6 footballers who would have made good MMA fighters

The footballers could have made great UFC fighters

#1 Adebayo Akinfewa

Football’s heavyweight Akinfewa

Big, strong and brutal, those are the qualities that describe Adebayo Akinfewa. Built like a strongman, this beast of an athlete can break a man’s face with his bare hands; and if he decides to forge a career out of breaking faces, the UFC is the rightful place.

Akinfewa is ranked as the strongest footballer in the world and has built a reputation around this. He weighs around 101 kg and is known to bench press almost double his own body weight.

The strong Wycombe Wanderers star who is also nicknamed “The Beast” is one intimidating figure and has had his share of altercations with players on the pitch, notably with Dele Alli during his days at MK Dons. If he ever comes to the UFC, may the lord have mercy on the heavyweight champion!

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