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NFL player Maxx Crosby looks like he could fight in the UFC one day.
While speaking with CBS earlier this year, Crosby revealed that UFC’s Dana White has tried to convince him to get into fighting.
“You know, it’s funny, Hunter Campbell and Dana (White), you know, they’re, they’re hilarious, and they’re fully convinced that by the year 2030 or 2031, I’m going to be the heavyweight champion, and I’m that type of person where I’m just never going to put a limit on what I do. I live one life and I definitely have certain things I want to accomplish and things I want to do, and, I’m never going to close the door on opportunity, so I truly don’t know,” Crosby said.
“[My] Body’s been through a lot, but if it makes sense at the time and if it’s in my heart and my soul that I want to go out there and go compete, it might just happen. You never know. So yeah, I love fighting. I feel like I got definitely the right mentality, the athleticism, the power and speed, it’s just about putting that all together and being fully in.”
This weekend, footage of a sparring session between Crosby and Sean Strickland surfaced online, and the two were going at it.
When Sean Strickland was throwing bombs against 6’5 255 lb NFL defensive lineman Maxx Crosby 😳 pic.twitter.com/LTyInYsgjZ
— FULL SEND MMA (@full_send_mma) February 28, 2026
Strickland praised Crosby after their sparring session.
Max was sending it in the beginning….But
Max is a badass. The guy is s NFL super star, dude gloves up for fun and spars for the love of the game…
Max is the hardest NFL player hands down!