magicbalala245 Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 I admit I will pay to watch this so I can see Shaq get knocked out. Where does one go after dunking on a 13-ton shark? What's the next step after defeating Damon Jones with a plastic knife and killer dance moves? Well, if you're Shaquille O'Neal(notes) you challenge the UFC heavyweight champion of the world.UFC president Dana White joined "Into The Night with Tony Bruno" to discuss UFC 100's impressive ratings, the possibility of a Brock Lesnar-Fedor Emelianenko match, and the desire of The Big Diesel/Witness/Twitter to step inside the octagon with the Coors Light-drinkin' champ. Sports Radio Interviews transcribes the gold:"Shaq texts and Twitters me all the time saying he wants to fight Brock Lesnar. He's been training for 10 years; Shaq's probably the only dude in the NBA that can actually fight ... I told Shaq, I said listen, 'Win another NBA championship this year and then we'll talk next year.'"White's right; Shaq's yearning to get in the cage is nothing new. He's been training with Jonathan Burke of Gracie's Gym for 10 years now, where he does the full gamut of MMA, boxing, jiu-jitsu, Muay Thai and wrestling. Cagewriter spoke with Burke in May who said that O'Neal "works his tail off" during drills and "has way more talent with this stuff than people would imagine." And again, he dunked on a freakin' shark!It's a long shot to ever happen, but Shaq vs. Brock ... I would pay good money to see that. I don't think Shaq gonna be winning any titles soon Dana White. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdog17k Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 I'd like to see Shaq get rocked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobb Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 I would love to see him face and fighter just because he has been training so he at least has some idea of what he doing. Hopefully they win the Championship this year so we can see a fight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliCurbStomppa Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 Brock would win against Shaq... It dont matter how big Shaq is he wont beat Brock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWhiTex34 Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 Yea Shaq needs to chill out lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted July 16, 2009 Owner Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 He goes to the extreme to get his name out there, doesn't matter if it's praising his teammates, bad-mouthing coaches and former teammates, suiting up as a rent-a-cop, or asking to fight someone that would easily waste him in the Octagon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoastNiner Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 Shaq would win. UFC is weak, for real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRT Spidey Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 shaq would get murdered by anyone in the bottom of the heavyweight division, nevermind the champ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleveland's Finest Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 Depends...would Shaq be facing the roided up Brock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted July 16, 2009 Owner Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 It doesn't matter. It's still an NBA player. Kendall Gill could probably take a couple of guys in the bottom half of the UFC in his weight class, but realistically, almost every NBA player would get their faces beat in by an MMA fighter that has been training for it from one year out, while probably every MMA fighter would be dominated in a game of one-on-one against most NBA players (I say most so I can exclude Sasha Vujacic). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klashnekoff Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 Put Nate in the cage against Brock .. Dude would straight mess him up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheriff Shaq Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 Anything's got to be better than Mir getting manhandled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 lol, Brock would demolish him in seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcheato Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 I admit I will pay to watch this so I can see Shaq get knocked out. I don't think Shaq gonna be winning any titles soon Dana White.Who's gonna win them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoastNiner Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 Shaq would definitely hold his own. The UFC is weak, and people over-rate the "fighters" in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 Shaq would definitely hold his own. The UFC is weak, and people over-rate the "fighters" in it.Word up. Shaq was born in Newark, he'd rock Lesnars [expletive]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicbalala245 Posted July 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 Who's gonna win them? Who do you think buddy? LA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xx. Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 The only player in the NBA I can see being really good in UFC is Marcin Gortat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great iBoldin Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 (edited) Shaq would definitely hold his own. The UFC is weak, and people over-rate the "fighters" in it. How is the UFC considered weak to you? Do you know the training and game planning they go through before a fight? Every fighter in the UFC (and other MMA orginizations) has a background in a MMA skill (Ju-Jitsu, Muay Thai, Kickboxing, BJJ, etc.) and often have a second one. All fighters are well versed in most technical aspects of the sport. Take a look at Georges St. Pierre. He is by far the most technically sound fighter in the UFC, possibly the world. One of the best pound-for-pound fighters. He is so good at every aspect of the game, people are hesitant in the ring with him, and they get dominated because of it. When your hesitant cause you know a guys going to bat you, how could you possibly be overrated? You clearly don't respect the sport. EDIT - And Shaq would definitely not "hold his own". He'd get his [expletive] handed to him. It wouldn't even last 30 seconds. He'd be so lethargic, Lesnar could just shoot for a take-down, get his submission in, tap out, that simple. Or his punches would so slow, Lesnar would just come in with a couple of hooks. It would so ugly. Edited July 16, 2009 by iBoldin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoastNiner Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 They aren't the fighter that people make them out to be, and "Pride" is better. Not to mention that I would take a good heavyweight boxer over these guys any day of the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great iBoldin Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 They aren't the fighter that people make them out to be, and "Pride" is better. Not to mention that I would take a good heavyweight boxer over these guys any day of the week. I wouldn't take the boxer against a guy who is a multi-dimensional fighter, and could take him down once he throws one bad punch. Pride is basically the feeding grounds to the UFC, I would say. Most would agree. Although in Pride your allowed to do much more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoastNiner Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 I wouldn't take the boxer against a guy who is a multi-dimensional fighter, and could take him down once he throws one bad punch. Pride is basically the feeding grounds to the UFC, I would say. Most would agree. Although in Pride your allowed to do much more. I will take a prime Mike Tyson over an UFC fighter that you want to put in the ring, and Mike Tyson would take that chump out so quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted July 20, 2009 Owner Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 I will take a prime Mike Tyson over an UFC fighter that you want to put in the ring, and Mike Tyson would take that chump out so quickly.Yeah, same here...but that's also a prime Mike Tyson, who is arguably the greatest boxer of all-time. The sport of boxing is so bad today, the UFC and Pride have simply wiped it off the map. Thing is, Shaq doesn't spend every single day taking punches to the chin. He doesn't spend every single day throwing punches, or escaping submissions. Once someone who HAS been doing that every day for a year or longer decides to connect (which won't be difficult), Shaq will hit the mat...and the huffing and puffing alone will force him to tap, if he isn't already KO'ed. If Hulk Hogan and Lex Luger can slam a 500-pound wrestler, picking them up off the ground, Lesnar will toss Shaq and his 350-pound soon-to-be-lifeless body, and unlike Frank Mir, it would take Shaq much, much, much more effort to get up, even if he's not hurt by the fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 What about True Warrier? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hawk Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 LOL SHAQ must have gotten high? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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