Comments Thread For: Cormier Admits It's 'Too Risky' For MMA Community To Allow St-Pierre To Face De La Hoya

[GucciGod]

I totally understand that this article clearly includes de la Hoya, but it’s pretty annoying and it’s alarming at how many MMA Articles this site has nowadays, starting to look like Dana is paying these guys to give his brand a lift, we don’t need a retired WRESTLERS opinion do we? Did many people want this fight? Do many people want this MMA article run to keep going on this site?

[Oldskoolg]

And he’s right, top MMA stars have as much chance at being successful against the top boxing champions as the top boxing champions do with MMA champions. They will continue to get destroyed and that’s not the image Dana white wants for the ufc and its legions of geeked out suburbanite incel fans. Therefore all avenues should be through showtime who could match boxers with MMA fighters via Bellator. Same should and could be done through PFL. Clay Collard just dominated Pettis in an MMA match on that promotion proving how dominant boxing is and could be in MMA

[Premier15]

This is why he won't fight Jake Paul in a boxing match either!

[TMLT87]

Clay Collard just dominated Pettis in an MMA match on that promotion proving how dominant boxing is and could be in MMA

Clay Collard is an MMA fighter who then did both MMA and boxing for a while after going 1-3 in the UFC and being cut. I dont think that win says much.

Of course boxing works in MMA though, but you need the other MMA skills as a support system in order to be able to utilize it. Some boxers could potentially develop that to a decent enough level over time but its easier said than done.

[War Room]

I don’t follow MMA like that but Keith Idec is saying they’ve offered him fights.

I don't follow MMA either, just read that the other day when looking at this issue.

[Mark taylor]

I wonder if Dana and Daniel would like to pay him possibly the biggest pay day of his life he is going to miss out on they didn’t moan when James Toney crossed over and lasted less than a round it seems a shame a great fighter is being stopped from earning a massive payday

[ralex]

Lol. Risky? Risky suggests GSP has a chance

it’s a guarantee that Oscar makes him look ****** and KOs him anytime he wants to

[Oldskoolg]

I dont think its insecurity so much as feeling like boxing is trying to use MMA for attention without taking any risks. I dont blame these ex-MMA guys for taking the paydays though.

These fights are lame anyway tbh. It should be some kind of hybrid rules, or like 3 rounds of boxing/1 round of MMA.

No he’s right. Geeky little MMA nerds don’t seem to mind James Tony getting handled in the ufc

[Oldskoolg]

Honestly, everybody should know this. MMA compared itself to boxing non-stop on its way up. In their self interest, they've crapped all over our sport to hype and propel themselves to become mainstream. However, they're afraid to see their top guys and legends fall short with the little common ground their sport has with boxing. Even Jake Paul, with no more than a year or two of boxing experience, sends shivers down their spine.

This man nailed it, and I am a multiple practitioner of several martial arts going back to the 70s. This comment is exactly right

[YoungManRumble]

Lol. Risky? Risky suggests GSP has a chance

it’s a guarantee that Oscar makes him look ****** and KOs him anytime he wants to

It's actually stated the other way in the article. They don't want their top MMA guy to get stopped by a retired boxer/fetishist/drug enthusiast in his late 40s. They think it will make them look bad, or more accurately, think it would be damaging to the sport.