Re: Mayweather calls out UFC and MMA as a whole...
This might be tough to pull off (no pun intended) w/ the different gloves used, but what do you think about this format?:
16, alternating, one-minute rounds
one round of boxing rules
then a round of MMA rules
the rounds -imo- would have to be short, because given enough time (and it wouldn't take much) the pro at their respective discipline would destroy the other (amateurish) guy. I think this would even be comical, to see a feared boxer scrambling for his life on the mat. Then the next round, a top MMA guy covering his face as he gets picked apart in the corner. Plus, I think the guys would get pretty pissed off/ frustrated. They'd have to work hard to finish in under a minute.
Overall, I think the boxers would take the worst of it. It seems easier to choke someone on the ground than to knock somebody out on your feet.
But, I do think in this setting a Mayweather could come out on top. Really any boxer would have a fighting chance this way.
But, like I said, changing the gloves every round makes it highly improbable.
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