As I expected..."Dana White won’t permit Silva-Jones Jr. fight"

[concrete sledge]

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[Bystander]

In my opinion, RJJ will outclass silva in a boxing match...and dana probably realized that..

[audio101]

Hopefully this will force Dana to stop running his mouth about boxing..

[Boyd]

best move dana has made in a while.

[AJAX]

Hopefully this will force Dana to stop running his mouth about boxing..

I don't remember him saying his fighters could beat boxers, especially RJJ who still has some ability left in him.

[Polymath]

I don't remember him saying his fighters could beat boxers, especially RJJ who still has some ability left in him.

Thats a completely different point.

[Polymath]

Silva getting whupped by RJ would be horrible PR, cant blame him really

[jimmie]

Good it was stupid anyway.

[sugarngold]

Silva getting whupped by RJ would be horrible PR, cant blame him really
That's my thought exactly. Why let one of his premiere champions take a beating in boxing? Then anti-MMA pundits will point to that fight as proof as to how boxing is superior to MMA.

I've always said that if these guys are going to compete against each other, then go all the way. Let them go a few rounds in boxing. Let them do a few rounds in kickboxing. Let them do some submission grappling. Then top it off with some time in the octagon. That gives everyone their chance to shine. And it will never happen. Closest that I've seen is the wierd mixed rules matches from Pancrase. I remember Maurice Smith fighting Minori Suzuki in a match in Pancrase where the first round was just kickboxing and then the second round included grappling.

[bachatu]

It could have been a PR stunt to begin with. I doubt Silvia would have forgotten that he is under strict contract with the Devil himself, especially after the recent fiasco with Couture and the UFC. It was good while it lasted to stir up some controversy on both sides. The UFC name got promoted in a way across boxing articles and forums.