Mark Hunt reveals the damage inflicted by Stipe Miocic in Fight Night 65

ADOPTED Aussie UFC fighter Mark Hunt absorbed a record number of blows during his fight in Adelaide on the weekend — this is what he looked like the next day.

UFC - Adelaide Entertainment Centre

MARK Hunt is one of the toughest guys in the sport.

Following his fifth-round TKO loss to heavyweight contender Stipe Miocic at Fight Night Adelaide, Hunt posted a photo of himself being seen by UFC doctors and congratulated his opponent on a job well done.

The old warhorse got beaten up sorry was to tired big mistake to be tired wen u facing the top end congrats stipe well done mate thanks for everyone's support

Posted by MARK HUNT on Saturday, May 9, 2015

Hunt will obviously need some time to recover after absorbing a record-breaking amount of punches.

When the final numbers were tallied, Miocic out-landed Hunt a total of 361-46. The 361 total strikes landed by Miocic set a new UFC record as he broke Royce Gracie’s total of 355 strikes that he landed at UFC 5 in 1995.

He also shattered the modern era record held by Chael Sonnen for 320 strikes in his first bout against Anderson Silva.

The two heavyweights fought for more than 20 minutes, although an argument could be made that Hunt was done sometime during the second round, considering the lack of fight he put up after the opening stanza.

With a loud and raucous crowd on his side, Hunt stayed in the fight early as he tried to bait Miocic into an exchange with him, but he was always one step behind the Ohio native. Miocic cracked Hunt time after time with long punches, but the New Zealander never backed down and tried to mount a comeback as the round came to an end.

Miocic quickly figured out as the second round faded into the third that Hunt was out of gas and running on fumes. Hunt walked into the fight blocking more than 85 percent of his opponents’ takedowns, but he had no such luck against Miocic, a former wrestler at Cleveland State University.

UFC Fight Night 65: Stipe batters Hunt

Mark Hunt v Stipe Miocic.

Miocic put Hunt down six times over the course of the fight and he unloaded a heavy barrage of punches and elbows every time he landed on top.

There were at least three times during the fight when Miocic had Hunt on the ground and was raining down shots with very little defense from the former PRIDE Fighting veteran, but the referee refused to stop the fight.

In between the fourth and fifth rounds, the doctor even came in to check on Hunt, whose face was swollen to the point where he was almost unrecognizable.

Inexplicably, the doctor allowed the fight to move forward, but mercifully the referee finally stopped it a short time later.

Miocic put Hunt down again and just punished him with punches until the referee stepped in and called a stop to the carnage.

Hunt cops a beating.

Miocic said after the fight that takedowns were a big part of his strategy and it worked to perfection. He watched as Hunt’s conditioning faded and as each minute passed and Miocic put him down with relative ease by the end of the fight.

“He was telling me he was going to knock me out, so why not? Take him out of his own game,” Miocic said about his game plan.

Miocic has won four of his past five fights with his only loss coming by way of a razor-close decision to former champion Junior Dos Santos last December.

Miocic is closing in on a potential title shot in 2015 and he will be paying close attention to the upcoming heavyweight main event at UFC 188 when Cain Velasquez meets Fabricio Werdum with the belt up for grabs.

This story originally appeared on Fox Sports US

Originally published as Mark Hunt reveals the damage inflicted by Stipe Miocic in Fight Night 65