Charles Barkley Praises MMA Fighters
Sherdog.com Staff Feb 22, 2011
NBA great Charles Barkley (Pictured, HRC/WENN.com), on Bruce
Buffer’s “It’s
Time” show, discussing MMA:
“Boxing and football are my two favorite sports. MMA is gaining on that. It hasn’t been around long enough to get to my love level of boxing and football, but it’s in the same realm. What I mean by that, you can’t have no chicken in your heart when you play football or box. MMA is gaining on it rapidly. Those two sports, it’s something about a person, when you go in that boxing ring or you go on a football field, you have to have a totally different mindset. Now you can put MMA in that category. You can actually get killed in there. It takes a certain special person who’s willing to put it out on the line. That takes a special person.”
“Boxing and football are my two favorite sports. MMA is gaining on that. It hasn’t been around long enough to get to my love level of boxing and football, but it’s in the same realm. What I mean by that, you can’t have no chicken in your heart when you play football or box. MMA is gaining on it rapidly. Those two sports, it’s something about a person, when you go in that boxing ring or you go on a football field, you have to have a totally different mindset. Now you can put MMA in that category. You can actually get killed in there. It takes a certain special person who’s willing to put it out on the line. That takes a special person.”
