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ray_glenn
December 22nd, 2007, 07:40 AM
Interesting article here:

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3165552

Looks like PBF and former Pride champ Fedor Emelianenko might be the centerpieces of Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban's new fighting league. I'd love to see PBF in an MMA match, just to see how a pure puncher and the consensus top pound-for-pound guy fares against fighters versed in muay thai, kickboxing, and jujitsu. While on the surface, it seems like a pure boxer would be at a disadvantage in an MMA fight, there have been some stand-up punchers who've managed to succeed at the elite MMA level, foremost among them being Chuck Liddell. Liddell, as a technical boxer, is probably average compared to trained full-time boxing pros, but his ability to defend against the takedown ensured that he could keep fights off the ground and turn all of his fights into brawling matches. I wonder if PBF, with several months of sprawl and takedown defense training, can have success similar to Liddell's in MMA.
King-Of-Kings
December 22nd, 2007, 08:03 AM
pbf has no chance against a average MMA fighter. Top good fighters will eat him alive .
ray_glenn
December 22nd, 2007, 08:08 AM
I figure if PBF can keep a fight off the ground, he has a decent chance at getting in enough punches for a KO (if he can avoid all the knees, kicks, and elbows coming his way). Once the fight goes to the ground, though, I don't think he'd last more than a minute against even an average MMA pro welterweight versed in submissions or ground-and-pound.
agnthvc
December 22nd, 2007, 08:26 AM
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz huh huh .. what ?? did he wake up ??? MAYWEATHER IS DREAMIN
Entiel
December 23rd, 2007, 07:30 PM
PBF has no chance. . . .SMH. . . .no way. . .
lbjking23
December 23rd, 2007, 08:02 PM
No way Floyd goes through with this.. unless the money is huge and he trains for a while and thinks he can win a fight.. which would probably be his only one. He dont want to fight Miguel Cotto and wants to retire for fear of getting hurt in boxing.. why whould he go to mma when he knows there is a good chance to take a loss.
ray_glenn
December 23rd, 2007, 11:29 PM
No way Floyd goes through with this.. unless the money is huge and he trains for a while and thinks he can win a fight.. which would probably be his only one. He dont want to fight Miguel Cotto and wants to retire for fear of getting hurt in boxing.. why whould he go to mma when he knows there is a good chance to take a loss.

The money is huge... the rumour is that Mark Cuban is offering him at least $30 million to make the jump to MMA, which is almost 4 times more than the biggest payday Mayweather has ever gotten ($8 million in the fight against Baldomir). Heck, if I'm PBF, for $30 million I'd let Anderson Silva knee me in the nuts and use my head as a speed bag for 5 minutes :lol:
sampsonthestrong
December 25th, 2007, 11:41 AM
He should try to fight and beat the best fighters at 147 before he does anythng. As much as i respect Floyd's skills and his game, there's still unfinished business in his OWN division as far as i'm concerned. He beat Oscar, who is a jr. middle and Hatton, who is a jr. welter. How about fighting the top 147 pounders like Cotto, Paul Williams, or Sugar Shane before he talks about going to another sport. I don't know if he'll succeed in MMA or not, but there's still a lot left that he can accomplish in boxing.
eye guy
December 26th, 2007, 03:28 AM
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz huh huh .. what ?? did he wake up ??? MAYWEATHER IS DREAMIN

For real that dude is dreamin!!!! He'll get his *** whupped!!!!:rotfl: