Chad Ochocinco (Photograph by David Becker – Formulation 1/Formulation 1 by way of Getty Photos)
Crossover and novelty fights have turn into huge enterprise. Jake and Logan Paul have led the way in which with different on-line personalities like KSI, and they’re additionally discovering success and notoriety from their efforts.
Chad Ochocinco has already dipped his toe within the fight sports activities pool with an exhibition boxing match in 2021 on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Logan Paul. Now, the 46-year-old all-time nice vast receiver-turned-online persona is trying to have a high-profile MMA bout.
His opponent is former Pittsburgh Steelers star, two-time All-Professional, and Tremendous Bowl champion James Harrison. In case you are not knowledgeable soccer fan and that title does not ring a bell. Here’s a have a look at Harrison.
James Harrison (Photograph by Justin Berl/Getty Photos)
The battle is meant to happen in New Orleans on Tremendous Bowl weekend.
Dimension is not all the things in fight sports activities, but it surely’s unimaginable to not see what figures to be a large dimension and power distinction. Ochocinco spoke to Corridor-of-Famer Shannon Sharpe in regards to the battle on his podcast, and the 2 predictably had a humorous alternate over the topic.
Ochocinco mentioned his groundwork was “impeccable,” “much like that of Khabib [Nurmagomedov].”
Ochocinco and Harrison exchanged some trash speak as they watched a few of the motion from their days as opponents on the gridiron.
Here’s a have a look at their back-and-forth on X captured by Bleacher Report:
Ochocinco drew with Brian Maxwell in his solely official match in fight sports activities. The battle was a boxing match, and whereas he earned a draw, Ochocinco was knocked down by a nasty proper cross.
Have a look:
From a pure toughness standpoint, Ochocinco will at all times test the field. He performed 11 seasons within the NFL, took hits like this one, and stored producing.
Ochocinco can also be at all times in incredible form from a lean muscle standpoint, so maybe that can converse to his wind.
Harrison can also be 46, however he went viral a number of years in the past when, at 42, he posted a video of himself pushing nearly a ton on a sled.
When Harrison performed, he was thought-about one in all his period’s hardest-hitting and ferocious defensive gamers.
The person respectfully generally known as Deebo, in homage to the enduring villain performed by the late Tommy Lister in Friday, has impressed spotlight reels just like the one beneath.
Make no mistake about it. Ochocinco and Harrison are elite athletes able to doing issues at 46 that the majority people aren’t capable of do at 26–not to mention of their 40s. Nonetheless, discussing this battle from a technical standpoint could be foolish.
Ought to this battle come to fruition, it is necessary to strategy it with a unique mindset than you’d when watching the seasoned MMA professionals in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah, at UFC 307 on a Saturday.
