Tommy Morrison Wants UFC Champ Chuck Liddell

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2-0-Sixx

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By Mark Vester

It was reported in the Arizona Republic , that former WBO heavyweight champion Tommy Morrison (48-3, 42KOs) is ready to make his debut in mixed martial arts, with a goal in mind of eventually landing a fight with UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck "Iceman" Liddell.

Morrison, who recently resumed his boxing career after testing positive for HIV 11-years-ago (1996) in Las Vegas, has a scheduled bout against 340-pound mixed martial artist John Stover. The bout is scheduled to take place on June 9 at the Cliff Castle Casino in Arizona and promoted by Worldwide Fighting Championship.

Following his positive test for HIV, Morrison was medically banned from boxing. In the last few years, he told anyone that would listen that he was given a false-positive HIV result in 1996.

On at least 5 occasions since December 2006, Morrison has tested negative for the HIV virus. After the head of the Arizona State Boxing Commission personally watched Morrison take a blood test at a lab in Phoenix, and the test came back negative for HIV, Morrison was licensed to return on February 20, where he knocked out John Castle (4-2, 2 KOs) in the second round of a scheduled four round contest.

A second comeback bout was scrapped after medical documents were not received in time by the governing athletic board. Morrison did not look great in his bout with Castle and appeared to be tired by the second round. There has been no word on who Morrison is training with in order to properly prepare himself for his MMA debut.

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Robby2Slobby

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I know in that interview where Liddell was fucked up off of Nightquill or something else, he said he'd like to fight Morrison, so it could end up happening since he'll probably be able to get Dana White to get him any fight he wants.
 
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The Heavyweight Division is the the one I feel that boxer's have the best chance of winning in, in an MMA fight...Puncher's Chance plays a bigger part in this, because the bigger the fighter, the more likely a good shot is going to put the other guy down.
 
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^^I agree

MMA Fighter Picks Tommy Morrison Over Liddell


By Mark Vester

In response to a story I submitted two weeks ago on former heavyweight champion Tommy Morrison calling out UFC fighter Chuck Liddell, I received an interesting email from a mixed martial arts fighter with some opinions on how that particular fight would play out.

We had an email debate on the subject, and the MMA athlete in question allowed me to use his quotes on one condition. I had to give him my word that his name would be kept anonymous. The only thing I can say is this particular MMA fighter has seen action in the UFC on more than one occasion, with success, and he has been successful in Japan and Brazil. For the sake of not being labeled as an MMA Uncle Tom or blackballed from future payday opportunities, he asked that an alias be used, and I decided to call him "MMA Fighter X."

This was a strange debate indeed. I, the boxing guy, was picking Liddell to beat Morrison, who I view as a way past his prime fighter. On the other end, MMA Fighter X is telling me that I'm crazy; Morrison would knock Liddell out cold.

"A lot of people are picking Liddell to win because of the popularity of the UFC. Everybody is on a UFC kick. I'm an MMA guy and I'm telling you that Liddell would not win this fight. I've sparred in the gym with light heavyweight boxers and I've sparred in the gym with MMA fighters who were light heavyweights. There is a big difference in punching power and accuracy. These guys (boxers) are trained for years to do one thing right, punch. Morrison is a very big puncher. He doesn’t have to land clean to win. If he caught Liddell with just a glancing blow with a pair of 4-ounce gloves, he would still knock him out," he said.

"A lot of people don't realize how hard it is to become a successful professional boxer. It's very, very hard and not too many amateurs or Olympic athletes make it in the pro ranks. It's much harder to become a good boxer, than it is to become a great mixed martial arts fighter."

I then asked about the scenario of Liddell taking Morrison to the ground, an unfamiliar area for the former heavyweight champ.

"Liddell is not going to take the fight to the ground. That’s not his fight. He lives by the gun and dies by the gun. Liddell has a lot of pride. For him to take Morrison to the ground is like sending a message that he's scared to fight Morrison on his feet. Liddell is not scared to fight him on his feet and that's why he won't win."

http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=8839
 
Arson

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2-0-Sixx said:
^^I agree

MMA Fighter Picks Tommy Morrison Over Liddell


By Mark Vester

In response to a story I submitted two weeks ago on former heavyweight champion Tommy Morrison calling out UFC fighter Chuck Liddell, I received an interesting email from a mixed martial arts fighter with some opinions on how that particular fight would play out.

We had an email debate on the subject, and the MMA athlete in question allowed me to use his quotes on one condition. I had to give him my word that his name would be kept anonymous. The only thing I can say is this particular MMA fighter has seen action in the UFC on more than one occasion, with success, and he has been successful in Japan and Brazil. For the sake of not being labeled as an MMA Uncle Tom or blackballed from future payday opportunities, he asked that an alias be used, and I decided to call him "MMA Fighter X."

This was a strange debate indeed. I, the boxing guy, was picking Liddell to beat Morrison, who I view as a way past his prime fighter. On the other end, MMA Fighter X is telling me that I'm crazy; Morrison would knock Liddell out cold.

"A lot of people are picking Liddell to win because of the popularity of the UFC. Everybody is on a UFC kick. I'm an MMA guy and I'm telling you that Liddell would not win this fight. I've sparred in the gym with light heavyweight boxers and I've sparred in the gym with MMA fighters who were light heavyweights. There is a big difference in punching power and accuracy. These guys (boxers) are trained for years to do one thing right, punch. Morrison is a very big puncher. He doesn’t have to land clean to win. If he caught Liddell with just a glancing blow with a pair of 4-ounce gloves, he would still knock him out," he said.

"A lot of people don't realize how hard it is to become a successful professional boxer. It's very, very hard and not too many amateurs or Olympic athletes make it in the pro ranks. It's much harder to become a good boxer, than it is to become a great mixed martial arts fighter."

I then asked about the scenario of Liddell taking Morrison to the ground, an unfamiliar area for the former heavyweight champ.

"Liddell is not going to take the fight to the ground. That’s not his fight. He lives by the gun and dies by the gun. Liddell has a lot of pride. For him to take Morrison to the ground is like sending a message that he's scared to fight Morrison on his feet. Liddell is not scared to fight him on his feet and that's why he won't win."

http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=8839
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fuck finally somebody worth being honest.
 
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If boxers really want to prove that their style is superior to all they should compete in the "MMA of striking" AKA K1. Its easy to take shots at liddell (who's style is taylor made to knockout wrestlers and grapplers). A boxer beating liddell would NOT make boxing supperior to MMA. Throw a boxer at a grappler or wrestler and its game over. They would be takin down so fast it would make their head spin.

Boxing is an aspect of MMA, its part of the overall sport, so I don't understand why boxers don't just embrace this. I think soon enough your going to see boxers makin the transition into MMA. If they think they can just come over with their current skill set tho they are going to have minimal success depending on their match-ups. Even the best in K1 had to modify their game to have success in MMA and many weren't successful.
 
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