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Kurt Angle to definitley do MMA

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I have a tough time believing he is really "getting offers" from the UFC. Why would Dana want to sign a 40 year old with an injury list longer than R Kelly's sex offender rap sheet and no MMA experience at all. Yeah, the guy was a great wrestler back when he was thirty but today he would get DESTROYED by essentially anyone in the HW or LHW division. Pure wrestling is not going to work for him like it works for Brock- Hell, it wouldn't work for Brock if he was only 6' 230 and forty years old in the HW division either.

That said, I actually could see EXC signing him just for the viewer draw, but I don't think EXC could afford his price tag (which will probably be more than they've paid any fighter ever)
 
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I remember watching Kurt Angle on inside MMA and he kept on using the term "Octagon" when talking about getting into MMA. Kenny Rice asked him if he was going to the UFC and he said no, he was just talking about MMA in general. So even though he uses the term "Octagon" I wouldn't draw any conclusions that he's going to UFC.
 
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This will never happen. Angle has no MMA experience and would probably get destroyed in wrestling now. He needs to stop living in the past and realize that just because he was an olympian 10 years ago he is not good anymore. Plus he has so many injuries if someone punched him he would probably die.
 
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Indeed. Angle can't get to MMA, at least not to a decent MMA organization, much less the UFC. He has a name and very good wrestling, but that's it. He's even greener than Lesnar. Lesnar's been training for over 2 years now in MMA, and it's a lot bigger, stronger, faster and well-rounded (wow, I never thought I'd say that about Lesnar) than the old, broken down Angle.

However, as there could be a lot of money in this, he could still make an MMA fight.
 
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I do wonder if he'll sign with some smaller promotion and try to get them to let him do worked matches to get a few wins under his belt. I mean, Brock was a lot more promising than Angle and Dana still let him go to K-1 Dynamite for his first fight. I can't see any serious promotion signing him with no fights at the pricetag he will inevitable be asking.
 
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I dont think the UFC will touch him, Brock Lesnar is a phenomenal athlete who is in his early 30's. Kurt is an old man with the aforementioned injury list.

Would any commission clear him to fight? there were rumours of the Ken vs Kimbo being pulled since Ken had is lights punched out 5 times in a row. There is a definite chance of Kurt's neck snapping and nobody needs that
 
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I think he would do alright if he went to the right league and fought the right people. If they sent him to elite xc he would do great lol. If he sighns with any other venue he is screwed unless they build him up. I can see him out muscling/ out wrestling a lot of guys.
 
#15 ·
Kurt Angle is too old and is plagued by several neck injuries. He'll likely be killed shooting and eating a hard knee.

His striking likely crap and even though Kurt is an accomplished wrestler and a competitive individual, he hasn't the time to get the training he needs.
 
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I’ve always wanted to do it. I’m the only Olympic gold medallist that will enter the Octagon and it feels right for me.
At least he had the decency to qualify this with "the Octagon," because if he had said "the sport" he would have looked like a serious idiot.

My thoughts on Angle's marathon mouth are up on MMAOpinion.
 
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I could actually see the UFC signing him for 1 fight to fight Lesnar since they had a feud and would be a draw for certain crowds. After Lesnar crushed him they might let him fight someone such as Liddell since he has talked crap to him and about him and to let Chuck have his way with him and shut him up for good. Just a thought, prolly won't happen but would be interesting...
 
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Kurt has been living in the fantasy world of wrestling a little too long if he seriously thinks he can step into the mma ring. With his history of crippling neck injuries, among others, one guillotine and that could be it for him. I agree though, I could still see EliteXC signing him for match just because I think everyone would tune in to watch.
 
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