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Floyd Mayweather vs Logan Paul is OFFICIAL (Is it good for the sport?)
Floyd mayweather is going to be fighting logan paul on february 20th in 2021, it has been confirmed by floyd himself that this exhibition bout is going to happen on pay-per-view, although a lot of you are a bit skeptical that this would happen after what just happened with jake paul fighting nate robinson but now we’re having not only a professional boxer versus a youtuber, We’re having the greatest boxer of all time versus a youtuber and this changes the game completely not only for boxing but for mma as well.
This can also be a bit worrisome even for mma fans if we’re having someone on floyd mayweather’s level taking these kind of fights, it means that we’re probably going see this as more of a norm, there’s going to be more of these fights that are going to happen especially if floyd versus logan paul becomes successful on pay-per-view.
If the numbers come out and it proves to be what i think is one of the biggest pay-per-views of all time, we are definitely going to see guys like Canelo fight youtubers and other professional boxers will follow through and even mma fighters might cross over into the ring to fight youtubers.
A lot of boxers are in the sport to make money, they will jump to the deal if they see that floyd gets paid 200 – 300 million dollars fighting logan paul, which is essentially not even as challenging as a sparring match in his gym.
What is stopping other boxers doing the same, Canelo’s is going to be like – “i could probably make 100 million from one of these guys or maybe 50 million”.
MMA fighters like conor mcgregor or jorge masvidal, and many guys can come into the sport of boxing and do the same sort of thing and not lose sweat nor risk getting hurt at all.
They do not need a training camp to handle one of these youtubers – now this is a good and bad thing for the professional fighters.
The good thing is easy money to fight a popular youtuber like one of the paul brothers, now the bad thing about all this is that it will hurt the credibility of the sport – if boxers do it, it’s going to hurt the sport of boxing and if mma fighters are going to do it, it’s going to hurt mma.
Although one fight is not going to do enough damage but if it keeps happening, if it becomes a norm, people are not going to look at these sports the same way as usual, it’s not going to be serious sport where the actual professionals should be taken seriously and ultimately these youtuber fights are going to draw on a different kind of crowd.
A lot of people that will watch the fights are the people who watch guys like Logan Paul on youtube and not specifically the hardcore fans of the sport.
We just had jake paul versus nate robinson in a boxing match, now we’re having the greatest box of all time fighting another youtuber and that is what i think is the thing that might hurt this more than anything else. We don’t know what the cost is going to be for this pay-per-view it might be 100, it might be 60 or 50.
I am predicting that this pay-per-view is going be one of the biggest pay-per-views in boxing history, floyd holds many pay-per-view records in the sport of boxing and this is definitely going be one of the top.
It’s going to draw in another crowd that may shock a lot of people, how many people are going to be interested in this ?
There is an argument that these kind of fights can draw in more attention to the sport of boxing of which i agree but not when you have someone as credible as floyd fighting someone like logan paul because everybody knows it’s going to be a walk through for floyd.
Floyd does not need the fight to be fixed to do his work, he doesn’t have to train for the fight, he’ll win this easily but everybody knows it’s a cash grab, it’s an easy fight and it’s not going to be competitive.
People aren’t going to be as interested in seeing a professional boxer fight a youtuber.
Previously, logan paul lost to ksi in a boxing match, imagine what a professional boxer would do to him. I know a lot of people who are not as knowledgeable in martial arts cannot really comprehend how much skill matters.
It doesn’t matter how big logan is, it doesn’t matter how powerful he is, it doesn’t really matter how fast he is, it doesn’t matter how athletic he is, it doesn’t matter how young he is – the skills of a professional boxer will always triumph over someone that just relies on size.
So my official prediction for the fight is that, floyd mayweather will handle him pretty well, does whatever he wants to him, I don’t think he knocks him out in the first round although it is a huge possibility that can happen if floyd comes out right away and just tries to go for the knockout.
I don’t know what the rules are going to be for the exhibition fight, probably similar to mike tyson and roy jones fight but for a professional boxer versus a youtuber who have had like two amateur fights, they’re going to have some more restrictions so logan paul doesn’t get hurt.
Maybe headgear, maybe bigger gloves, maybe less rounds – there are a lot of things that might change compared to tyson vs roy jones which was between two legends of the same age.
I am predicting that floyd mayweather is going to win, i have a feeling he might just carry it and not try to hurt logan paul that much.
If i was a youtuber, if you were a youtuber, i guarantee we would all do the same thing so you can’t knock the youtubers for trying to do this.
What do you guys think about this flight, do you guys like this kind of fights happening occasionally or often?
Do these kind of fights hurt or help the sport?
