{"id":91492,"date":"2014-03-28T18:25:22","date_gmt":"2014-03-29T01:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=91492"},"modified":"2022-02-06T11:55:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T19:55:04","slug":"retired-boxing-legend-marvin-hagler-compares-mma-to-bar-fighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/retired-boxing-legend-marvin-hagler-compares-mma-to-bar-fighting\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired Boxing Legend Marvin Hagler Compares MMA To Bar Fighting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/retired-boxing-legend-marvin-hagler-compares-mma-to-bar-fighting\/screen-shot-2014-03-28-at-6-23-51-pm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-91500\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-28-at-6.23.51-PM.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Screen Shot 2014-03-28 at 6.23.51 PM\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-28-at-6.23.51-PM.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-28-at-6.23.51-PM-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-28-at-6.23.51-PM-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nYes, the man known as Marvelous Marvin Hagler (that&#8217;s his legal name) recently spoke to reporters in Malaysia and the topic of MMA came up. Here&#8217;s what the former world champion had to say:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThat sport right there, I can\u2019t see any art inside. If you wanna teach a kid how to fight (in MMA), you can just take him to the bar. That\u2019s what it looks like to me.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hagler added his thoughts on the ground game, <em>&#8220;I can\u2019t understand them laying on the floor like that, and the ref don\u2019t get them up. It\u2019s terrible.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>At least he gave the sport a nod for how big it is becoming, <em>&#8220;It\u2019s really taking off\u2026 It\u2019s growing because boxing has been drifting away, so it\u2019s brought that (MMA) into the spotlight.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When&#8217;s the last time you saw a bar fight finished with an arm-bar, or a spinning back kick? Just saying.<\/p>\n<p>[Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/sg.sports.yahoo.com\/blogs\/fit-to-post-sports\/mma-a-terrible-sport-with-no-art--boxing-legend-marvelous-hagler-152639183-boxing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yahoo! Sports<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/ryan-miller\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryan Miller<\/a> | <a href=\"ryancmiller1630\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, the man known as Marvelous Marvin Hagler (that&#8217;s his legal name) recently spoke to reporters in Malaysia and the topic of MMA came up. Here&#8217;s what the former world champion had to say: \u201cThat sport right there, I can\u2019t see any art inside. 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