{"id":320445,"date":"2026-04-18T03:07:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T21:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=320445"},"modified":"2026-04-18T03:07:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T21:37:58","slug":"former-ufc-star-mark-hunt-issues-an-announcement-on-his-domestic-violence-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/former-ufc-star-mark-hunt-issues-an-announcement-on-his-domestic-violence-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Former UFC star Mark Hunt issues an announcement on his domestic violence arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-304509\">\n<div class=\"article-follow\">\n<div class=\"article-sharing google-follow\"> <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWs2azRtMzFf%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">  <span>Follow us on Google Discover<\/span> <\/a> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Heavyweight fan favorite Mark Hunt has opened up about his recent run-in with the law. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Super Samoan\u2019 spent the night in an Australian prison after being charged with domestic violence earlier this week. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-grvmedia-grv-video GRVMultiVideo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Mark Hunt is accused of \u201cstalking or intimidation with intent to cause physical harm\u201d after he allegedly texted a death threat to a female relative.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 991px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-694681278-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Hunt lands left hand on Derrick Lewis during UFC Fight Night\" class=\"wp-image-209963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-694681278-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-694681278-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-694681278-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-694681278-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-694681278-1140x759.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-694681278-750x499.jpg 750w\"><\/div><figcaption title=\"AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - JUNE 11:  (L-R) Mark Hunt of New Zealand punches Derrick Lewis in their heavyweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at the Spark Arena on June 11, 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Josh Hedges\/Zuffa LLC\/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)\">Photo by Josh Hedges\/Zuffa LLC\/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mark Hunt: \u201cI didn\u2019t lay a hand on anybody.\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>On Friday, Mark Hunt shared a four-minute video addressing his recent domestic violence arrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeeded to talk on my DV charges as numerous this hate towards,\u201d he captioned the X post. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone makes mistakes and in every partnership people argue u take your partner with all their faults or walk away u don\u2019t put them in jail or keep a record and weaponise it against them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hunt claimed to have gotten right into a \u2018heated argument\u2019 together with his partner about an ongoing lawsuit against the UFC. <\/p>\n<p>The 52-year-old stressed that he never physically assaulted anyone while venting his frustration concerning the situation. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanna speak on this domestic violence s\u2014 they\u2019ve placed on me,\u201d Hunt began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s kinda sad because, within the situation, there was clearly no violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got right into a heated argument a couple of filing in a lawsuit we&#8217;re doing, like the opposite times now we have argued about it. We argue about it, we go away, sort it out, fix it, and carry on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery couple argues. Everyone has the identical issues, but you shouldn\u2019t record or take a record of your partner after they\u2019re offended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s frustration. After all, it\u2019s frustration. As long as that person doesn\u2019t touch you, put a finger on you, and that\u2019s what\u2019s happened here. Not an individual was hurt. I didn\u2019t lay a hand on anybody. I just got frustrated. We got right into a heated argument and I left.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, people have made mistakes. I\u2019ve made numerous mistakes. Nobody\u2019s perfect. Nobody\u2019s Jesus. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s sad here is, not many individuals make a record about what\u2019s happened. That\u2019s why I feel sort of sad about it. Quite a lot of these texts are getting used retroactively. they aren\u2019t even a part of what happened here a pair days ago. They\u2019re just being brought up from the past of somebody making a tab.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more-wrapper lazy see-more-closed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" data-type=\"twitter\"><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"embed_304509_1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more twitter\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Needed to talk on my DV charges as numerous this hate towards me everyone makes mistakes and in every partnership people argue u take your partner with all there faults or walk away u don\u2019t put them in jail or keep a record and weaponise it against them . <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zq6kwX35dq\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/Zq6kwX35dq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 mark richard hunt (@markhunt1974) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markhunt1974\/status\/2045090659670073538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><label for=\"embed_304509_1\" data-type=\"twitter\">View Tweet<\/label><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s next for Mark Hunt?<\/h2>\n<p>Mark Hunt is currently out on bail after agreeing to a series of strict conditions.<\/p>\n<p>A no-contact order forbidding the Latest Zealander from contacting his alleged victim is in place.<\/p>\n<p>In accordance with reports, Hunt\u2019s attorney has claimed his client will likely plead guilty to the charge.<\/p>\n<p>Hunt\u2019s case will next be heard on the Ballina Local Court, in Latest South Wales, on April 30.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more-wrapper lazy see-more-open see-more-blank extra-content\" data-src=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2026\/04\/17\/former-ufc-star-mark-hunt-issues-a-statement-on-his-domestic-violence-arrest\/none\" data-type=\"subscribe\">\n<div class=\"see-more subscribe\">\n<figure class=\"newsletter\">\n<div><svg class=\"loading\" width=\"118\" height=\"36\" viewbox=\"0 0 118 36\"><use href=\"#dots-svg\"><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<div class=\"signup\"><span class=\"hf\">Join Our Newsletter<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our greatest Bloody Elbow content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow us on Google Discover Heavyweight fan favorite Mark Hunt has opened up about his recent run-in with the law. \u2018The Super Samoan\u2019 spent the night in an Australian prison after being charged with domestic violence earlier this week. Mark Hunt is accused of \u201cstalking or intimidation with intent to cause physical harm\u201d after he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":320446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[1581,9402,2498,3457,4036,795,5400,3928,11028],"class_list":["post-320445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-arrest","tag-domestic","tag-hunt","tag-issues","tag-mark","tag-star","tag-statement","tag-ufc","tag-violence"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320445"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":320448,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320445\/revisions\/320448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}