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November 18th, 2016, 12:00 PM
#1
FANTASY MMA FIGHTS
FANTASY MMA FIGHTS
I'm sitting here listening to Joe Rogan and Brendan Schaub jokingly talk about McGregor v. Lesnar but it had me thinking about how that fight could actually happen just not in the UFC-at least not present day UFC. But imagine the situation being relaxed like what we have seen in Japan. Remember that Hulk tournament with like Jose Canseco? Imagine 170lbs. McGregor v. 290lbs. Brock Lesnar in Rizin lol.
So what are some crazy fantasy fights you have thought of or would like to see or would have liked to have seen at some point? It could even be fights that were supposed to go down that fell through. It could even be some weird shit like Vanilla Ice v. MC Hammer. Doesn't even have to be present day, especially that fight lol. I don't know, it's Friday, it's super slow, and I thought this would be a fun thread to kill time.
I'll kick it off with something more realistic and I'm going to roll with:
Frank Shamrock
v.
Chuck Liddell
Imagine Frank never retires, he sticks around, still at the top of his game and fights Chuck Liddell in 2004 for the UFC Lightheavyweight Championship. You have arguably one of the best of the golden era v. one of the kingpins of the silver age of the UFC. The power of Chuck and the submission and heart of Frank Shamrock would have made for a very awesome fight IMO. Does Chuck knock this dude out in violent fashion or does Frank put the Iceman to sleep or snap an ankle?
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November 19th, 2016, 12:58 PM
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I'm not an MMA or boxing guy but isn't McGregor vs Mayweather the new thing people are fantasizing about? And teasing that it could really happen. Seems to me the fighter who would win this hypothetical bout would depend on which format they went with - Mayweather would win a boxing fight and McGregor would win an MMA fight. Right?
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November 19th, 2016, 1:05 PM
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Undoubtedly. Although there is perhaps a slight chance of each winning in the other discipline. McGregor is larger and more powerful than Mayweather as well as being significantly younger. If he caught him clean in boxing it could well end the night. Whereas Mayweather has a supreme defence, fast hands and great foot and hand movement, with smaller gloves he could easily catch McGregor clean and take him out. The overwhelmingly likely result would be that Conor would either take down and easily pound out Mayweather or work stop him badly with kicks, or that Mayweather would easily outwork and make McGregor look like a rookie over a 12 round decision in a boxing match. Thats assuming that McGregor could go 12 rounds with a supreme boxer like Mayweather, boxing undoubtedly takes huge stamina.
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November 19th, 2016, 3:09 PM
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November 19th, 2016, 3:55 PM
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