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• lincoln21 said May 06, 2009

  roy jones is a great boxer no doubt but can he fight in the octagon? this is what everyone would like to know, ive seen roy jones KO so many people in the ring but in the octagon it may be different, guess we'll never know.

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  • bambinos replied May 09, 2009

    i agree at 85% The only thing i disagree or have a different opinion on is that we don't need to see it to know he would get the beating of his life. (Jones would) MMA encompasses all fight sports & techniques including boxing. it's like trying to buid a house only with a hammer when another guy has a complete tool box!
• Jamestime1 said May 07, 2009

  I can't say I blame Dana on this one,if something freakish happen,we will never here the end of it .

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• UNC23Tarheels said May 07, 2009

  Yeah,that's not in the best interest for the sport of MMA,if either athlete got hurt it would opening the flood gates for negative press and criticism,and Dana White is doing the right thing and as for Roy Jones Jr. why would you even think about entering the octagon? From what I have seen of Anderson Silva,dude is a problem..

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• cowboysfan1 said May 07, 2009

  yup if roy jones wants to enter the octagon he should have to start in a lower league against a lesser opponent. In my opinion, it's not fair to the contenders working hard for a guy life roy jones to leap frog them for a shot at silva. I respect dana white for not comporomising the integrity of the UFC for a few bucks

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  • jerseu_devil replied June 05, 2009

    you mean like how he compromised the integrity of the UFC for a few bucks when he let Brock Lesnar have a crack at Randy Coutures title? LOL....Dana White is a BUSINESS MAN, plain and simple. It makes NO sense to put his best champion and perennial cash cow into a fight with some washed up schlub who doesn't know what hes doing. Remember when Tommy put Gorgeous George into a bare-knuckle boxing fight against The Piker in Snatch? Yeah. If Anderson Silva was on his way out (like Couture was when Lesnar fought him), Dana White would go RIGHT for it. Dana White offered a million of his OWN cash to Floyd Mayweather to fight Sean Sherk when Mayweather was talking shite. And its because the average fan doesn't know who Sean Sherk is, fans like us know he's just some juiced up muscle head, and Sean Sherk would tear the head off of Mayweather thus bringing Dana millions AND cred at the same time. He has NOTHING to gain from a Silva vs Jones. If (when) Silva wins, he'll have beaten a washed up boxer with ZERO MMA training, so Dana loses. If by some tremendous act of god Silva loses or if Silva breaks his leg on Roy Jones face, then Dana loses BIG TIME. There are no scruples involved her; simple cost/risk analysis.
• ellement said May 07, 2009

  Obviously he's intimidated by what Jones has done in the past. I also think he's somewhat intimidated by what he might do to Silva. Remember very serious injuries have happened from boxing due to excessive blows to the head, these guys punch and punch and punch, obviously more then any UFC fighter and can punch harder and faster. I think Jones with a set of grappling gloves as oppose to boxing gloves is too much to risk for a big money making main event. He's worried about Silva, which is the reason for Dana's low blow defense.

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  • bambinos replied May 09, 2009

    either you are kidding or you haven't got a clue....Roy jones would get the beating of his life and Dana has done the right thing by not compromising the sport. Imagine the bad publicity for MMA if Something Happened to Roy Jones. Which certainly would get hurt.
    No doubt jones was a great boxer but MMA is a totally different ball game & Jones being past his prime would certainly get injured or worse. nobody would win in the end!
    • ellement replied May 11, 2009

      You obviously aren't even considering the knockout power behind Jones which I think is more than enough to rattle Silva's dome, and Dana mentions how he wants to leave match-ups like that for pride and other leagues, then why did he allow a former WWE wrestler into the octagon. Its was purely a move to attract more viewers to the sport, maybe even sway those die hard wrestling fans from there sport they love. Regardless he deserves a fight in UFC and you have no idea what a fighter like him can do against an opponent like Silva. It is something you would have to see to call. Remember boxers injure people badly not just break a bone or something, that's the argument he would turn Silva's brain to mashed taters if he ever mounted him or stood toe to toe.
• anchorman said May 07, 2009

  Forget breaking down the non-match-up. The real question in all this is, who would stand to gain more by participating in such an event? The answer is Roy Jones Jr. who understands that boxing is dying and that he has much to gain from reinventing himself. White is wisely turning down the fight, because he knows UFC and MMA have the advantage.
  

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• Robbo24 said May 07, 2009

  If Roy wants to seriously compete he should do what Oscar de la Hoya is doing. Get a group of investors and start up and promote simular boxing/ MMA venues. Days inside the ring are over the problem is no World Champion Boxer hasn't seen a ring they didn't love. Besides dude ran his business dealings very well during his career up to now. I dont see why doing business behind the scenes wouldn't be successful as well.

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• keybrite said May 08, 2009

  Please!!!!!! If Dana White let Silva fight, a real fighter, one who has trained damn near his whole life. If he let them fight, we would all see the reality of the crap we have been fed by mixed martial arts hype. Dudes who've been fighting in the back yard against roid using punks.Let's be real, Most flyweights would beat down half the UFC fighters.
  
  Lets Keep it real

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  • bambinos replied May 09, 2009

    You definately no NOTHING about MMA!
    
• anchorman said May 09, 2009

  Oh Keybrite, where shall I start your education? Let's dismantle your first myth that Mixed Martial Artists are backyard brawlers. Former Pride champion and current UFC MIddleweight contender Dan Henderson is a 2-time U.S. Olympian in Greco-Roman Wrestling; UFC Lightweight Champion BJ Penn is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Champion; Legend Fedor Emelianenko has multiple National Championships in his native Russia's national sport of Sambo.
  I could go on-and-on, but the point is they all appear to be world-class athletes to me.
  Ironically your second myth can be dismantled courtesy of a "backyard brawler": If you recall it took Kimbo Slice 74 seconds to submit former WBO Heavyweight boxing champion Ray Mercer. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oihc7Rmfp0U)
  The case file regarding boxers vs. Mixed-Martial Artists is still being built, but your argument that "most flyweights would beat down half the UFC" is hardly legitimate.
  

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• bambinos said May 09, 2009

  now here's a guy who knows his sport! WAY TO GO CHAMP!!!!

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• razah12 said June 07, 2009

  This is the biggest pipe dream I have ever heard of. Roy, please take the advice of the boxing community and retire from all combat sports. He is 40 years old and has a family. He suffered through two vicious back to back KO's (and they were no joke). I don't even think an athletic commission would allow him to fight in a MMA event. Roy is a Hall of Famer, it would be nice to hear him talk about it. Below are some videos of KO's which should have ended his career. I would even discourage a straight out boxing match between the two.

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• razah12 said June 07, 2009

  Does this look like a guy who needs to take anymore blows to the head?
  
  
  

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• razah12 said June 07, 2009

  If that didn't convince you, then what about this. His very next fight! MAKE SURE TO WATCH IT TILL THE VERY END!
  
  
  

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• razah12 said June 07, 2009

  Dana is 100% right here. I obviously don't know Roy, but after seeing what has happened to other fighters, I would hate to see him get seriously hurt. Call it my attempt at caring for mankind.

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