KIMBO SLICE FIGHTS LIVE on CBS TONIGHT, EVENT STARTS AT 9PM ET

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Originally Posted by hattonthehammer

Do you guys ever wonder why someone like kimbo slice would rather stay in UFC or whatever the hell he is in rather than become a pro boxer and earn ten times as much as he ever would doing what he does now.

Its because the guy knows full well for his weight he cannot punch.

Take away his grappling and illegal punches and i guarantee you chris byrd or john luiz would f**k this guy up!!

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You think:rolleyes: Kimbo is a raw bare knuckle street fighter who got an opportunity. The majority of Pro boxers started when the were 10-13 years old, and most of those young kids dont make it out of the amatuers. Kimbo has no formal training except from Baz Rutten who is an MMA god and been training Kimbo for the past year, Kimbo is 34 years old for Chrise sakes not some 21 year old prospect who's prime is ahead of him..

The ones who say Kimbo should have rolled Thompson, I guess you closed your eyes through his 5 other textbook escapes, James had him in dominant position with his arms trapped, I trained MMA and martial arts for years, Side control while against the cage with your arms trapped is no mans land, you cant shrimp out of that.. James THE EXPERIENCED PRO,couldnt get any leverage on his G&P and was literally chopping kimbo tentatively and slowly with no force....

Kimbo had stamina issues no doubt but his ground technique was textbook for the amount of time he has been training... The difference is Kimbo is humble and dosent buy into his own hype, he knows what he is and is always the 1st to say he has a long way to go, and he has to keep training. he performed like any 2 fight rookie with a year under his belt would perform.

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Originally Posted by RP33

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Originally Posted by Julius Rain

Fact is Kimbo was suppose to win that! the whole event is to hype him up even more. Everybody but James was going to let it happen.

I give props more to James, just cause his ears pop doesn't mean the fight should be stop. Sure he was stunned at the end but he was also stunned numerous times before that and took the round afterwards.

I like Kimbo but thats the second time he wanted to quit and Yes J.T. i said he lack heart. at the second round he was done, he is hype up to be a beast but couldn't get james off him? get the fck out of here with that shyt. He should of rolled his ars like he has done before. But no he just laid there like a let down. He luck the ref was riding on him as well.

James is an easy guy to hit and james has be ktfo before by lesser hype guys, I really expected kimbo to knock him out but clearly. That fight was good but IMO thats not the kimbo they've been hyping up. And look at his interview, he is dead tired and just wanted to end the interview to rest.

I think they need to work on his stamina first before anything else. His going to end up quiting against another james who will take him into deep water. His actually lucky james stamina is awfull too.

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first off.. yes he was stunned at the end, and he was also stunned earlier in the fight.. but in the second round Kimbo nailed him with a solid 5-6 FLUSH shots, and the only reason the fight wasn't over was cause he took kimbo to the ground.. i thought they were going to end it then.. but at the end of the fight, when kimbo was landing those shots, james was out of range to take him down, leaving the ref no choice but to either stop the fight or let kimbo keep tagging him.. that is a fucking EASY call..

and how can you say kimbo couldn't get him off of him.. he did that at least once when james was almost in a full mount..

now, i'm not a huge kimbo fan or anything.. but he definitely won that fight.. i have no question about that.. i do think he has stamina issues and will lose sooner than later.. but to hate on him for his fight last night is absurd..

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Dude that was perfect pinpoint accurate analysis... Kimbo was countering all nite on the ground... That scissor sweep of a 265 pound man was awesome, when he was caught in the Kas katame(bad spelling)

Has the mr T wanabe ever been steroid tested?

I watched Thompsos fight with Bean nd the first punch Bean landed was like jaes had bee shot with a 12 bore, his body justwent limp as he crumpled to the floor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjep2b224Go

Butterbean doing jui-jitsu? LOL. I bet the guy can't even tie his shoes much less tie someone up. Had they made Return of the Jedi now, he would have made a fortune playing Jabba.

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Originally Posted by hattonthehammer

Do you guys ever wonder why someone like kimbo slice would rather stay in UFC or whatever the hell he is in rather than become a pro boxer and earn ten times as much as he ever would doing what he does now.

Its because the guy knows full well for his weight he cannot punch.

Take away his grappling and illegal punches and i guarantee you chris byrd or john luiz would f**k this guy up!!

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He wouldnt succeed at boxing. I dont think he cant fight for 6 8 10 rounds, and he has no footwork or real boxing technique

I didn't think Thompson was out of the fight honestly, he had looked similar to that earlier in the fight (except for the ear obviously) and then managed to take Kimbo down and hold him there. Kimbo won the first, Thompson won the second and while it obviously looked like Kimbo was on his way to winning the third he was gassed big time (really from the end of the first round on) and its not hard for me to imagine Thompson recovering enough to take him down and hold him there. Anyway doesn't really matter now.

And even if it wasn't corrupt people are still going to think its corrupt when you get a borderline stoppage like that because obviously sleazy Gary Shaw wants to protect his cash cow.

Anyway I thought the card was overall pretty good except for really the Kimbo fight. He's got a lot to learn (not to mention improve his stamina) and he's already 34.

Gus Johnson was great. He's my favorite announcer during the NCAA tournament and considering he doesn't have much experience calling MMA (I think) he did pretty good. Not to mention even though he works for CBS he called it like he saw it after the Kimbo fight.

What happen to Kimbo fighting Butter Bean??is that still on?Now that would be worth watching!;)

it look like thompson ear was about to fall off
i woulld of stop it too

Really good card this was...

Lot's of contraversy behind a couple of the fights but nonetheless good fights.

Kimbos always had stamina issues I remember seeing the Gannon fight on here and posting a comment that said something like he'd never do well in pro boxing because of his stamina problem.

Gina still looked good. She needs to lay off Big Macs... ;D
All in all shes talented and I can't see any of the women in MMA beating her. She should concentrate on the MMA I think it's a better pay off then AG gig. It's not like the AG gigs gonna last forever...

The Villasenor was brutal... Isn't he on a wining streak of some sort? I've seen him a couple of times and he's won. I know he's nothing special but he comes to fight.

The las bout with eye poke I don't know... I felt that it was a time thing more then a stoppage thing. Because it was gonna be Mid-Night alread on my time. But who knows really. To me the eye didn't look too bad...

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Originally Posted by SaltyBacon

it look like thompson ear was about to fall off
i woulld of stop it too

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That's that cauliflower ear. I don't think it hurts much, it's just big, and most of the blood that comes from it is dry blood.

I think kimbos stamina issue will get better the more technique he learns becouse he basically had to power the guy off of him instead of keeping him in closed guard, it takes more energy when the guy goes straight to mount or side control every time. it kind of looked like kimbo forgot he had legs to wrap up with.