I remember Tyson signing a 20 million dollars right after he fought Danny Williams to fight somewhere overseas. What happened to that deal?
The only good MMA boxer is Anderson Silva. What he did to Forrest Griffin... was all boxing.... just so happens that Anderson is more dangerous on the ground... Ask Dan Henderson. No boxer should ever attempt MMA... No MMA fighter should really attempt boxing. Nick Diaz trains with Andre Ward though.... he put on a BOXING CLINIC in his last fight... just shows that the two are different skill sets. ...the guy had no idea he was in a boxing match... against a MMA fighter
Look what an old, fat, totally out of shape Ray Mercer did to Tim Silva. I'd say someone like David Haye could clean house with many MMA fighters, in the cage, purely based on his speed and explosiveness. Obviously, the stance is totally different, but David have athletic ability to jump in and out fast.
Tim Slyvia's strong point was that his arms were longer than his opponents. He's an admitted bar brawler / truck driver that fought at bars and somebody told him he get more than "another round" if he wasn't afraid to fight. At 6'8"... he had an advantage over most... except REAL fighter who didn't care about his size. A Ray Mercer will beat a Tim Slyvia everyday of the week. A Ray Mercer will NEVER beat a Fedor or Randy Couture... in a MMA match. At his age now... I give the MMA fighter a fair chance. Don't gauge MMA by Tim Slyvia... Tell a boxer ... to step in the ring with this... a balding fat dude... a straight up killa though... [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXoOcP20hjU[/ame]
Pre-fight I remember thinking Fedor looked like a damned teddy bear compared to Andre Orlavski............ He is just a fighter. Pure and simple.
Did Haye once say he wanted to go from boxing in to MMA? Damn i would love to see what damage he did with them tiny gloves on
I think they should lock Fedor away, he's using MMA as a way to just hurt people. When I first started watching it, I thought it was guys that took Karate lessons and had no where to actually use it.... then they had a Fedor interview that I saw... and something in his eyes wasn't right. It was a pre-fight interview and his eyes looked really weird. He kept his composure and everything but you could tell that inside of his head... he was thinking "If I can take this guys head home with me, that would be great." I wanted Brett Rogers to beat him... but he's not going to be beat for a minute. It seems like the new guys... are hungrier though and hes already done everything. Even if he loses... he'll still have a RJJ career and there's nothing you can say against that. I got RJJ over Bhop... just because of flash. B Hop is taking himself out of the game already with the personal ish. It's going to affect his performance. RJJ got stomped by Danny Green though... can't muster up an excuse for that one.
That would be a really big mistake for David... James Toney too.... They're too old and set in there ways. No smart MMA fighter would strike against them... it's called... MMA ... emphasis on the Mixed.... boxing is boxing. One skill set. MMA has Wrestling vs. Jui Jitsu... Karate vs. Kung Fu.... street fighting vs. I need a check... good stuff.