MMA Fans Are Furious After Hearing These Controversial Comments

Tyson Fury On The MMA Hour

“I think MMA is for people who can’t box, basically,” Fury said. “That’s just my opinion on that. It’s not really entertaining for me. The only time it’s entertaining is when they stand up and punch each other. That’s what I think fans like as well.

“I don’t think anyone likes to see people roll about the floor,” he added. “I think people want to see the stand-up punching. Even the referee when they’re on the floor to get up, get into it. I think I speak on behalf of a lot of people that the best parts of MMA is when they’re standing up and trading punches.”

“If we could meet in the middle somewhere – a middle ground – then I’d fight anyone of them guys. No problem at all.

“I’m not really interested in a 100 percent MMA fight because obviously, they’re not going to stand up and bang with the heavyweight champion of the world, are they? They just want to take me to the floor. That’s not my forte. My forte is full, action-packed fighting whether it’s stand up, kick, punch – I call it ‘everything goes’ – or something like that. But not wrestling up and down the floor or whatever, rolling about. I’m not into that sort of stuff.”

“Conor McGregor actually got me physically watching MMA,” Fury said. “And got me wanting to check the results. Because the way he is carrying on, this guy… I see a bit of myself in this guy and I wanted to check him out. I saw the fight with the Mendes guy. I will be watching the Aldo fight, because he’s had a lot to say hasn’t he, Conor McGregor?”

“I think he copies me in everything he does,” Fury said.

“I was the first big trash talker on these shores – Britain and Ireland -, and all of a sudden he starts copying me, this Conor McGregor guy.

“I grew a big beard, he grew a big beard. I start talking bullshit about everybody, he starts talking bullshit about everybody.

“So if it worked for the heavyweight champ of the world, it must work for Conor McGregor, some guy who’s 140 pounds or whatever he is.”