MMA Fighter Picks Morrison Over Liddell

[Kakutogi-Gumi]

Not quite. It would surprise people. The guy did also say that fighters like Fedor would wipe the floor with Morrison, just not Liddell.

Well that's common knowledge.

I don't understand the need for secreacy? Fighters are very open about their opinions about fighting. Sometimes they're so open, they tell their opponents how they beat them and how they got there. They've never been afraid to express them. No one has been blackballed for saying a boxer can beat a fighter. Hell! It's happened more then once. Search Youtube for Mike Zambidis vs. "KID" Yamamoto.

This is just too fishy.

[Domain]

Well that's common knowledge.

I don't understand the need for secreacy? Fighters are very open about their opinions about fighting. Sometimes they're so open, they tell their opponents how they beat them and how they got there. They've never been afraid to express them. No one has been blackballed for saying a boxer can beat a fighter. Hell! It's happened more then once. Search Youtube for Mike Zambidis vs. "KID" Yamamoto.

This is just too fishy.

well im guessing he wanted to be kept secret because of the big mma vs boxing **** going on in the USA...and if he said boxing is tougher the whole American community would get on his case like a witch hunt and not support him.

In japan and other countries its different they dont have an mma vs boxing BS its strange why only in america its like this in japan they actually like boxing and in russia even fedor loves boxing and all combat sports.


but it could be mark kerr they said fought in the ufc before?

the closest that comes to mind is TITO ORTIZ cause he used to follow boxers around like a groupie he used to be at all of fernando vargas fights and even started training in big bear because vargas took him there.

[shawn_]

I think it has to do with the fact that the UFC is a company. Companies generaly do not view criticizm from employees in favorable light. Him picking Tommy to win would be no different then if you were a Public relations officer for Pepsi and claiming Coke was a much better drink. You wouldnt have your job for much longer.

[SquareCircle]

lol,

""A lot of people don't realize how hard it is to become a successful professional boxer. It's very, very hard and not too many amateurs or Olympic athletes make it in the pro ranks. It's much harder to become a good boxer, than it is to become a great mixed martial arts fighter."

feast on that, royal burnell.

[SquareCircle]

Well that's common knowledge.

I don't understand the need for secreacy? Fighters are very open about their opinions about fighting. Sometimes they're so open, they tell their opponents how they beat them and how they got there. They've never been afraid to express them. No one has been blackballed for saying a boxer can beat a fighter. Hell! It's happened more then once. Search Youtube for Mike Zambidis vs. "KID" Yamamoto.

This is just too fishy.

He didn't just say that a boxer could beat a 'fighter' (if u call them fighters..more like wrestlers who punch like women)...

He said,

and i quote...

"A lot of people don't realize how hard it is to become a successful professional boxer. It's very, very hard and not too many amateurs or Olympic athletes make it in the pro ranks. It's much harder to become a good boxer, than it is to become a great mixed martial arts fighter."


sizzlin.

[Kakutogi-Gumi]

Still, he's right and still, I don't see how he (or she) could be blackballed for making a statement like that. Even Jens Pulver said something to the same affect as the above qoute. And he's still in the UFC.

[SquareCircle]

what exactly did pulver say...

im willing to bet it wasnt anything like

""A lot of people don't realize how hard it is to become a successful professional boxer. It's very, very hard and not too many amateurs or Olympic athletes make it in the pro ranks. It's much harder to become a good boxer, than it is to become a great mixed martial arts fighter.""

[Kakutogi-Gumi]

Actually it was in the exact frame as that quote. While being interviewed after his first Boxing victory, he said he felt extremely limited and had to overcome a lot of habits he had as a grappler and needed to adapt to the situation. He then said that he didn't see a lot of high calibre wrestlers not bring the accuracy in punching that boxers bring. Nor would he see it from high calibre fighters as well.

[SquareCircle]

u have a link?

[Kakutogi-Gumi]

I wish I did. I saw on FSN back in '04.