UFC 272 is getting stacked with two title fights, Alexander Volkanovski vs Max Holloway 3 and Aljamain Sterling vs Petr Yan 2 are official.
The maiden Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) tagged: “Face-off Fight Night” will debut in Lagos on Friday at the Grand Africa Ballroom, Continental Hotel, all thanks to UFC Welterweight World Champion, Kamaru Usman.
The inaugural editionorganised by an African-oriented Nigeria MMA professional promotion company, 5Five 4Four (54) Limited will feature five bouts among 10 professional fighters.
The clashes will feature Damilare ‘Ring Beast’ Addulrahimb against Ugochukwu ‘Nicotine’ Melvin, while Jude ‘Hurricane’ Ezugwu will lug it out with Richard ‘Resident Ninja’ Chidi Nwankwo, as Emmanuel Onoja contends with Richard ‘Shield’ Muzaan. Daniel ‘Big Shark’ Emeka engage in a brawl against Ayivor ‘Finisher Mawuko.
Usman said the introduction of MMA in Nigeria would create opportunities for the youth that are interested in the sport.
“It is quite often that when someone gets to a position of power they want to help. But the difficult aspect is how to help. You can’t just become the best fighter in the world and then decide to open a swimming school everywhere in Africa and expect it to work when I don’t know anything about swimming.”
“At first, I thought about it over and over on how I can help, and how I can create opportunities for more youths like myself. Luckily, I was able to run into these amazing partners, which was the best way to go to achieve the vision and what we eventually plan to do,” he said.
5FIVE 4Four Limited, the creator and producer of The AFRICAN KNOCKOUT – Africa’s first of its kind Mixed Martial Arts Reality Television Show; will take a series of Mixed Martial Arts fight nights to Lagos State in Nigeria.
This includes i the much-anticipated sports event of this Xmas season – ‘Face Off’ Fight Night slated for January 7, 2022, at the Lagos Continental Hotel, Victoria Island.
Happening at at the Grand African Ball Room at Lagos Continental Hotel, the first ‘Face Off’ Fight Night will feature a series of activities leading up to the AKO Show Season 2, including an opening press conference with Kamaru Usman, fighters face-off, 5 professional MMA fights featuring AKO Season 1 and other fighters, electrifying music, entertainment breaks, luxury items giveaways and many more.
The ‘Face Off’ Fight Nights is powered by the UFC welterweight World Champion Kamaru “The Nigerian Nightmare” Usman; and will feature MMA fighters from Nigeria and Africa, celebrities and special guests.
This is targeted at promoting the MMA culture in Africa, and especially to its fans and enthusiasts in Nigeria.
Commenting on the event, the organisers stated that “We are proud to organize the first of a kind high-end MMA event in Lagos in the presence of the Champ bringing exciting fights as part of rich entertainment program organized as per world-class standards.
“The fights will be managed by a certified team of officials with top health and safety measures to ensure the wellbeing of our fighters. This edition marks the genesis of a journey with our partner, Kamaru Usman, towards leaving perennial mixed martial arts imprint in Nigeria and Africa as a whole.”
This one might have gotten to Jake Paul as he had to dismiss the latest rumour involving his boxing career and this time, he is doing it loudly.
Jake Paul was rumoured to have chipped in a clause in his opponents’ contract that stated they were not allowed to knock him out during the fight, a development that is rather unbelievable.
This time, he had to respond and he had to do it in a grand style by offering former UFC champion Tyron Woodley an extra $500,000 bonus if he could win their upcoming rematch by knockout or TKO.
“There’s rumors going around that everyone sort of has come to believe that my fights are rigged or I don’t allow my opponents to knock me out in the contract,” Paul addressed when appearing on The MMA Hour.
“It’s just not true. It’s completely bullsh*t.
“Of course all these people are going to do is try to discredit me. Because when you’re at the top, that’s what happens. I just want to nip the rumors in the [bud] and give my opponent — contractually, I’m giving Tyron an extra $500,000 if he can knock me out. It just nips the rumors in the [bud] and shows people that all of my fights have been real, are real and will continue to be real.
“It’s illegal to rig a fight or to stage a fight,” Paul said. “It’s illegal to have things like that because it’s fraud. There’s outcomes. You can’t change the outcomes of a professionally sanctioned bout. It’s illegal. You would end up in jail. The fact that people would say that, we just wanted to squash the rumors.”
A 52-year-old MMA fighter had to replac his son in a fight but he still got disqualified.
He was disqualified shortly after biting his opponent.
