Tyron Woodley says he's training Mayweather in MMA
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“Floyd Mayweather is interested in taking a mixed martial art bout, maybe a few of them, so who better than The Chose One to teach him the ropes on how we get off the ropes and get in the cage. I saw him at the Jordan party during the All-Star weekend, we started chatting about training MMA and we decided let’s connect, let’s hook up in Vegas and do some training. Get him ready for MMA. Y’all think it’s a joke but think about this: Floyd Mayweather’s one of the best strikers of all times. How many guys in the UFC that can’t wrestle, and can’t grapple and they consider themselves a stand-up fighter? If they have to stand across from one of the greatest strikers ever, they’re gonna be in a world of smoke.”
“We’re already getting it set-up. First thing we’ll work on is kicks. Blocking the kicks. There is no point in him trying to learn how to kick. Defending kicks, identifying when a body is about to throw a kick. No one can just suddenly, sneaky throw a kick besides like an [Edson] Barboza or Jose Aldo. […] Secondly, obviously defending takedowns. If he’s able to evade punches in a fraction of a second, make people look stupid and miss a million times, then he can learn wrestling defense. […] Then obviously he’ll decide which fight he wants to take, then we’ll gameplan out that.”
I smell BS.......
I mean Tyron is right about what he would have to do, but.... no way the $300 million man is stepping in the cage as anything other than as a promoter.
I mean Tyron is right about what he would have to do, but.... no way the $300 million man is stepping in the cage as anything other than as a promoter.
Remember, CM Punk is still under contract. I can definitely see that fight being made.
The highest mayweather has ever weighed in for a fight is 152, and then he was lighter the following night for the fight. How low in weight do you think cm punk can get? Mayweather is a natural 135lb fighter who gained weight to chase the bigger checks.
170 is the lowest, he was supposed to fight at 185
He was over 200 in WWE
Seems like a stretch for that fight to be put together based on that alone.
Living in 'Parts Unknown' adds a few pounds.
There is very little chance it does
I did an interview with a Mayweather insider 2 weeks ago & he said nobody even knows who CM Punk is & nobody close to Floyd ever mentions him.
I can't see mayweather willing to fight anyone else even if he gives up weight. He could easily weigh in over 156 surely if he doesn't cut.
Maybe mcgregor if they have some gentleman's agreement that Conor doesn't spend each round holding him down and slowly opening his face up with elbows.
Maybe mcgregor if they have some gentleman's agreement that Conor doesn't spend each round holding him down and slowly opening his face up with elbows.
Mayweather eats to weigh in, he hasn't cut in a longgggggg time.
There will be no gentleman's agreement, especially with mcgregor.
So if not CM, who do you see him fighting?
Do you think he can hang with any ufc fighter?
And more importantly, do you think that mayweather thinks there's a ufc fighter (apart from cm) that won't absolutely spank him, humiliate him, and tarnish his legacy that he'd be willing to step into the octagon with?
First of all, I don't think it's happening. Secondly, if it did happen, I don't think dana is smart enough to try to milk this for money. I see dana setting him up with a wrestler to try to show that mma is superior to boxing. Third of all, for the money it would cost the ufc to get mayweather into the cage, it would have to be the highest selling fight they could put together.
I agree with the I don't think it's happening.
But if it does, you think mayweather is going to take a fight against a wrestler dana has hand picked to destroy him??
Refer back to point number one.
Not saying you are wrong, but Floyd does the 'I don't know who {insert name} name is' routine with pretty much everyone and that surely rubs off on his entourage. Remember Ron Da Rousey?
It would have to be a co-promotion with wme-img and the money team, split revenue
I don't know how it would play out, but mayweather would need to make more than his biggest paydays in boxing.