he's still human.
I've heard about this fight but this was my first time watching it. Crazy Fight. One of the best KO's of all time.
Incredible fight. Mark Hunt was such a beast in K1 back then
He's still a beast.
dog19941 Ray Sefo too! :)
Great 👍😃 fight Mark ❣️ Hunt 👍✅ Super Samoan. We all love ❤️😘❤️😘 you 💝💝😘😘 and cheer all your fights. Thankyou for entertaining us n the world 🌎🌍. WOW 😲😲😲. Fantastic fighting Skills. Well Done 👍✅ and GOD 🙏❤️ BLESS 🙏❤️ You and the family . You are a very handsome 🤩🥰💝❤️😍❤️ Samoan. Take Care 💖💖 Mark ❣️🙏❤️ and GOD 🙏❤️ BLESS 🙏❤️.
Wow, such a privilege to even watch.
gotta give it to Hunt hes been the underdog hes hole life. And shown the world that chubby guys can rock since back in his south Auckland days.
Samoan man. Dense bones so they say.
All K-1 fighters in this period (not least Jerome Le Banner) were fully committed to the bouts showing the audience the best fights ever seen in any form of martial arts. No wonder the venues were always fully packed literally.
ONE OF MY FAVOURITE MATCHES IN HISTORY OF K1! Especially the taunt!
Man I do miss the golden days of K-1... Hadn't watched this fight in a while, but it really is amazing to see the speed Hunt had at his peak. Damn.
omg what a fight. how come I missed this one. thanks for sharing. those days man...the level was so good.
I can't believe how quiet the crowd was until it got really exciting. Le Banner has more than a hundred fights and 70 KOs.
You gotta love the way Mark Hunt fights.
Together with the fight "Vitali Klitschko vs. Lennox Lewis", these both warriors had the best and most exciting fight, i've ever seen in my life. Much respect, love and greetings to this both big fighters ❤️
PS: thank you very very much for the upload. Love you :)
LeBanner is one tough dude. His resume of knockouts includes some of the best of all time. Ernesto Hoost, Francisco Filho, Peter Aerts and others. He even has a couple decision wins over Mark Hunt. But this time Hunt had Lebanner's number. Iron chin and raw power are Hunt's trademark and he employed them perfectly to advantage here. Well done.
He also knocked the crap out of Don Fry, one super tough hombre but didn't have the skills to stand and kick with LeBanner......but it it was a UFC mixed martial arts fight, Don would have killed him
@George Thomas Le Banner's online record differs. On the 18th October in 1996, his record indicates a TKO victory over Hoost in Yokohama, Japan. Right hook is indicated also. Would you rather the ref rescue Hoost for a TKO or would rather have let Le Banner keep going until he scrambled Hoost's brain? Le Banner knocked out Hoost.
No matter how many times I watch it, I'm still dumbfounded. The greatest KO I've ever seen.
Now there are no such exciting tournaments with such warriors. I miss that time. In 2021, I'm still reviewing these fights
ive watched all these 2 guys fights and its really an amazing set of fights i never get tired of seeing
One of the most beautiful KO's in the history of K-1 !!!
Ray Sefo & Mark Hunt gave Jerome his nastiest defeats.
Both samoans
Did they both break his jaw? Le Banner is huge, way bigger than sefo.
Mark Hunt = Natural Strengh!
Le Banner = Power and Technics!
Indeed, the power is useless without the technique and accuracy to land the punches.
+Tevita Phillips Once you start with childish name calling you lose all credibility.
Le banner - horse meat like Alistair overoid
Power, techincs and roids you mean
This is the fight that i waited for my whole entire life!!!!!!!!!!!!
Big Japanese crowd appreciated this awesome fight between these two!! Especially that knockout,the crowd went craazy!!😂😂
These two are awesome to watch . . . every time . . . just awesome !
От такого боя , который провел Марк Хант, у меня выступили слезы на глазах. Я вспомнил свою молодость, когда смотрел по телевизору всё это.
