This is how Shaq will look in UFC

[legitmma]

the perfect example would be kareem abdul jabbar vs bruce lee..

thers soo much to bein an athletic. its not just how big and tall your are .. you would not be able to get shaq to do professional gymnastics flying from bar to bar and 360s in the air like a little strong asian woman...

 

[Randy Marsh]

Lol, Ronda Rousey would destroy Shaq.

 

[pick999]

looks like shaq learned from 1st when barkley took him down and held him for 3 rounds

 

[LiverpoolUFC**]

Shaq at 265

 

[gspieler]

Explain.

 

[lowsingle]

prime shaq with a year of training would destroy anyone at openweight, too big, strong and fast. shaq wasnt just size, he was as coordinated and agile as someone who is 6 feet, thats why he made yao ming look like a joke when they played each other.

you guys complain that jones reach makes him invincible...

 

[The Reed]

Say no more. This one is over folks.

Lol awesome.

 

[180bysummer]

Are you guys acyually stupid enough to think that someone who playa a fat person sport could beat a professional mixed martial artist. We learned these lessons in 93 when royce gracie beat men twice his size. We learned it again with fedor beating HMCd and zulu. Look at super mariusz, a much stronger, better athlete, and he only just got to the regional level

Shaq in his early 20s was 7 foot and 320lbs. Barkley was 6 foot 4 and 250lbs. They weren't fat, they just played in a league where almost everyone was leaner than them. They're fat now, sure. If there was money in fighting, I think most of the heavyweight division would be dudes that fit the NBA prototype.

 

[180bysummer]

Kids watching TNT today and seeing a fat joke-cracker named Barkley probably have no clue what a freak of athlete he was. And his brawls were the stuff of legends.

But Barkley chose basketball. Which is why I laugh when people say, "if the pay were better we'd see more A-level athletes." The pay for top boxers has always been among the best in pro sports. Mayweather is the highest paid athlete in any sport--yet more people choose basketball and football than boxing. The answer why is pretty damn obvious.

Basketball and Football are highly paid, team games, and you get multi year contracts. Boxing is an individual sport, with humble beginnings, and your not truly set years in advance unless you don't lose.

 

[Cuauhtemoc]

Shaq in his athletic prime would wreck any UFC HW with a year of training, tops. UFC athletes are a joke, the plumbers and landscapers of the UFC can't hold a candle to A level NFL/NBA athletes. You know, real athletes.

I don't follow basketball but is shaq really that athletic or just incredibly big while not being handicapped like most people this size(due to gigantism etc)?
Because that's the deal with basketball if you're 3 meters tall you may suck but you will still be a good player, except if you have some condition like gigantism that makes you unable to walk properly etc like that chinese dude(not yao ming) or giant silva.

If that's the case most likely Shaq wouldn't be able to cut to 265 and would need to fight other giants like Hong man choi at SHW that nobody cares about because there are too few humans that size to make it competitive.

Also maybe he lacks a chin, I'm not saying he does but it would be funny if a super athlete, with great size and skills had a glass chin and lost to inferior fighters.

 

[Shaungotti]

First of all, I'm not convinced that Shaq could have excelled at any other sport except basketball. Being a 7'2 300 pounder doesn't necessarily translate well to other sports. Just my opinion.

Melvin Guillard is more athletic than basically everyone he fights, but he doesn't have it all. Sure he's run a lot of guys over, but he still has huge holes in his game, especially his mental game. Athleticism is a huge piece of the puzzle, maybe the biggest one, but we're talking about getting in a cage and fighting and not everyone is wired for that. Most aren't.

 

[ejazahmednit]

Lol. Lost to a man half his size.

was that goldy on the mic?

 

[Obsidian]

First of all, I'm not convinced that Shaq could have excelled at any other sport except basketball. Being a 7'2 300 pounder doesn't necessarily translate well to other sports. Just my opinion.

Melvin Guillard is more athletic than basically everyone he fights, but he doesn't have it all. Sure he's run a lot of guys over, but he still has huge holes in his game, especially his mental game. Athleticism is a huge piece of the puzzle, maybe the biggest one, but we're talking about getting in a cage and fighting and not everyone is wired for that. Most aren't.

Guillard is good at throwing punches but he sucks at basically everything else. Sure hes an above average athlete but if you want to look at someone who is a superior athlete than pretty much everyone in his division look at Mighty Mouse.

 

[teebo]

lol

 

[Jeff Goldblum69]

Shaq in his athletic prime would wreck any UFC HW with a year of training, tops. UFC athletes are a joke, the plumbers and landscapers of the UFC can't hold a candle to A level NFL/NBA athletes. You know, real athletes.

Troll So Hard

 

[stav]

Shaq in his athletic prime would wreck any UFC HW with a year of training, tops. UFC athletes are a joke, the plumbers and landscapers of the UFC can't hold a candle to A level NFL/NBA athletes. You know, real athletes.

Is that the same Shaq that could not beat an over the hill retired and fat Delahoya at boxing?

 

[Kanster]

He's lucky he never for HMC. That dude would have fucked up Shaq's world.

 

[Lost]

Shaq vs Rumble at 265 lbs. Make it happen.

lol shaq can't make 265

 

[5Rounder]

Kids watching TNT today and seeing a fat joke-cracker named Barkley probably have no clue what a freak of athlete he was. And his brawls were the stuff of legends.

But Barkley chose basketball. Which is why I laugh when people say, "if the pay were better we'd see more A-level athletes." The pay for top boxers has always been among the best in pro sports. Mayweather is the highest paid athlete in any sport--yet more people choose basketball and football than boxing. The answer why is pretty damn obvious.

Well then tell us what the fucking answer is.

 

[muaythaibeast]

Shaq in his early 20s was 7 foot and 320lbs. Barkley was 6 foot 4 and 250lbs. They weren't fat, they just played in a league where almost everyone was leaner than them. They're fat now, sure. If there was money in fighting, I think most of the heavyweight division would be dudes that fit the NBA prototype.

The fat comment was more aimed at the 'a level athletes' in the nfl. I know basketballers in geberql arent fat, but claiming they would be great fighters because theyre big is like claiming struve would be great at basketball because hes tall.