{"id":8457,"date":"2011-03-08T17:20:25","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T22:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=8457"},"modified":"2011-03-08T17:20:25","modified_gmt":"2011-03-08T22:20:25","slug":"chad-ochocinco-calls-out-anderson-silva-nfl-vs-mma-in-the-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=8457","title":{"rendered":"Chad Ochocinco Calls Out Anderson Silva: NFL Vs MMA in the Works"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By Sean Farrell<\/strong><\/p>\n

While countless NFL superstars have spoken on their offseason MMA workouts, none have been bold enough or dumb enough for that matter to actually challenge a professional mixed martial artist to actual physical combat. Leave it to Chad Johnson or Chado Ochocinco, which ever he is this year, as the first one to open his mouth and call out the best in the sport, current UFC middleweight champion and pound for pound king Anderson “the Spider” Silva.<\/p>\n

As his Chad’s place of employment is engaging in moronic heated labor talks that could shut down the NFL, Chad took to his Twitter account to assert his desire to challenge Anderson Silva to a fight. Then a YouTube video surfaced where Chad reveals his complete game plan for the planet\u2019s best 185-pound fighter as he said: “I won\u2019t [get hurt], because I\u2019m not going to go to the ground, I know if I fight Anderson, I have to fight him standing up. I\u2019m quicker than him. I know he\u2019s very good at what he does, but don\u2019t be fooled. I\u2019m one of the elite athletes in the NFL. I\u2019m very fast, very quick. I just can\u2019t go to the ground. And I can\u2019t be within his reach, either. So maybe I\u2019ll just run around the ring the whole damn time. Man, I\u2019m crazy enough to get in there, too. That\u2019s the funny thing. I\u2019m crazy enough to get in there.”<\/p>\n

While the NFL and the Players Association have entered into the 13th day of labor negotiations, Chad is looking to setup life after football. Although his challenge was made mostly out of tongue-in-cheek, if any amateur is wild enough to step into the Octagon with Silva, it would be the man that legally changed his last name from \u2018Johnson\u2019 to his playing number spelled out in Spanish (well kind of spelled out in Spanish).<\/p>\n

Whether or not he was serious it got our attention and maybe the NFL is going to lockout and there will be an influx of NFL athletes into mixed martial arts. The positive to the NFL locking out is MMA will explode with no other sport able to compete with the contact aspect of MMA.<\/p>\n

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