If he really wanted to impress the poolside hotties, Warren Sapp should have challenged Michael Phelps to an arm wrestle or a coconut patty eating contest

It was the swimming stud versus the sackmaster. The chisled body versus the round mound. And, sadly, it was more exciting than the Bucs red zone offense.

Yes, eight-time gold medal winner Michael Phelps met up with Warren Sapp in a Miami Beach hotel pool recently. And it seems Sapp didn’t like sharing the limelight.

Although Sapp looks lean – for him – next to Phelps he looks like Barney the dinosaur.

The paparazzi freaks at TMZ.com have the video. Check it out. Sapp challenges Phelps to a swimming race, and Phelps give him a sizeable head start.

The rest is history. (Props to BucStats.com for digging this up.)