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Manny Pacquiao is ready to enter the Octagon for an MMA Fight. Now, before you start lining up an opponent, think about what it would cost to get Pac Man into the octagon. Pacquiao was guaranteed $12 million for his March fight against Joshua Clottey. At this time, no MMA organization could guarantee that kind of money, let alone the rumored $40 million Pacquiao would earn in a fight with Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
To think that he would sign with either Ultimate Fighting Championship or Strikeforce for a fight is foolish. At this time, no MMA organization could afford that kind of payout.
In a recent article ESPN.com’s Jake Rossen posits an interesting scenario, sidestepping the current MMA promotions.
Pacquiao is wildly popular and has no need for Dana White and the UFC. Pacquiao’s promoter, Bob Arum, could easily put together an MMA card that would feature Manny against a fighter that would suit Manny’s skill set. If it happened we’d get our running trainers on and be dashing for the ringside seats as soon as they became available!
An MMA match such as this would be a farce, but in the end would it be any different from the recent Randy Couture-James Toney fight? Toney and his skill set had no business being in the octagon with the former UFC champ. Yet there he was, “shaking out” to a Couture arm triangle in the first round of their fight.
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