Dana White: 'Shaq wants to fight Brock Lesnar'

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Where does one go after dunking on a 13-ton shark? What's the next step after defeating Damon Jones with a plastic knife and killer dance moves? Well, if you're Shaquille O'Neal(notes) you challenge the UFC heavyweight champion of the world.

UFC president Dana White joined "Into The Night with Tony Bruno" to discuss UFC 100's impressive ratings, the possibility of a Brock Lesnar-Fedor Emelianenko match, and the desire of The Big Diesel/Witness/Twitter to step inside the octagon with the Coors Light-drinkin' champ. Sports Radio Interviews transcribes the gold:

"Shaq texts and Twitters me all the time saying he wants to fight Brock Lesnar. He's been training for 10 years; Shaq's probably the only dude in the NBA that can actually fight ... I told Shaq, I said listen, 'Win another NBA championship this year and then we'll talk next year.'"

White's right; Shaq's yearning to get in the cage is nothing new. He's been training with Jonathan Burke of Gracie's Gym for 10 years now, where he does the full gamut of MMA, boxing, jiu-jitsu, Muay Thai and wrestling. Cagewriter spoke with Burke in May who said that O'Neal "works his tail off" during drills and "has way more talent with this stuff than people would imagine." And again, he dunked on a freakin' shark!

It's a long shot to ever happen, but Shaq vs. Brock ... I would pay good money to see that.

That's just ridiculous, I don't think Shaq would last 30 seconds, even if he does weigh 325 pounds. Now Shaq v Bob Sapp, that would be a tad more realistic...

yankeefan812 said:

That's just ridiculous, I don't think Shaq would last 30 seconds, even if he does weigh 325 pounds. Now Shaq v Bob Sapp, that would be a tad more realistic...

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Don't be stupid. Shaq's such a great fighter that he had his own martial arts game on the Sega Genesis. Seriously, I owned it (and still have it somewhere). The gameplay wasn't too bad, but then again I was like 8 and a huge Orlando/Shaq fan at the time.





Sorry, I just had to throw the Shaq Fu reference out there :lol:

Card Magnet said:

yankeefan812 said:

That's just ridiculous, I don't think Shaq would last 30 seconds, even if he does weigh 325 pounds. Now Shaq v Bob Sapp, that would be a tad more realistic...

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Don't be stupid. Shaq's such a great fighter that he had his own martial arts game on the Sega Genesis. Seriously, I owned it (and still have it somewhere). The gameplay wasn't too bad, but then again I was like 8 and a huge Orlando/Shaq fan at the time.

Sorry, I just had to throw the Shaq Fu reference out there :lol:

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A Shaq Fu Reference. I love it. I had that game also. Shaq would last 30 seconds. He's been training for 10 years but I don't see him winning. Brock is just to fast for him and would be able to take him down at will.

kdailey4315 said:

Card Magnet said:

yankeefan812 said:

That's just ridiculous, I don't think Shaq would last 30 seconds, even if he does weigh 325 pounds. Now Shaq v Bob Sapp, that would be a tad more realistic...

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Don't be stupid. Shaq's such a great fighter that he had his own martial arts game on the Sega Genesis. Seriously, I owned it (and still have it somewhere). The gameplay wasn't too bad, but then again I was like 8 and a huge Orlando/Shaq fan at the time.

Sorry, I just had to throw the Shaq Fu reference out there :lol:

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A Shaq Fu Reference. I love it. I had that game also. Shaq would last 30 seconds. He's been training for 10 years but I don't see him winning. Brock is just to fast for him and would be able to take him down at will.

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If Shaq lost, he might run out to his Sherriff's car and get cuffs to take Brock in for assault and battery :lol:

Shaq has been involved in a few NBA fights and he appears to have no punching power and even less accuracy.

Regardless, it isn't how hard you train...you still need to take a punch and something tells me that Shaq has never ever been punched in the face...let alone with two hams flying from a shaven bear like Lesnar.