Fighting 'Friends'

[fightingfan]

By which I definitely do not mean training partners as enough reasons have been given in the past for this not to happen even if, on paper, it would make for a good/explosive/whatever match-up.

What I do mean though is a situation arising similar to that of Josh Barnett and Jeff Monson. Some of the details are featured in the link below..

http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=6282&zoneid=13

I suppose my question is, would you fight a 'friend' as opposed to a 'training partner' in the interests of your MMA career?

[Dave Hirst]

Don't know... depends if I beat them up when I spar or not... if they knack me all the time I probably wouldn't be keen.

I probably would, I'm not the kind of person that needs to hate my opponent anyway, and presumably if they took the fight they'd know it was just business.

[Duchman]

Dave hirst seems to be the only pro fighter answering questions...

[Leigh]

Only if you paid me enough. Most fighters fight to further their career and I think it seems a bit callous to do so at the expense of a mates

Now that also brings up the question of who you consider a friend - someone who I get on well with but is not a mate is fair game

[boxingbrit]

Its a sport at the end of the day. I'd fight my brother if it didnt mean getting embarassingly battered in front of a bigger crowd than just the usual class.

[Dave Hirst]

lol!
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[dalml002]

Its a sport at the end of the day. I'd fight my brother if it didnt mean getting embarassingly battered in front of a bigger crowd than just the usual class.

thats a bit strong aint it...who are you ken shamrock?