Jose Canseco to make his MMA debut against 7'2" beast

[DirtyKash]

Canseco lost badly in a boxing bout against 5'9 Vai Sikahema, so of course now he's set to make his MMA debut against a 7'2", 340 lb kickboxing/wrestling expert. THIS WILL NOT END WELL.

Former baseball slugger Jose Canseco to try his hand at mixed martial arts

19 hours ago

TORONTO — Former baseball slugger Jose Canseco is trying his hand at mixed martial arts, with seven-foot-two South Korean Hong Man Choi his first opponent.

The Canseco-Choi matchup will take place on the Dream 9 card May 26 in Tokyo, Dream said on its website. But Dennis Holahan, Canseco's Los Angeles-based lawyer, said the announcement was slightly premature.

"I think they have (jumped the gun) and I don't have any problems with them doing that because I don't anticipate any problems but it's just not confirmed yet," Holahan said.

"It probably won't be a sure thing for another week or 10 days," he added.

Holahan confirmed Canseco was training "very hard" in MMA.

Choi, a 29-year-old former kick-boxer, is 1-2 as an MMA fighter, with losses to Fedor Emelianenko and Mirko (Cro Cop) Filipovic.

The fight is part of Dream's eight-man open-weight tournament.

Canseco, 45, does have some celebrity combat experience. The six-foot-four 240-pounder fought former child star Danny Bonaduce to a draw in a celebrity boxing match in January in suburban Philadelphia.

The bout featured only three one-minute rounds.

Canseco was soundly beaten by former Philadelphia Eagle Vai Sikahema in a previous celebrity bout last year.

Canseco, the 1988 AL MVP, was a home-run hitter who has stayed in the limelight with tell-all books like 2005's "Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big," and 2008's book, "Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and The Battle to Save Baseball."

He also appeared on Season 5 of "The Surreal World," a reality TV show.

[Saber]

No, I think this will end very well.

[Foster]

Choi sucks, so this is a sideshow.
And only in Japan do they have this kind of stuff. They had a heavyweight vs a Lightweight in a "grappling match" earlier this week.

[DirtyKash]

fail.

[NYgiantsfan5689]

He looks like he has no idea what he's doing. That's just embarrassing.

[Kingdom]

I think Jose Canseco should fight Dana White.

[Halladay_is_God]

hahaha that was great