Mayweather mulling move to MMA

Floyd Mayweather Jr., the world's No. 1 boxer, is strongly considering a revolutionary jump to mixed martial arts under a deal being discussed with Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.

Leonard Ellerbe, Mayweather's adviser and best friend, told ESPN.com Friday night that the five-division world champion, who generated 3.25 million pay-per-view buys and more than $200 million in revenue in two mega fights in 2007, came away from a Thursday meeting with Cuban giving serious thought to taking his game and considerable drawing power to MMA.


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Wow if this really is true it is sensational news. I cna't believe it though, it just has to be all talk I think.

That the world's best p4p fighter, in his absolute prime would risk embarrassment and humiliation fighting in a sport in which he has no training would be the worst career move since Les Dennis decided to go on Celebrity Big Brother.

Maybe Ricky should join up to, as he's got good hold and hug tactics and may be able to hump his way to a decision over Floyd in MMA :laugh:

Floyd will get owned in MMA. His hands will break with those 4 oz. gloves and he'll get CTFO. I could name 5 guys that would literally inhale that dude. Stick with boxing and fight Cotto. Can't wait to see what Danny G comes up with on this thread :lolhaha:

MMA is for poofs and queers

There isn't a chance in the world that Mayweather will take it up.
He's just concidering his options.

HAAAA,Well he has the elbow down pat.He'll be calling out "Cabbage" in no time.Some of those more brutal types might take the term "ground & pound" to extremes with Floyd :-X

I can't see this happening

floyd has no future in mma, guys there would love to pound a so called boxing p4p best.

floyd will end up fighting at lightweight, little evil will bust him up on the ground or B.J will just toy with him til he quits.

I don't think this is true. Why? Way too high risk and low reward. On the other hand,if he DOES decide to do it,he can earn huge $$$, lose and come back to boxing(although MMA fans will be laughing their asses off that the P4P number 1 was tooled in thier sport!) I'd much rather see Mayweather get into the boxing ring thanks.

Money May is getting in on the money making side. Promotions, using his name to make money.That is why he got with Cuban because he make alot of money.

I really hope he goes to MMA and see how he takes the loss :laugh: . Any boxer is not experienced using their legs and I can see guys kicking and kicking until they wear those legs out just like Butterbean when he lost against that other guy (forgot his name). I am sure that if they only boxed, Butterbean would have the advantage but those kicks really made it complicated for ButterBean.

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MMA is for poofs and queers

There isn't a chance in the world that Mayweather will take it up.
He's just concidering his options.

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Anything to avoid Cotto my man.

Weird... However If he actually did decide to make the jump, I think a lot of you are overrating how he would just get owned, or toyed with.. His "striking ::**" ability is still better than likely anyone at the weight he could fight. I've seen Jens Pulver and BJ Penn, Shawn Sherk and a few of the other big UFC names at 155.. Far as I know they don't have a weight lower then that, correct ???.. I think even despite the addition of kicks, elbows, clinching and all, in terms of stand up he would still be an excellent MMA fighter. It's not as if it's something he couldn't train at either. Im sure he has a huge aspect of his training regimen that would make it very easy for him to master take down defence and such. Also, if it's really some deal being made with Cuban and all, I think his first opponent(s) would likely be handpicked, perhaps decent fighters but with a horrible stand up defence, guys who are easy to hit even by the more amatuerish punchers of MMA. It's interesting.. Id rather he just fight Cotto or Williams at WW first though, but the drawing potential if something actually became of it is huge.

mayweather is just desperate for the one thing he will never get, he wants people to care about him and he wants to be popular to a mainstream demographic, NEVER will this happen, but thats what this is about, he wants the fans who only watch the UFC and know little about boxing to hear his name and wonder who he is, he has no plans of actually fighting

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Weird... However If he actually did decide to make the jump, I think a lot of you are overrating how he would just get owned, or toyed with.. His "striking ::**" ability is still better than likely anyone at the weight he could fight. I've seen Jens Pulver and BJ Penn, Shawn Sherk and a few of the other big UFC names at 155.. Far as I know they don't have a weight lower then that, correct ???.. I think even despite the addition of kicks, elbows, clinching and all, in terms of stand up he would still be an excellent MMA fighter.

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these guys are UFC guys, alot of the UFC is SHITTY at standup, also his guard wouldnt be effective against kicks, especially leg kicks, anyway even the worst of the worst UFC guys would probably have little trouble taking him down without getting hurt, and then it would be all over


mayweather knows this tho, and he will never figt


and if for some reason he was made to believe that fighting an MMA bout would give him the acceptance he wants so much he would be lined up against a complete can who knows how to do NOTHING but throw shitty punches, and wouldnt even attempt a takedown

One of mayweathers biggest defense tactics would be GONE in mma, (rules of boxing). He would get destroyed.
I hate boxing to mma comparisons. I love boxing, and mma can be entertaining at times but to mix the two together in a topic of conversation is well....Poop

Some people are underestimating MMA because its full of talented guys, but others are questioning Mayweather which is ridiculous as somebody who also does kick-boxing and something similar to judo it wouldn't be hard for a guy like Floyd to learn this stuff well enough to be competitive with the top guys enough to not get pounded on the ground. Kicks will come easily for him because he has amazing balance and he always boxes on his point of balance and rotates off it with his punches the same way people do with their kicks. As for his hands, I think he'll be fine because it will take less punches to ko some of these guys. I think he wouldn't be fighting at lightweihgt, but at featherweight (145) which is comming over to the UFC next year along with Urijah whatever his last name which is one of hte best fighters in MMA. I don't think Mayweather would fight at 155 in this sport. People forget a lot of these guys who are at the top only started doing full mma as adults in their mid-20's and guys like Liddell who are technically terrible fighters do well, if Mayweather makes it hard to take him down, there is nobody who will be able to trade with him if he gets a good kick boxing coach which I am sure he would do.

wow.. i dont think this is true. floyd is a talented fighter but i dont think that a full contact fight is his style. sure he could box his way around a fight but most fights in the MMA are done on the ground. even tho taeth mentioned that floyd could learn how to fight MMA style, once the fight starts he will resort to his boxing style coz hes been used to that for all of his career being a boxer. as far as his defense, he better not use his shoulder roll to block high kicks or else his arms will fall of the socket.. good luck to him if this is indeed true

I think this will be more challenging than facing slow Baldomir-like Cotto (sure, Cotto is just a little bit faster than Baldomir).

