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UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor<\/a>‘s upcoming boxing showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr<\/a>. is quite unprecedented. That said, it can be compared to a few other fights in the long and violent history of unarmed combat.<\/p>\n

One fight it is often compared to is Muhammed Ali’s 1976 battle with pro wrestler Antonio Inoki. Another it is compared to is boxer James Toney’s lone and disastrous mixed martial arts bout, which saw him abruptly tapped out by Randy Couture. In the opinion of UFC President Dana White, it’s also somewhat similar to former UFC light heavyweight champ Chuck Liddell’s sojourn into the PRIDE FC ring \u2013 unfamiliar territory for a fighter who’d cut his teeth in the cage.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very much the same, except for the fact that Chuck was fighting in mixed martial arts,\u201d White told the MMAJunkie.com<\/a>. \u201cI think the different thing I was thinking about was the ring. They were fighting in a ring. But other than that, it was the same sport at least. He wasn\u2019t going up against the greatest boxer of all time.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Conor<\/p>\n

Liddell’s run in Pride, of course, wasn’t an exactly a success, as he was ultimately taken out by Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. For McGregor, however, the UFC boss envisions much better results.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been saying this all along: For all the people who come out and say he doesn\u2019t belong here, this fight\u2019s ridiculous and everything else, when he knocks Floyd Mayweather out on Saturday, what are all these naysayers [going to say]? They\u2019re going to say Floyd was too old. It\u2019s going to be a whole other set of excuses. Get ready. Remember I told you that. A whole other set of excuses when he knocks him out.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m nervous, but Conor\u2019s the guy for this job. He really is the guy for this job,\u201d White added. \u201cI call him \u2018The Unicorn,\u2019 man. I\u2019ve never dealt with anybody like this guy. \u2026 Pressure? It\u2019s almost like when he shines the most. When the most pressure is on him he shines the most. He\u2019s a very unique, special individual, and I\u2019m very much looking forward to it.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What do you think of this Conor McGregor – Chuck Liddell comparison from Dana White?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 8\/24\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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