{"id":183321,"date":"2016-01-21T11:19:45","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T19:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=183321"},"modified":"2022-02-04T16:16:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T00:16:47","slug":"george-foreman-mixed-martial-arts-fighter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/george-foreman-mixed-martial-arts-fighter\/","title":{"rendered":"George Foreman as a mixed martial arts fighter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How do you think former world heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/george-foreman-says-ronda-rousey-will-be-back\/\">George Foreman<\/a> would have fared in the world of mixed martial arts back in his prime? The knockout Hall of Fame legend who won the world heavyweight championship twice is regarded as one of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/watch-on-this-day-rumble-in-the-jungle-ali-kos-foreman-in-8-to-reclaim-championship\/\">boxing&#8217;s greats<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Foreman revealed in a tweet that he feels he could have gone far in MMA if the sport was prevalent in his heyday. A fan recently asked Foreman, &#8220;@georgeforeman Sure you are asked this a bit\u2026but if MMA was around in your time, is it something you would&#8217;ve been interested in pursuing?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Foreman replied:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I regret MMA was not around in my day. I could gone far with a good trainer <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WrA5cJnmDm\">https:\/\/t.co\/WrA5cJnmDm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; George Foreman (@GeorgeForeman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgeForeman\/status\/690042234113228801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Which boxers from the past to present would intrigue you getting in the cage with top-level MMA training? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you think former world heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist George Foreman would have fared in the world of mixed martial arts back in his prime? The knockout Hall of Fame legend who won the world heavyweight championship twice is regarded as one of boxing&#8217;s greats. 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