It is now confirmed that the UFC turned down an offer from Roy Jones Jr. for him to fight Anderson Silva. Now a quick question for everyone, if this fight were to actually happen, would anyone seriously read anything into the outcome of the bout? It would be a completely pointless bout. Sure it would attract hundreds of thousands of curiosity viewers and would do a huge buy-rate, but it would be the most one-sided fight in UFC history.
If Silva and Jones were to fight in a boxing match, Roy Jones Jr. would walk through Silva inside of two rounds. If they were to fight in a MMA match, Silva would walk through Jones Jr. inside one round. These guys are in their own sport because that is what they are good at. Yes they are both amazing athletes who could someday be half decent in the other sport, but you can't do three months hard training in the other sport and expect to take out the other guy in his own sport.
I would have no interest in a match between the two because I know what would happen. Now if Anderson were to take pro boxing seriously and get some pro fights under his belt, I might be interested. If Silva were to get to maybe 10-0 or something, then I would show some excitement. And I don't think I could ever get interested in a MMA fight between the two. No matter how much experience Jones got in MMA, he would never be good enough to even come close to Silva in MMA. The ground game takes a lifetime to perfect, and by the time Jones puts in 15 years on the ground, he will be needing a walker to get to the ring. If Jones wants to do MMA, the UFC and Anderson Silva is not the place to do it. He should pull a Jose Canseco and fight in Japan if he wants to.
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