Ray Mercer is fighing MMA?

[Snakey]

Didn't Ray Mercer got beat up by Kimbo Slice in the past or something like that?

Yeah he did, Kimbo just swarmed him and didnt give him a chance to punch really. Looks like Tim was a little too cautious and payed for it. Kimbo didnt try to box mercer, Tim looked like his goal was to punch with him...bad decision.

[generalbulldog]

Well a good win for Ray. But from a few youtube vids it seems Ray didn't do really well in mma and lost quite a few matches. It's kind of sad how a good boxer has to resort to this sort of stuff to earn a living. Reminds me of Joe Louis wrestling when he was in his late 40s to pay the tax collectors.

[ross]

Just watched it, fuck me! 9 seconds!!!

Dont try to box against a boxer if you arent a boxer put the boxer on his back, first Arlovski now Sylvia, that guy they call the spider could be next if he fights Jones

[Motor City Cobra]

I know most boxing fans won't care but credit to the 49 year old Mercer who was expected to lose and came to fight. Good showing for boxing and how boxing is clearly a more developed sport for punching

[Kel]

Good on him. Here is a clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0np_VzHdH9c

[CFH]

Just watched it, fuck me! 9 seconds!!!

Dont try to box against a boxer if you arent a boxer put the boxer on his back, first Arlovski now Sylvia, that guy they call the spider could be next if he fights Jones

Anderson Silva would destroy Roy Jones in an MMA match.

[BoomBoom]

In a scheduled boxing match, that got changed too an MMA fight last minute...

[toogood4u]

nah it was a mma fight in a octagon.

[BoomBoom]

nah it was a mma fight in a octagon.

Thanks Toogood, just changed it, my mistake

[Kel]

I posted a vid in the other Mercer Silvia thread. It's only a couple of spaces below this one.

[BoomBoom]

Thanks man,ill check it out....i probably should have figured this was already covered

[Hulk]

That is nothing short of fucking hilarious.

Good for Ray Mercer.

And credit to Sylvia for bein honorable enough to try and stand with him in the cage after their boing match fell thru.

He gave Mercer a chance and Mercer definately took it.

[OumaFan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaXTu...layer_embedded

[OumaFan]

The more I read about this the more it makes me happy.

This was supposed to be a boxing match, Ray only trained for boxing, and then a few days before they find out its not a legal bout for some reason, so Mercer's pissed and the idea's thrown around that they'd still just box even though it was MMA rules but Sylvia when asked won't agree to just box when that was the point all along. He actually threw a kick at some point in the fight although I guess its not on video.

Edit-might be wrong about the video.

[bradlee180]

I know it didn't actually happen in the UFC promotion, but...





...Tim really got UFC'd last night!




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