интересно у ханта вообще есть хейтеры? у всех бойцов есть...ктото федора не любит..ктото крокопа...я вот вандерлея не люблю.... но по моему абсолютно все обожают марка ханта.
Man… I need to see more fights with no commentary
it's pretty amazing when you watch him today. He's noticeably slower but is in the middle of the finest run in his career. Image how good he could have been if he started training grappling seriously 7-8 years ago.
Never tested positive once for performance enhancement drugs...
Type of guy that brings 2 fists to a gun fight..
Quite the opposite - went to fights hung over!
Hunt has amazing hand speed for his size!!!
Will W they said 33
Will W yeah man he'd been in hundreds of scraps. lots of fights- read his autobiography 'born to fight'
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Mark hunt 🇼🇸🇬🇸❤️one of new zealands biggest global superstar❤️south auccland born and raised. Only the best come from the southside.. school of hardknocks💪💯
One of my favorite knockouts in all of combat sports.
That was a very rare fight that was a pure war of attrition. Basically til the last chance till the last breath. Absolutely amazing come back from Mark Hunt. He was almost defeated and you could see him change from "I'm about to lose here" to absolute mental attack. 10/10 will definitely watch again. Great fight! Congrats Mark Hunt!
Mark is amazing!! i love his style!!
Glauco Lopes Watch "Mark Hunt vs. Jerome Le Banner (K-1 WGP 2002 Semi Final)" on RUclips
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not many fighters have that type of power like mark. sure he gets caught hes going to sleep but he just seems to be a real rarity
Its like he turns the pain to anger which he uses to destroy the other person.... Such weird fights
most samoans are
Corz Illa great if he was a boxer?
Shadow Heart search up david tua in his prime days.
Very well put
how Le Banners head wobbled as he went down one of my fave ko's of all time
Remember this as a kid. Used to watch the GP for my birthday. Great memory. Great KO. MH the best.
Super Samoan! King of the "walk-off" knockout!!
Love watching this and the Rico vs Ben Saddik fight, awesome feelgood factor.
Mark is just simply the best. Fuck man. What an absolute beast.
Glad he enters to Samoan music too. Wish he'd do that for his UFC fights.
Lets see that with brock😂
+Zaki Chaudhary man I want Lesnar to win....but I don't know....this guy is good
Imtiaz Taibi Don't worry. Once lesnar takes him to the ground, he will suffer hell
+Zaki Chaudhary yeah that true
You are all dreaming if you think lesnar has a chance against Hunt
One of the best performances by Mark! Malo lava USO 🇼🇸🇼🇸🇼🇸 #SuperSAMOAN
wow i am so impressed with mark hunt
Thanks again Mark for a great finish..SERVICE 👊
7:35 fight begins
Thx
Mark fought like the champion he is. Like you, I need to back MY country (Brazil), but I'm always looking up to the incredible fighter and person that Hunto is. I hope his leg recovers from that infection...
one of the most brutal knockouts of all time got to love mr hunt
DeadlyDaem, thank you for uploading this video, great fight by both fighters.
Gotta love that crowd reaction when Mark finished him off
Yep, what a fight! Two warriors
No other fighter in the world can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory like Jerome Le Banner.
Hilarious 😂😂
Daniel Tyler Watch "Mark Hunt vs. Jerome Le Banner (K-1 WGP 2002 Semi Final)" on RUclips
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Love the way they hug each other ❤❤❤❤❤ both beasts in the ring
whats the name of the song at 10:30? i really like k-1 theme songs, way better than ufc , pride or any other fighting event.
Bro busco lo mismo.. You know now?
Holy shit that was badass!
Jerome had mark in the corner and was teeing off then Mark at the end stick his chin out like come on!
Then throws Jerome in the corner and fucking knocks him out. Epic.
samoans are beast man
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Boondock Saint Their skull is so tough because their ancestors used to break a coconut with their head.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I'm not bashing his abilities or anything, in fact I love his fighting style. Le Banner came out with vigor and never backed down. He was involved in some of the most entertaining kickboxing matches of all time. It's just that he often won or lost in spectacular fashion.
