Well here is something you don't hear about every day. Two Florida mayors have agreed to step into the cage this summer for an MMA style fight to raise money for charity and to prove who would win in a battle. Mayor's Carlos
Hernandez and Michael Pizzi claim they know what they are getting into.The trash talking has already began.
He will last 30 seconds,” boasted Pizzi, 50. “I will knock him out, but I
am going to catch him and lay him on the ground so he doesn’t get too
badly embarrassed in front of his colleagues.”
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Hernandez called himself a trained fighter and mentioned he's trained
with MMA's royal family, the Gracies. Pizzi said he's know as the "Brooklyn Brawler." He earned that nickname after he won some 25 street fights and boxing matches in a row as a teenager.
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"Carlos is an athlete into aerobics," Pizzi said. "I'm of the Tank Abbott (and) Roy Nelson school of training, which is have a six-pack of beer, get off a bar stool and knock the guy out in the first three punches."
According to MMAjunkie.com Unsurprisingly, this fight was conceived under the influence of alcohol.
The two were having a friendly dinner a month ago when the discussion
turned to who could beat who up. Then photographers asked them to pose
opposite each other as fighters, the Internet got involved, and
reporters started calling. They figured they should strike while the
iron was hot.
"If taking a couple of punches is going to raise money for college
scholarships and anti-child obesity efforts, then in my mind, it's
certainly worth it," Pizzi
Hernandez calls this fight a contest between “the street bully versus the trained athlete.”
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Hialeah mayor Hernandez plans to raise money for Best Buddies, a
non-profit for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
He may or may not have reach on Miami Lakes' Pizzi, but at 52, he's got
two years of old-man strength on his side.
"My biggest fear is not getting knocked out or choked out," said Pizzi.
"My biggest fear is going into that ring with a double-chin and a couple
rolls of fat on my stomach."
Hernandez said he won’t add on to his normal training routine. He
works out with his 13-year-old son, who studies Brazilian jujitsu.
“I’m
going to train as hard as it takes to beat Mayor Pizzi,” he laughed.
“And that’s not a lot of training. I might have to pull back to make it a
fair fight.”
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“I am down to only one beer on Saturday and I only eat pizza three
times a week for dinner,” said Pizzi, adding he tries to fit work-outs
into his schedule. “I have lost a couple of ounces.”
Hernandez said he’s concerned about Pizzi’s training routine.“If he is cutting back on beer and pizza, then he’s serious.”
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"The other thing it helps demonstrate to our aging population in both of
our cities that there's a life past 50. It gives us an excuse to get
into shape, so people don't laugh when we take off our shirts." said Pizzi
The date is not set for this bout yet but the fight will take place on Hernandez’s turf, in Hialeah’s Milander Auditorium.
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