{"id":272832,"date":"2018-03-19T23:50:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T06:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=272832"},"modified":"2018-03-19T23:50:29","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T06:50:29","slug":"video-floyd-mayweather-will-apply-for-his-mma-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-floyd-mayweather-will-apply-for-his-mma-license\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Floyd Mayweather Will Apply for His MMA License"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QtGIpjQFAbU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>We said it wouldn&#8217;t happen. We said it didn&#8217;t make any sense. We made fun of people that thought it was going down. Sound familiar? This is how nearly the entire planet felt about a boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor, but it manifested itself nevertheless. It seems like Mayweather making his MMA debut <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tyron-woodley\/breaking-tyron-woodley-to-train-floyd-mayweather-in-mma\/\">could be following the same pattern<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;[I haven&#8217;t applied for my MMA license] yet. Not yet, but everything takes time. Eventually we&#8217;re gonna apply for the license and hopefully we can fight [in the UFC]. We probably need a little bit longer [than three months to get ready for my first MMA fight]. A little bit longer. Even if it takes six to eight months, whatever it takes, we want to make sure everything is done correctly and everything is done the right way.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2018\/03\/19\/floyd-mayweather-mma-license-ufc-fight\/\">Floyd Mayweather speaking to TMZ Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"tr\">Billion Dollar Man <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8Vv4y1QpFK\">pic.twitter.com\/8Vv4y1QpFK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Floyd Mayweather (@FloydMayweather) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FloydMayweather\/status\/959597170813845505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe\u2019re already getting it set-up. First thing we\u2019ll work on is kicks. Blocking the kicks. There is no point in him trying to learn how to kick. Defending kicks, identifying when a body is about to throw a kick. No one can just suddenly, sneaky throw a kick besides like an [Edson] Barboza or Jose Aldo. [\u2026] Secondly, obviously defending takedowns. If he\u2019s able to evade punches in a fraction of a second, make people look stupid and miss a million times, then he can learn wrestling defense.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2018\/03\/09\/floyd-mayweather-tyron-woodley-mma-conor-mcgregor\/\">Tyron Woodley speaking on TMZ Sport\u2019s The Hollywood Beatdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While Tyron Woodley said it would take several months to get Floyd Mayweather ready for an MMA debut against a to-be-decided opponent, Mayweather now has gone on record saying it could take closer to a year. From CM Punk to Nick Newell, there are no shortage of opponents that are ready to welcome him to the UFC. Conor McGregor thinks he could fight him and then <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregor-real-fight-night-beating-floyd-mayweather-mma\/\">fight another real contender the same night<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 3\/20\/2018.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We said it wouldn&#8217;t happen. We said it didn&#8217;t make any sense. We made fun of people that thought it was going down. Sound familiar? This is how nearly the entire planet felt about a boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor, but it manifested itself nevertheless. 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