Hunt went Super Saiyan.
One of the best at soaking up hard kicks and punches, he got to the point where he had taken the best of what Le Banner at to bring to the fight and then offered his chin on a plate to Le Banner, it was a pivotal moment in the match up. Mark hit him with such an array of different hooks, straights and upper cuts. Imagine Mark and Tyson in the ring together in their primes?
Марке Хант красавец, позитивный!
Jerome was heavy favourite this year on a big undefeated streak till this fight since 99 i believe.
Mark was something else
Man his chins amazing lol Mr. Granite Chin Mark Hunt!
This is one of my favorite fights (knock outs?) of all time. MMA, boxing, kickboxing, whatever. I absolutely love it. Lebanner with a fucking legendary entrance.
Azekiel Watch "Mark Hunt vs. Jerome Le Banner (K-1 WGP 2002 Semi Final)" on RUclips
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One of the greatest KO's in history
O super samuano Mark, nocauteando o super francês Jerome. 2 Strikers de nível mundial ! Show !!!
Franchement j'adore Géronimo mais faut avouer que Hunt est un cube !!! sous son air adipeux comme beaucoup pensent, il envoie et encaisse le gars !!
Ils ont combattu 4 fois. Le Banner a gagné 3 fois.
Là je crois qu'il a été saoulé par son coin.
@@GreziIIo
Il s 'est fait partouzer , point barre !
@@stes3242 exact les poings de hunt ce sont des coups de parpaings point barre!!
Magnifique ces 2 GRANDS BOXEURS...le KO qui met KO 🥊🥊🥊
Never get sick of this fight. Hunt is a kiwi legend. top 10 knockouts in my books.
Back when mma wasn't either a wrestling match or point sparring. The golden age
유일한 헌트의 밴너전 승리지만 사람들은 밴너의 3승보다 이것만 기억하겠지
I saw this match live on TV 2001...damn what a fight it was !
The greatest moment in combat sports.
What’s the song that mark hunt went in his entrance?
Man what a nasty KO.... And to LeBanner on top of that!
themostawesomepig with le banner u either u get him knocking out someone or gettin knocked out
The Japanese crowd went crazy for this!! They absolutely loved Mark Hunt over in Japan! Absolute Legend👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
This venue makes UFC look like a McDonalds play pen.
oplix Lol I was looking at that. Looks like the whole city was in attendance lol
not just power but AMAZING combos he puts together with it + good speed hes a beast!!
Жером сильный боец,всегда с уважением относится к противнику. Хант красавчик
Whoah great fight .... respect for both 🙏🙏🙏
Somoanns are built like fire plugs . No doubt hunt just has a thicker skull and thicker bones in his hands and incredible speed too for his size. Just a wrecking machine.
very impressive, i have watched a lot of Hunts fights and it seems to me that the moment you actually hurt Hunt is when you are in big trouble because he always seems to become very explosive and responsive once he has been hurt, the Cyborg was simply destroyed once Hunt lined his chin up and put him to sleep, good fight!
I did not see that coming...and apparently neither did the other guy
6y yr tutu 777777i
that guy saw nothing at all: total blackout. if it wasn't for those peeps lifting him up, he would've slept there the whole night
MARK HUNT.......UNO DE LOS MEJORES DE TODA LA HISTORIA..!!!!!!!!!!!!!....GRAN PELEADO9R...!!!!!!!!!
Next fight for Mark Hunt: Rematch against Alistair Overeem?
That would be nice! Think Reem may be going for naptime though.
Johnny Wrong Reem without roids vs Hunt , now that would be a real deal!
and it happened
Hunts walkout song was awesome. I want to know what it is
He is a beast. Insane power.
Those punches in the end is enough to kill a regular bloke. Hunt was an animal in his prime.
Hunt is incredible. He looks like an untrained chubber but few people in the world could last 5 mins with him
As soon as Mark Hunt got cocky he began laying thunder hammer fists
Mark Hunt this is a real destroyer super strong and good boxing
13:38 Mark Hunt charges up to Super Saiyan level