UFC Fighter Reacts to Draymond Green’s Viral Claim That Belittles Michael Jordan & Shaquille O’Neal Era

Over the course of the past decades, NBA has evolved not in just terms of valuation, but also as a sport. The rules of engagement have changed, and the long-gone era of physicality in basketball rests in the history books. However, the change took its fair share of time to happen, and on some occasions, it sparked debates between the old and new.

This often sparks a debate between fans and players of the two eras to claim supremacy, something UFC fans are well-versed in. Much like basketball, even MMA went through a similar transition that has made the combat sport unrecognizable.

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Oftentimes, in the NBA, retired veterans of the sport draw comparisons between the two eras and even dub the modern iteration as soft. This provoked Golden State Warriors’ Draymond Green to unleash a verbal rant discrediting the older era.

Following this UFC welterweight contender, Michael Chiesa, took to Twitter to share his reaction to the rant.

Chiesa did not agree with Green and clearly sided with athletes of the previous era like Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neal, and Bill Laimbeer.

What did Draymond Green say that incited such a response from the UFC fighter?

Green claimed that the era of the 80s and 90s indeed was more physical, but players lacked in skill. He also said that the rules and fines have differed greatly and the same laws do not apply in modern times. 

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Here’s what Green said in response to veterans attacking the modern-era athletes, “If I go knock somebody out, I would probably get fined a million dollars. It just don’t work the same. So you know when guys get to making these comparisons talking s**t about, oh if you played in this day and age. Like yeah… and if you played in this day and age, you would had to be way more skilled than you were.”

UFC fighters have also gone from fighting multiple times in the same night to just 3 times in a year. It would not be fair to draw a comparison between the two eras in any sport, as rules, training methods, and techniques evolve.