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Meet the NBA's Most Diehard MMA Fan (Who Is Also an Active Participant)

Posted Nov 14, 2008 6:15PM By Elie Seckbach (RSS feed)

Filed Under: Jazz, Lakers, Trail Blazers, NBA Videos, Interviews

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Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos.

The MMA is one of fastest growing sports in the world and these days even NBA players are getting into it. In this video we ask players like Luke Walton, Channing Frye, Sasha Vujacic and Jarron Collins which fighters they enjoy watching, and we also find an NBA player who is actually working out with an MMA star to sharpen his basketball skills. When you hear which NBA player that is you will be caught off guard.

Check out the full video after the jump, and find out which NBA player would be a surprisingly tough tussle on the hardwood.

Tags: channing+frye, ChanningFrye, jarron+collins, JarronCollins, luke+walton, LukeWalton, moriss+almond, MorissAlmond, sasha+vujacic, SashaVujacic, steve+blake, SteveBlake

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

11-15-2008 @ 11:16AM

JD said...

Sad when someone says "Kimbo is my favorite fighter" Kimbo as Dana White President of UFC said "sucks" and he "set MMA back by him being on the cover of ESPN magazine" Kimbo is not a REAL MMA fighter and that was proven when a less than average REAL MMA fighter KO'd Kimbo in 14 SECONDS. This is what the general public and most other sports athletes know then they know little. The NBA has been nothing short of sad since Jordan, Bird and Magic. Mostly thugs that can't play as a team, get arrested , commit murders and have lost many International competitions. The NBA is basically a dying sport IMO and in 20 years it could be gone if not for college BB it would be dead already.

Most of these "thugs" that play NBA would be an easy target in a real MMA fight as they were throwing a fade away punch I would then be taking him to the ground and pounding him in to a world of pain, choking him out and or breaking an arm.

Kimbo's 15 minutes are OVER. MMA is a real sport and over a Million maybe 1.2+ Million will buy the $45 PPV tonight, NBA couldn't pull those numbers in for any PPV.

The reporter is weak here as he simply asked the guy if he was a Blackbelt? What a stupid question to ask someone that says he enjoys it but has limited training. I bet some of these NBA might end up a BB but only from a school that basically gives you a BB title for paying x amount of X or called BB factories.