Could Tyson Fury be competitive with Francis in MMA with training?

[FanofC]

Ngannou is mainly a striker and this plays well into the hands of a supremely talented boxer like Fury, who is light on his feet at 6'9" and 270+lbs

Stipe would probably be a worse matchup as he'd shoot for takedowns right off the bat but Francis would likely stand and trade with Fury.

Francis has expressed interest in boxing Fury but Fury coming to MMA is more interesting

 

[B-Level]

D-1 Ngannou would suplex the shit out of Fury in an octagon.

 

[FanofC]

D-1 Ngannou would suplex the shit out of Fury in an octagon.

Have you ever seen Francis take someone down? Or even attempt to take them down?

Fury's long legs and high center of gravity would make him really hard to take down (like Jon Jones)

 

[fg1985bg]

Have you ever seen Francis take someone down? Or even attempt to take them down?

Fury's long legs and high center of gravity would probably make him really hard to take down (like Jon Jones)

Francis would be able to take Fury down at will though. Even with some training...it wouldn’t be enough to develop that muscle memory for fury.

 

[TempleoftheDog]

You people really need to stop with this shit. There is no athlete in the world that has anything more than a puncher’s chance with any UFC fighter. Get a grip.

 

[Barteh]

Would Fury have a chance against Djokovic? What about in Formula 1?

 

[Sweater of AV]

It's always simple to spot the fans that don't know their head from their ass.

 

[TP4iR]

Fury is A level athlete. He is champ with 2 month wrestling camp

 

[Stagliano]

Have you ever seen Francis take someone down? Or even attempt to take them down?

Fury's long legs and high center of gravity would make him really hard to take down (like Jon Jones)

Fury would be helpless in the clinch and would have no answer once Big Franck is on top of him throwing missiles.

Plus Francis has several submission wins. It wasn't against elite fighters but by the way, it would be enough to deal with a carreer boxer starting MMA in his mid 30's.

 

[mkt]

Yawn, same old discussion, same old answer. No elite boxer making multiple million$ per fight is going to switch to MMA in their prime. Even if they did, it may be too late if they're over 30, as they have a lot to learn and probably already have some injuries and accumulated damage.

 

[Deleted member 576123]

Have you ever seen Francis take someone down? Or even attempt to take them down?

Fury's long legs and high center of gravity would make him really hard to take down (like Jon Jones)

Not sure you did physics

 

[Dbreiden83080]

Fury is A level athlete. He is champ with 2 month wrestling camp

A-Level? He doesn't look like he's running a fast 40 or jumping out the Gym to me..

 

[Jose Beehive]

MMA Francis would train takedowns for an entire training camp and smesh him at will, even if he didn't focus on wrestling.... Boxing match Tyson Fury would win with a grin on his face.

 

[Ice Hotel]

Lol....

 

[Dana's Moonface]

I'm sure if fury was happy to earn 60k and some free sportswear instead of 100m v Aj, then with specialised training he may have some joy

 

[Royce's Gi]

Tyson would easily defeat Franciscus

 

[TrainAllDay]

IDK man it seems like anytime some elite striker from outside the sport comes to MMA they get KTFO

 

[surgeyou1]

Have you ever seen Francis take someone down? Or even attempt to take them down?

Fury's long legs and high center of gravity would make him really hard to take down (like Jon Jones)

Yes a week ago

 

[Tyr XIII]

You people really need to stop with this shit. There is no athlete in the world that has anything more than a puncher’s chance with any UFC fighter. Get a grip.

you have no idea what you’re talking about. Brock lesnar became champ with minimal training and Tyson fury is light years ahead of him. He’s a literal A level athlete and one of the greatest heavyweights to ever live

 

[PalmStrike]

Face...jabbed...off.