Mateusz Muranski, his son was scheduled to fight Arkadiusz Tancula, a rematch at Fame MMA 12 last weekend inside Ergo Arena in Gdansk, Poland, but could not make it.
The first fight was held in May 2021 with Muranski losing his MMA debut by unanimous decision.
Now he is unable to make his rematch for reasons that weren’t clear and his 52-year-old father Jacek Muranski, stepped up to the plate instead.
Jacek Muranski was knocked down multiple times with a right hand in the contest that was scheduled for five, 2-minute rounds.
The fight was stopped in the fourth round after Muranski bit Tancula’s shoulder and repeatedly grabbed the fence. Tancula exited the cage after winning by disqualification.
Muranski sustained injured during the fight and needed a sling for his shoulder after the contest concluded.
Muranski attempted to do a post-fight interview and could have probably explained why he made the decision to bit his opponent but was booed by the crowd in Gdansk, Poland.
The sanction for his action is yet to be pronounced but it is not clear if he will have any fight anytime soon.
MMA fighter Donovan Salvato is reported to have bitten his roommate’s testicles, leaving a 2.5-inch bite mark.
This happened after he had an argument with his roommate, Abel Sosa, leading to the incident. After he was arrested, he got a ridiculous jail sentence of 12 hours.
Police report revealed that Salvato assaulted his roommate on November 11 but went to jail on Nov. 16 and spent around 12 hours there.
Salvato was held on a domestic violence hold and bodily injury after the incident took place.
The 29-year-old MMA fighter sat in the Metro Nashville Jail following the argument that turned violent.
According to the Police report, a 2.5-inch laceration on Mr. Sosa’s scrotum was discovered upon examination.
Additionally, local authorities revealed bruises and swelling to Sosa’s head.
But when the police arrived the scene, the MMA fighter has fled before he was later arrested.
According to Sosa, the altercation is a result of an ongoing argument that has yet to be resolved.
But he seemed to be in good spirits despite the trauma he’s gone through.
The arrest warrant and affidavit reveal the conflict orbited around the defendant (Salvato) staying at the roommate’s address unwanted.
The police report indicates that the officer on duty believed Salvato was the primary aggressor.
“I need to write a book or something about some of these stories I’ve encountered. Who can clearly say they got their testicles Bit by a professional MMA fighter during a fight? I’ll wait…. Nashville can be so wild that I’ve encountered more danger here than overseas to an extent.” Abel Sosa shared.
He was away for about seven years, the reason why he is referred to as a fomer UFC fighter, having announced his retirement but returned to win a bout, the man is Marcus Davis.
He returned to cage Friday at Premier FC 32 in Springfield, Mass at age 48, stepped into the cage and defeated Stephen Stengal (4-16) via first-round submission in the welterweight main event.
Davis (22-11) also won by triangle choke, the first in his 33-fight career
Davis who competed 14 times in the UFC from 2006-2011, made his name by defeating the likes of Paul Kelly, Paul Taylor, Chris Lytle, and Pete Spratt. He also faced Nate Diaz, Dan Hardy, Jeremy Stephens, Ben Saunders and Mike Swick.
Davis, who had his previous MMA bout in 2014, snapped a two-fight losing skid. Prior to Friday’s event. It’s worthy of note that his challenger, Stengal had only competed once since 2015, making the the 37-year-old fighter a retiree as well.
Marcus Paul Davis, an American professional mixed martial artist and former professional boxer who is perhaps best known for competing in the UFC was born August 24, 1973.
He is nicknamed “The Irish Hand Grenade”
UFC commentator Daniel Cormier drew the attention of some, including Nate Diaz and Rafael dos Anjos when he released his ‘Best MMA Boxers’ list.
Cormier had to do this as a result of the recent debates and conversation about who the best boxer in the UFC is today.
However, Cormier’s top five list includes:
James Toney
Max Holloway
Petr Yan
Conor McGregor
Junior Dos Santos
This expectedly, drew the attention of the the MMA community as a whole, especially his former fighting colleagues. UFC middleweight Eryk Anders, Nate Diaz and Rafael dos Anjos reacted by blasting Cormier in an Instagram comment section.
“Watchu knows about boxing DC, I’m s**tting on this list,” Diaz commented.
Dos Anjos also took the opportunity to poke at Cormier for his alleged bias towards his former teammate Islam Makhachev and Khabib Nurmagomedov.
“I’m surprised [Cormier] didn’t put Islam and Khabib on his list,” Dos Anjos said.
Nevertheless, Cormier remains one of the most prominent voices in MMA media today and that gives him an edge to continue to ruffle the feathers of the fighters over time.
Although, this is not the first time he has been accused of bias in his analysis and commentating.
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