Who says brothers shouldn't fight each other in MMA?

[PaulieVegas27]

I don't understand why there is this unwritten "brothers shouldn't fight each other in MMA" rule. I mean, I have two brothers and we used to beat the crap out each other as kids. Why not do it for money?

You think the Diaz brothers never beat each other up as kids? The Emelianenko brothers? Hell, the Noguera brothers were twins, there wasn't any "big brother advantage" there, you don't think they fought?

I love my brothers but if a MMA organization approached us and said, "You guys want to jump in the cage and fight?" I think we'd look at each other and say, "Well...we used to beat the hell out of each other, why not do it now for money?" Especially since the money would be really good, how many PPV buys do you think Diaz vs. Diaz would get based on the "brother vs. brother" aspect alone?

#justsayin'

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

You'll never go 100% against your brother if you aren't a sociopath or there is some serious bad blood. Will always be sparring at most.

 

[TempleoftheDog]

I wouldn’t do it.

Growing up, my brother took a few beatings on my behalf. I had a big mouth, but I was puny. So, he’d have to finish shit I started.

Thankfully, I sprouted about 10” when I hit 17.

Nope. He’s my hero.

Edit.

For context he was 17 months older than myself. And was always one grade above me, in school.

 

[PaulieVegas27]

You'll never go 100% against your brother if you aren't a sociopath or there is some serious bad blood. Will always be sparring at most.

Guess you could always poke your brother in the chest and he'll fall down. #fingerpokeofdoom

 

[ferrisjso]

Even if brothers were willing to fight they'd be speculation one let the other win or that they didn't try which undermines the entire reason to have them fight. It is a conflict of interest in a lot of ways. With gambling its even worse.

 

[PaulieVegas27]

Even if brothers were willing to fight they'd be speculation one let the other win or that they didn't try which undermines the entire reason to have them fight. It is a conflict of interest in a lot of ways. With gambling its even worse.

Yeah that's a good point. I shouldn't just limit this discussion just to brothers, but also sisters. I know at least a couple of girls who are sisters that can't stand each other and would love nothing more than 15 minutes in a cage with them.

 

[SirWillemDarry]

You'll never go 100% against your brother if you aren't a sociopath or there is some serious bad blood. Will always be sparring at most.

Reminds me of Raush Manfio and Natan Schulte on PFL6.

 

[HHJ]

Everyone knows you dont make brothers fight.

It's beneath consideration.

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

Reminds me of Raush Manfio and Natan Schulte on PFL6.

They make the guy fight his daughters godfather and lifelong friend/training partner and wonder "wtf why didn't they go all out" instead of putting them on opposite sides of the bracket. Real B-League shit.

 

[SirWillemDarry]

They make the guy fight his daughters godfather and lifelong friend/training partner and wonder "wtf why didn't they go all out" instead of putting them on opposite sides of the bracket. Real B-League shit.

But can you imagine if they had that kind of fight in the finals bigger mess to clean up

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

But can you imagine if they had that kind of fight in the finals bigger mess to clean up

I just thought it would be less of a chance of them meeting but yes that would be the only way to make it worse lol

 

[Masturbin]

The Ufc is the number one organisation in the world, there's plenty of fishes out there.

No need to fight your brother or a particular teammates unless the belt or a ton of money are involved.

Wondering how some match up would go is fine tho.

Like if they were of equal size and in their prime, Nate has better boxing but Nick has better infighting and cardio

 

[Thawing Mammoth]

I mean I'm sure the UFC would be all over "Diaz vs Diaz - BlOoD vs BLOOD" if they got it on a silver platter but it would have to come organically from the brothers I guess

 

[Hellowhosthat]

The only brothers fight I've seen was Tommy Conlon Vs Brendan Conlon and it was pretty good.

 

[ulysse]

 

[r-harper-1]

No interest in brother fights …..Even when Ken / Frank were beefing……no thanks

 

[Sticko]

They make the guy fight his daughters godfather and lifelong friend/training partner and wonder "wtf why didn't they go all out" instead of putting them on opposite sides of the bracket. Real B-League shit.

Except it was a regular season fight so no bracket yet and there were like 7 or 8 other guys they could have been matched up with instead of each other.

 

[Dr Fong]

Putting aside the obvious sociopathy/trolling for why people actually want to see this, such fights would actually be shit for consumers.

Even if one brother wasn't taking a dive, basically everyone would assume they were.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Except it was a regular season fight so no bracket yet and there were like 7 or 8 other guys they could have been matched up with instead of each other.

It did sort of get Shane Burgos into the playoffs in a roundabout way which is why they did it though.

 

[Sticko]

No interest in brother fights …..Even when Ken / Frank were beefing……no thanks

That one would've been a little different from other brother fights though because Frank and Ken were not biologically related, they were just adopted by the same man. And given the 9 year age difference and the fact that they were not adopted as infants or very small children, i am not sure how much time they actually spent growing up in the same household.