{"id":398063,"date":"2021-10-27T11:03:13","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T18:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=398063"},"modified":"2021-10-27T11:03:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T18:03:13","slug":"wiz-khalifa-open-to-taking-mma-fight-with-pfl-i-could-see-myself-getting-in-the-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/professional-fighters-league\/wiz-khalifa-open-to-taking-mma-fight-with-pfl-i-could-see-myself-getting-in-the-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"Wiz Khalifa open to taking MMA fight with PFL: &#8220;I could see myself getting in the ring&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hip-hop artist Wiz Khalifa says that he is open to staking an MMA fight with PFL in the future, saying &#8220;I could see myself getting in the ring.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Khalifa recently became an investment with PFL, which holds its tournament championship on Wednesday. Khalifa is a huge MMA and combat sports fan himself, so when he had the opportunity to join the PFL family, he took it. But for Khalifa, this is not just about making a business investment or getting his name out there to more MMA fans. Instead, this could be the start of him potentially competing himself.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxim.com\/sports\/rapper-wiz-khalifa-talks-pfl-partnership-and-potential-mma-fight-its-definitely-something-i-think-about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maxim&#8217;s Tom Taylor,<\/a> Khalifa admitted that he is open to one day competing in MMA. According to Khalifa, he has been training combat sports and, if the right opportunity came around, he would be open to getting in there and fighting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always been a boxing fan and when MMA started to become big, my cousins convinced me to start training in jiu-jitsu. That was about 5 years ago,&#8221; Khalifa said. \u201cI love watching and (fighting is) definitely something I think about, but for now I\u2019m happy as an owner. But you never know. I am always training so if the opportunity presents itself and is something that could be fun and good for everyone, I could see myself getting in the ring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the PFL head honcho, the promotion would be more than welcome to get him an MMA fight if he wants to do it &#8212; for charity, an amateur fight, or a pro match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Wiz ever wants to get in the cage, whether it be for an exhibition, for charity, or for a professional bout, he\u2019s got the PFL in his corner. He knows who to call,&#8221; PFL CEO Peter Murray said of Khalifa.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to see Wiz Khalifa fight in MMA for <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/professional-fighters-league\/pfl-star-kayla-harrison-details-previous-run-in-with-dillon-danis-i-slapped-him-i-think\/\">PFL<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hip-hop artist Wiz Khalifa says that he is open to staking an MMA fight with PFL in the future, saying &#8220;I could see myself getting in the ring.&#8221; Khalifa recently became an investment with PFL, which holds its tournament championship on Wednesday. Khalifa is a huge MMA and combat sports fan himself, so when he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54477,"featured_media":398065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[24130],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wiz Khalifa open to taking MMA fight with PFL: &quot;I could see myself getting in the ring&quot; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hip-hop artist Wiz Khalifa says that he is open to taking MMA fight with PFL, saying that &quot;I could see myself getting in the ring.&quot;\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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