CIN-C-STAR wrote:lakerz12 wrote:GreenBloodedC wrote:We had a thread before similar to this. I think it was Pacquiao vs. Shaq (?) forgot the NBA player involved.
But these guys literally fight for a living. There's no chance an athlete not trained for MMA can beat these guys.
That's simply not true.
It may not happen a majority of the time, but an NBA athlete is certainly capable of throwing a punch or knee that knocks out a small fighter like McGregor.
They fight for a living but they are literally tiny and weak compared to an NBA player.
You don't think someone like Westbrook, Ron Artest, Ben Wallace, etc. Could hurt a 5'9" guy?
It only takes 1 punch.
These guys take punches for a living.
Sure, one solid punch would do a lot of damage, but landing that punch is like a 1 in 100 odds, probably less.
Meanwhile, one arm bar would do as much or more damage than that punch, and McGregor's odds of getting Zion in an arm bar are way higher. Fighting through a dislocated elbow is almost impossible.
"These guys" are trained to take punches from guys their size.
There's an exponential difference between a punch from a 150 lb guy and a 250 lb guy. That's the whole premise of the thread. And yes I understand there are many different qualities of punches. But I think an NBA athlete understands weight transfer and balance enough to potentially deliver a strong blow.
Yes, as I already said, it may not happen a majority of the time. But, I was just saying it's possible, which it is. For a large, world class basketball player like Zion to land one punch on a small professional fighter and knock him out.