Tommy Fury learned the hard way just how painful leg kicks can be. The British boxer and Tyson Fury‘s younger brother went to UFC interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall‘s gym to learn a thing or two about mixed martial arts. It was there that he came up with the genius idea to take the ‘dead leg challenge.’ This involved the former Love Island star taking as many leg kicks from the interim champ as he could before his leg went ‘dead.’ However, with the protection on like leg pads and a kicking bag so that Fury doesn’t become crippled.
And the challenge turned out exactly as you would think it turned out. Aspinall hit Fury with eleven leg kicks, each one harder than the last. And at the eleventh kick, which Aspinall hit with 90%, Fury gave up. After screaming out in pain and trying to pace the room, he finally gave up and collapsed to the ground.
“I’m crippled. It’s like a sharp, sharp whipping pain. You know what you could take punches to the face all day because you’re used to that. When you take something you’re not used to, mate my leg’s in bits,” Fury said of the experience.
There is a good reason that leg kicks, although not as flashy as a head kick, or a well-landed right hook, are considered one of the most dangerous weapons in all of MMA. Not only do they hurt like hell, but they also compromise a fighter’s ability to move and balance.
Not to mention just because no one gets knocked out by them, they are still incredibly painful. And after taking this punishment from Aspinall, Fury seems to think that he could get used to it, calling out his nemesis for an MMA fight.
Tommy Fury is the only man who has even beaten Jake Paul in a boxing match. After all, the British boxer had managed to eke out a controversial split-decision victory over ‘The Problem Child’ at the end of their eight-round boxing match in February last year. And given how close their fight was, there have been widespread calls for a rematch. Fury, for his part, is all in. With one interesting caveat. The Englishman wants the fight to be under the Unified Rules of MMA.
“I’m gonna smash his face in when I get good at MMA. I’ll beat him in boxing and the cage. Big useless pr**k. I reckon a year-and-a-half, to two years of training, until I’ll beat him in a fight, no problem, in the cage,” Fury said.
Of course, Jake Paul is signed to the UFC’s biggest competitor, the PFL. ‘The Problem Child’ has even made it clear he wants to fight in MMA, having offered Nate Diaz over $10 million to face him in the cage. And Fury is sure that with a year or two of training, he would be in a position to ‘smash’ Paul. But for now, with all the training ‘The Problem Child’ has done when he thought he was gonna face Diaz in MMA, the American clearly has a head-start. And to be fair, a Paul-Fury MMA rematch does sound interesting. If for nothing then the novelty of the whole thing.
After all, people are kinda getting tired of watching Paul box retired MMA folks, or no-name tomato cans. Fighting in MMA instead would be good to draw in some new viewers who would want to see how ‘The Problem Child’ actually does in the cage. And another inexperienced guy in MMA who boxes like Fury would indeed be the perfect opponent. What do you think about Fury’s MMA challenge to Jake Paul?
Fans anticipate potential rematches, particularly between Fury and Paul, alongside hopes for Aspinall to unify the heavyweight title, especially if he can secure a fight against the winner of Jones vs. Miocic.
The viral challenge showcases the exciting crossover potential between traditional boxing and mixed martial arts, while both Aspinall and Fury's career trajectories leave room for high-stakes matchups in the near future.
