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PBF offers something that none of the MMA fighters can though... he can bring more hype to an event than any match that can me made within MMA.
And they may be different disciplines... but someone so skilled as a boxer is going to have a natural application for any form of combat and going to pick things up quickly.
The question is... what can the move do for PBF?
He doesnt need the money, and he could get as much for a Hatton rematch in Manchester (even if there is no sporting reason for a rematch) than MMA could give him... and the impact on his legacy would be questionable whether he wins or loses.
I said in a previous post this would be a brilliant move for MMA. I would do it with a selected MMA champion - fighting PBF in the ring and then the cage. PBF would be bound to win the boxing match, so at best the "contest" would be 1-1 and his pride would be guaranteed... the MMA fighter should win the MMA match, which be huge with their fans (to beat such a great boxer) and pull in a huge amount of interest from non-typical fans. And PBF is just skillful enough, just clever enough, that people would think he had a shot at the MMA fight, enough at least to create real interest in it.
But, in all honesty... as great as it would be for MMA, I dont really want to see it happen - because I dont want this type of combat to take any more fans away from boxing as it is, and I dont really think PBF will go for it.
He is many things, but he isnt a dummy - and he isnt going to set himself up to be made a fool of.
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