Comments Thread For: UFC Prez: Rousey Ends Laila Ali in 14 Second Range

[Evol]

A boxer would have a better chance of beating an MMA fighter at MMA than than the other way round, if they were similar level in their own sports.

I don't think we will ever see a prime top class boxer fighting in the UFC. Dana White would never allow that to happen, as the boxer might win and tarnish Dana's brand.

When Tyson Fury was sounding off about wanting to fight Cain Velasquez, Dana's response was, "If you want to fight the UFC champ, join the UFC and work your way up, you have to earn your shot."

But one throw away remark by Laila, which wasn't even a challenge, and he's offering her a shot at Rousey straight away!

See the difference? Fury is a world class boxer in his prime, so he can forget about it. Laila is in her 40's and hasn't fought in over a decade. That's the kind of boxer Dana likes.

wrong!! in mma, there is so much options for one to end the fight that it'll be impossible for a boxer to learn all those moves. kicking, choking, take downs, etc. remember striking is not something new to mma guys. of course their boxing is nowhere near an elite boxer but a boxer has never kick, take down, choke any of his opponents in the ring before so this will be something new for them.

[Deevel916]

The b1tch ducked Ann Wolf, she's just all talk.
Rousey needs to fight Cyborg

This right here ^. She did indeed duck the Wolfe.

[bigjavi973]

would rather see rousey move up one weight class and fight cyborg who's been talking more s^t than ali.

[Deevel916]

Octagon - Rousy > Laila

Street fight - Rousy > Laila

Boxing ring - Laila > Rousy



Rousy 2/3

[MrRolltide91]

Laila Ali>>>>>

[Dean_Razorback]

i can't stand non of them

[kafkod]

wrong!! in mma, there is so much options for one to end the fight that it'll be impossible for a boxer to learn all those moves. kicking, choking, take downs, etc. remember striking is not something new to mma guys. of course their boxing is nowhere near an elite boxer but a boxer has never kick, take down, choke any of his opponents in the ring before so this will be something new for them.

A top boxer doesn't need to learn all those moves to take an opponent out.

All he needs is one clean punch on target and it's lights out, especially with those light-weight MMA gloves that have hardly any padding at all over the knuckles.

The boxer would definitely have a punchers chance of winning an MMA fight. But even an elite level MMA fighter would still be like a raw novice against an elite level boxer in a boxing match, with zero chance of winning.

[kafkod]

Octagon - Rousy > Laila

Street fight - Rousy > Laila

Boxing ring - Laila > Rousy



Rousy 2/3

The way women fight when it's no rules - scratching, biting, latching on to the opponent's hair, etc, I think Laila's sheer size and weight would give her the advantage over Rousey on the street, where Rousey's judo and BJJ wouldn't be much use to her at all.

[Barcham]

let down syndrome girl go into boxing if dana wants her see fight laila ali. i always find it ******ed how they set these fights up so that everybody has to fight MMA fighters under MMA rules. boxers punch, thats all they do. it makes no sense to make them fight under MMA rules. however it does make some sense to let MMA fighters under boxing rules because boxing is part of what they do. its still uneven of course and every boxer is going to slap the **** out of an MMA fighter in a boxing fight, but it's more justified than having a boxer go into mma

The reason is that it is usually the boxer who starts shooting off their mouth in the first place, claiming that they could beat XXX fighter anytime, anywhere. Then if they do actually give it a try, like James Toney did against 47 yr old Randy Couture, they get their head handed to them in the octagon. This is followed by the usual "but if it was a boxing match, the boxer would have won"

Well that should be obvious to everyone from the get go. But when the boxer shot off their mouth, no one was talking about boxing. And in this case, neither was Laila when she opened her mouth.

[kafkod]

The reason is that it is usually the boxer who starts shooting off their mouth in the first place, claiming that they could beat XXX fighter anytime, anywhere. Then if they do actually give it a try, like James Toney did against 47 yr old Randy Couture, they get their head handed to them in the octagon. This is followed by the usual "but if it was a boxing match, the boxer would have won"

Well that should be obvious to everyone from the get go. But when the boxer shot off their mouth, no one was talking about boxing. And in this case, neither was Laila when she opened her mouth.

James Toney is a couple of years younger than Couture, but completely shot as a fighter of any kind because of all the head punches he took during his career. That's the only reason Dana White was interested in him.

Contrast that with his reaction when Tyson Fury asked for a fight with Cain Velasquez - "If you want to fight Cain join the UFC and beat some contenders first."