Iron Mike Tyson admits he would not have been prepared for Royce Gracie in 1993

[Amerikuracana]

In a street situation where Mike swarms with full force and commits to full damage without defense in mind, I think good chance he KOs Royce.. In a controlled situation where Mike was not fully committing to inflicting immediate damage, Royce wins more than he loses.

 

[Greco_Wiz]

Most college wrestlers that have never thrown a punch in their life would have wrecked Tyson in his prime. A boxer with no other training is a fish out of water in an mma fight.

 

[WouldNotBang]

I imagine it looking something like

 

[djacobox372]

Mike was in prison in 1993....

 

[Final Say]

Having a very, very hard time imagining Royce winning this one. He had no wrestling skills and would be completely outmatched in terms of speed, power, explosivity, size and athleticism

 

[Philtard]

I cannot say mike wouldn't win based on raw aggression and pushing forwards in kill mode.

 

[UL]

he would have punched him out the ring

 

[Readybodisready]

I did not know Mike Tyson had a humble bone in his body. He admits that in a hypothetical fight between himself and Royce Gracie in 1993 that he would have not been prepared for all of the facets of fighting in the UFC.



https://fightstate.com/mike-tyson-admits-faced-royce-gracie-93-not-win/

It's not so much being humble as having no dignity left after everything he put himself through. Tyson cannot be taken seriously nowadays.

 

[Fraz]

Exactly, Royce would have koed him in 30 seconds

 

[Cold Front]

Did I suddenly go through a time machine back to the early 1990s?

One punch lands clean and Royce would have been taken out on a stretcher.

He would have murdered Royce either way

I would actually pick Mike Tyson.

50:50 but Tyson could train takedown defense for 1 year and win easily

Tyson would KO Royce from the bottom of north south

And so on.

This experiment has already been done a thousand times, my stupid Sheepdog friends. The boxer loses every time.

 

[Cold Front]

Truly embarrassing for anyone at a MMA forum to believe that Tyson had a legitimate shot of beating Royce in the early 1990s, let alone that it would've been easy for him to do so.

 

[HAL9000]

Did I suddenly go through a time machine back to the early 1990s?


This experiment has already been done a thousand times, my stupid Sheepdog friends. The boxer loses every time.

 

[Automatic Man]

Bellator should try to book this fight!!!!

 

[Cold Front]

Does Timmy look like he's shooting for a takedown there? Or to clinch?

If you box with a boxer, you will lose. Just ask Conor McGregor. Royce would never box with Tyson.

 

[Liquid Smoke]

Mike usually gives a nod to his opponent when asked about fantasy matchups.

 

[TrueFightFan]

I did not know Mike Tyson had a humble bone in his body. He admits that in a hypothetical fight between himself and Royce Gracie in 1993 that he would have not been prepared for all of the facets of fighting in the UFC.



https://fightstate.com/mike-tyson-admits-faced-royce-gracie-93-not-win/

He knows himself better than Sherdogs do but you will see all of Sherdog go "Ngannou" on Gracie here... "he has no chance, his head will get exploded!"

 

[Maroli]

I did not know Mike Tyson had a humble bone in his body. /

Then you don't know very much. He's extremely self-deprecating and has low self-esteem. And Royce would have likely been hospitalized, btw.

 

[MadDogMahoney]

Tyson by doctor stoppage (you know why)

 

[blaseblah]

He would have murdered Royce either way

Watch Ali v. Inoki.

 

[Cold Front]

And Royce would have likely been hospitalized, btw.

No, he wouldn't have been.