Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Threatens To Beat The **** Out Of Bully Ray (AEW News)

Josh Barnett responds after Bully Ray calls AEW's Jon Moxley a "fraud".

by Andrew Pollard
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WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray has found himself in the crosshairs of one Josh Barnett after saying he'd "beat the living s**t" out of AEW's Jon Moxley.

Bully's initial comments came on Busted Open Radio, where he said the Death Riders haven't helped AEW in any way, and that Moxley is "playing out his pro wrestling fantasies" and trying to be Terry Funk. The record-setting tag team star also called Mox a "fraud" whom he could "kick the s**t out of".

While Bully Ray's comments caught the attention of many fans and talents alike, one of those was Josh Barnett, a man who's won various prizes in, amongst other things, MMA and submission wrestling all across the world for 30 years, and still holds the record for being the youngest ever UFC Heavyweight Champion in history, not to mention was the driving force behind Bloodsport until opting to step away earlier this year.

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Fresh off teaming with Yuji Nagata and Aaron Wolf for NJPW over the weekend, Barnett offered to kick Bully Ray's ass "to the point of epic humiliation", for which Bully has responded by offering to help Josh get over and "draw money".

Jon Moxley hasn't commented on this, though his Death Riders cohort Marina Shafir appeared keen to get her hands on Bully Ray.

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