I hope he does join the MMA and savor his loss, yummy :lickish:

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Weird... However If he actually did decide to make the jump, I think a lot of you are overrating how he would just get owned, or toyed with.. His "striking ::**" ability is still better than likely anyone at the weight he could fight.

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I totally agree. It's not like Floyd isn't going to train at any other aspect other than, dare I say "striking" (last time I said it MF's jumped on my ass) Also I believe he would win his first fight probably because the challenge would be hand picked. Floyd would probalby end up hating that sh!* though.

"Striking" is the gayest term used in sports. What the hell. Use the word punch. Oh wait. They can't punch and sure cant take a punch.

he should not do mma. its just not the right sport for him

MMA and UFC is for all the losers that can't box.

Butterbean, Eric Esch beat the K1 kick boxing world champion in the 1st round. LMAO

Butterbean, Eric Esch would of smashed world champion Tengiz Tedoradze as well. The sports so crap he wasn't able to though.

Dam MMA and UFC is sooo crap i can't believe im even talking about it.

Those sports totally suck and are for poofs and queers!

The hand speed in mma is just such a level below top notch boxing. I'm not saying that if floyd was taken to the ground he wouldnt get owned, im just saying with his hand speed, defensive ability, and foot speed he would be very hard to take down. He would have to develop his all around game but I think he would dominate some fighters.

Well that's it really isn't it. If Mayweather get's taken to the floor he could lose.

My intrest would already of been lost as soon as i saw 2 grown men rolling around on the floor together.

As much as I would want to see Floyd getting his ass handed to him in a silver platter it would be quite interesting to see him on top of a guy punching his face to a pulp as it normally happens on MMA or UFC.

I hope he doesnt move to mma he will get embarrased, even with his hands as fast and good as he is he is at a disadvantage, sholder rolling just isnt a practical defens ein mma, he cant defend a thai clinch, youve got to look out for leg and head kicks, and the firs time he is easily taken and slammed to the ground its over, please stay in boxing, can he get decent in mma sure will he beat even half way decent fighters no way.

I am keeping my fingers crossed so he GOES TO MMA ^-^ . I can imagine those MMA/UFC typical endings with Floyd's back on the floor while the other guy is sitting on top of him hitting his way to a TKO while Floyd is knocked unconcious. Wow! I can savor that right now! Hope it happens!

I am pretty sure he can make a good buck on this one as well. Imagine all the people that would want to check this out.

Why would Mayweather use the shoulder roll to defend himself in MMA? You would have to be stupid to think he would fight exactly the same way and into a MMA fight trying to fight the same way he boxes. Mayweather is very natural, I hear he picked up all his boxing very easily, and the same basics go for all martial arts including boxing. PUnches are nearly the same, kicks are similar to punches. The ground game can easily be taught to a competitive level. Obviously he would be able to compete with the division A wrestlers on the ground, but he can do enough to not let them do anything when it is on the ground, and he can adjust and beat them standing up. I still think he would have more trouble with not wearing shoes than anything.

it's funny, because i could actually see a well balanced and athletic fighter such as floyd dodging a lunging mma fighter then land a punch and fights over...simply because it's quite plausible that whoever he faces will be preoccupied with being hit that they'll probably just try to rush...

also imo i think its rather weak to call out boxer knowing they've never done that shit on that level...in boxing if floyd were to face matt hughes floyd wouldn't get any credit by anyone associated with boxing, but in mma if floyd lost to hughes, hughes would get all the credit as if he just beat a prime gracie..which imo shows how much of bottom feeders they are in that sport..but that just my opinion..

a friend off mine is into gambling big time, and he seems to think UFC/MMA is all a fix like WWF because you cant bet on it? can anyone shed any light on that?

Simply retarded..these are two different sports he won't do well in the mma and while he's at it i don't think he'd be a very good lacross player either. Try it if you must floyd...just don't end up pregnet.

I've watched Chinese San-SHou which is kicks and punches with take downs go against Mauy Thai with its elbows, knees, and they've gone with either rules and the outcomes have come out 50-50 or close to that regardless of what style was used, and these are things both guys had never before practiced. The fact of the matter is, its not as different as some of you guys are making it out to be, and the boxers who have gone over mainly haven't practiced the other aspects of the sport enough, and they've been overconfident in the "superiority" of boxing and their stand up game.

It's funny how much some of you guys want PBF to lose,whether boxing,mma,texas hold em poker or chess ,just someone beat the guy at something,you guys are funny!

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Wow if this really is true it is sensational news. I cna't believe it though, it just has to be all talk I think.

That the world's best p4p fighter, in his absolute prime would risk embarrassment and humiliation fighting in a sport in which he has no training would be the worst career move since Les Dennis decided to go on Celebrity Big Brother.

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ROFL

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Originally Posted by Wasp

MMA is for poofs and queers

There isn't a chance in the world that Mayweather will take it up.
He's just concidering his options.

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Anything to avoid Cotto my man.

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You got that right!

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