Bernard Hopkins Thinks MMA is a Gay Porno, Not a Sport

[Rick Ronson]

By Mark Vester

Light heavyweight contender Bernard Hopkins spoke with BoxingScene.com about the sport of Mixed Martial Arts - and Hopkins held nothing back when he expressed his feelings about the UFC craze. Hopkins told BoxingScene's Bill Emes that grown men should not be watching MMA. He says MMA is not a sport, and compared it to a porno movie. According to Hopkins, he would feel "suspect" [possibly gay] if he bought a ticket to watch MMA.

"Everybody is different. I don't want to watch two grown men wrestling with panties on. I'm from the hood, we don't play that. To me, I'm not buying a ticket to watch two grown men with panties on, sweating, [with] nuts in their face. That's not me. To compare that to boxing is ludicrous. It's a porno. It's an entertainment porno," Hopkins told BoxingScene. "I'm not wrestling a guy with panties on and his nuts in my face, and they call that a sport."

Hopkins would also tell BoxingScene that he wouldn't have a problem if MMA had an audience made up of women, but it bothers him that groups of men could get together to watch MMA events.

"I'm not criticizing people for what kind of entertainment they like. I think most of those people have chains and masks in their closets. There is something out there for everybody. I can understand if 90% of women were going to those things but I can't understand a grown man sitting there with a couple of guys watching two grown men with panties on, sweating. That's just my opinion. It's not a good look," Hopkins said.

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[kidmegaii]

 

[furlough]

 

[kwazdog]

 

[Grimes]

please...

Someone sounds

 

[Costanza]

@ the author defining "suspect" in brackets...

 

[blackichigo]

said the soso boxer.

 

[RunawaySlave]

grown men with panties on

holmes said that shit 3 times just for extra emphasis

 

[Rick Ronson]

said the soso boxer.

no he shouldn't accept a challenge if he doesn't want nutts in his face

because nutts in your face is a natural part of that sport.....

with panties on

can you mma fans argue with that fact?

 

[Spectrum]

@ the author defining "suspect" in brackets...

 

[heiesuke]

Dam!!

 

[merce77]

said the soso boxer.

Stick to MMA because you obviously know zero about boxing. Idiot.

 

[LordSinister]

Truth!!

 

[Upgrade Dave]

Bernard's an idiot for this one.
First, to see anything "gay" in wrestling (the aspect of MMA he's referring to) is strange. That's what goes through your mind during a fight? Nigga, that says something about you.
Second and far more importantly, Bernard is a promoter more than a boxer at this point. With MMA becoming more and more popular, Hopkins and Golden Boy need to be trying to get that money instead of talking crazy about the sport. As much I dislike him as a boxer, Oscar De La Hoya has shown he's a good promoter and you definitely won't see him saying dumb shit like this publicly. B needs to start thinking like an executive and less like a street nigga from Philly.