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Bocephus · 05-22-2007, 12:01 PM

Rome: "Bernard, what do you think about Mixed Martial Arts, the UFC, and do you respect those guys"

Hopkins: ...Do I respect them as in they get up and run everyday and go to battle, yeah, but there is no art in a street fight. I could go to a bar in the hood and find a ufc fighter. There is no art in elbowing someone on the ground or slapping the mat...Am I hating on it, maybe maybe not...there is no comparison to the art of boxing and street fighting. No art in the UFC...

He ended the MMA discussion with this ...
"oh and as for how i would do...i would GET MY ASS KICKED. They would flat out whoop my ass.

I am paraphrasing, but he said all of that and then some.

05-22-2007, 12:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bocephus Up and Coming Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 105 Points: 2,194 Bank: 3,552 Total Points: 5,746 Donate	Bernard Hopkins just interviewed on the Jim Rome Show Rome: "Bernard, what do you think about Mixed Martial Arts, the UFC, and do you respect those guys" Hopkins: ...Do I respect them as in they get up and run everyday and go to battle, yeah, but there is no art in a street fight. I could go to a bar in the hood and find a ufc fighter. There is no art in elbowing someone on the ground or slapping the mat...Am I hating on it, maybe maybe not...there is no comparison to the art of boxing and street fighting. No art in the UFC... He ended the MMA discussion with this ... "oh and as for how i would do...i would GET MY ASS KICKED. They would flat out whoop my ass. I am paraphrasing, but he said all of that and then some.