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Does Mighty Mouse really think Joshua would smoke Ngannou in MMA rules with 6 months of TDD?

it surprises me boxers dont take mma fights more often. especially if the money is there. think about it - especially vs a mma guy known for striking , there is a high chance his ego gets involved and they try to strike with you. if you can deal with some kicks and land ko shots you can win here. if they take you down just tap. you dont look bad its not your sport. good try.

vs mma fighter taking a boxing fight where there is no easy way out.

also the boxer can just fight a smaller mma fighter. like how much you wannt bet jake paul could take down nate diaz and just wait out the rounds throwing punches from guard.

francis has an underrated ground game but its hw. if joshua could avoid the takedown in the first two rounds thats a lot of time for a chance at a ko. this is the case of a hw power thing and francis likely trying to stand with him. but yeah i think people underestimate how well a boxer could do in an mma fight. francis could also tire quicker trying to take him down if he defended well.
 
I'm not going to weigh in on the hypothetical winner, but I am absolutely certain that Anthony Joshua in 4 oz gloves is easily hitting hard enough to KO any UFC HW.
 
It needs to be said.

They're two COMPLETELY different sports that require completely different physiologies.

Deontay Wilder's freakish build is basically a lab creation of the perfect KO boxer. He has a massive back to deliver power, and virtually zero mass in his legs. 216 pounds designed to do one thing which is send people to the shadow realm. In a BOXING ring.

Little to none of that realistically translates to MMA, and vice versa. It's the reason why Jake Paul has been able to make a career out of beating MMA burnouts. Common sense would tell you that even wrestling based MMA fighters would have SOME success against a Disney kid in a pure boxing match, but it just isn't true.

If anything, the last 5 years have really demonstrated just how FAR apart a lot of combat sports really are.

A good BJJ practitioner isn't necessarily a good MMA fighter.
A good boxer isn't necessarily a good bareknuckle boxer (And holy shit do 'gloves' make a HUGE difference in that sport).

Not a chance in hell Joshua survives a single round with NGannou.
 
Its a reasonable opinion.

A boxer could beat an MMA guy at MMA if they could keep the fight off the ground. The question is if 6 months of TDD training is enough. If MM says it is I'm inclined to believe him. If 6 months isn't enough would a year be enough? Somewhere around there.

I think it kinda depends on the person too maybe.
 
Damn, if Ngannou can't survive striking with Ngannou that's going to suck.
 
On topic Ngannou shoots on Joshua within the first ten seconds and subs him or beats the fuck out of him on the ground. The end.
 
Demetirus Johnson said Rodtang was the greatest Muay Thai fighter of all time, which he very much is not. Athletes say stupid shit all the time.
 
ferrisjso said:
Its a reasonable opinion.

A boxer could beat an MMA guy at MMA if they could keep the fight off the ground. The question is if 6 months of TDD training is enough. If MM says it is I'm inclined to believe him. If 6 months isn't enough would a year be enough? Somewhere around there.

I think it kinda depends on the person too maybe.
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It's not reasonable at all, because 6 months isn't enough. Ngannou has taken down guys who practiced TDD for a lot longer than that.

TDD isn't a badge or a degree you get after doing it for a certain amount of time. There are different levels to having takedown defense, and the odds of Joshua having good enough to stop Ngannou isn't good at all.
 
The problem is while Joshua even now might be able to stop a takedown or two, if and when hed get taken down hed have no chance getting back to his feet. And thats a performance you hardly see from anyone. Youd really think hed be able to strike and defend multiple shots? Doubtful
 
sonhow said:
The problem is while Joshua even now might be able to stop a takedown or two, if and when hed get taken down hed have no chance getting back to his feet. And thats a performance you hardly see from anyone. Youd really think hed be able to strike and defend multiple shots? Doubtful
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I know right, it's not like you just need to know how to sprawl and you're good to go. Even if Joshua just slips which happens a lot with guys new to grappling, he's probably done for.
 
Doctor Grudge said:
It's not reasonable at all, because 6 months isn't enough. Ngannou has taken down guys who practiced TDD for a lot longer than that.

TDD isn't a badge or a degree you get after doing it for a certain amount of time. There are different levels to having takedown defense, and the odds of Joshua having good enough to stop Ngannou isn't good at all.
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Isnt Joshua to old to learn it too?
 
ferrisjso said:
Its a reasonable opinion.

A boxer could beat an MMA guy at MMA if they could keep the fight off the ground. The question is if 6 months of TDD training is enough. If MM says it is I'm inclined to believe him. If 6 months isn't enough would a year be enough? Somewhere around there.

I think it kinda depends on the person too maybe.
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So completely disregard that he would have to watch out for knees, kicks, elbows?
 
AJ would KO him inside 120 seconds inside an Octagon. Ngannou can't take AJ's power and they both know it so Ngannou would be scared as fuck and AJ would stalk him and only need to land one.
 
ferrisjso said:
Its a reasonable opinion.

A boxer could beat an MMA guy at MMA if they could keep the fight off the ground. The question is if 6 months of TDD training is enough. If MM says it is I'm inclined to believe him. If 6 months isn't enough would a year be enough? Somewhere around there.

I think it kinda depends on the person too maybe.
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This is ridiculous. Even the boxing stance alone is different in MMA.

MM was trolling.
 
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