Where has KIMBO SLICE gone?

[VictorCharlie]

who the hell actually watches UFC apart from 20 odd something WWF fans and jackie chan lovers??

Out of the top ten ppv buys in North America the UFC accounted for 7. Boxing 2 and wrestling 1. I guess a lot of people watch it.

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[VictorCharlie]

Yvonne to answer your question..He lost to a nobody, his org tanked, his trainer stopped working with him and I believe he has had personal/legal issues lately. The only televised org that would even touch this guy is Strikeforce and probably not. He was a gimmick and exposed. Best shot is to go to Japan and make money being a freakshow.

[X]

Jesus, the commentator was sure somehow getting excited about some never-was being dropped unsatisfactoritly by some little pink haired poofter!

What a load of shit, glad I didn't pay for it.

[yvonne]

Yvonne to answer your question..He lost to a nobody, his org tanked, his trainer stopped working with him and I believe he has had personal/legal issues lately. The only televised org that would even touch this guy is Strikeforce and probably not. He was a gimmick and exposed. Best shot is to go to Japan and make money being a freakshow.

How was he a gimmick?I mean he did'nt get into the UFC/MMA game till late did he.Did he take a dive or something?I thought KIMBO SLICE had the tools to be a strong force in th UFC?Is everyone calling him a gimmick because he got beat?He only lost once(apart from the youtube version of him fighting a off duty copper).

[X]

He just was never a good fighter - it's easy to look good on poor quality internet viral marketing videos, beating up some fat hamburger-munching tralier park inbred.

[VictorCharlie]

Yvonne to answer your question..He lost to a nobody, his org tanked, his trainer stopped working with him and I believe he has had personal/legal issues lately. The only televised org that would even touch this guy is Strikeforce and probably not. He was a gimmick and exposed. Best shot is to go to Japan and make money being a freakshow.

How was he a gimmick?I mean he did'nt get into the UFC/MMA game till late did he.Did he take a dive or something?I thought KIMBO SLICE had the tools to be a strong force in th UFC?Is everyone calling him a gimmick because he got beat?He only lost once(apart from the youtube version of him fighting a off duty copper).

By gimmick I mean he never was any good and only an internet sensation. Sure he came to the fight game late and? I wouldn't care except that EliteXC was using his internet fame not his skill to market him and there org. He made a name for himself beating up on losers in street fights and was kod in under 20 seconds by a can. He never fought in the UFC by the way.

[JT Rock]

I find it amazing that people arent that aware of things sometimes..

1) Kimbo had never bought into his own hype

2)It was widely known that Kibo's dedication and training habits were on par with the best of them.

3)When it came to the real interviews and not the dark chair fight hype ones, he always said he was a work in progress and had along way to go,he always showed humility.

The guy who KO'd him had 10x the amount of professional fighting experience Slice hadand is a great striker.. Kimbo got clipped, nothing more nothing less, it wasnt like he took a sustained beating for 3 rounds and got pummeled into submission and outclassed...

It seems Kimbo was the only one aware of his standing in the sport as a novice trying to improve.

[JT Rock]

I have a question for you Van, dont take this the wrong way either and I'm not trying to take a run at you.It's known that your in the Military and I for one appreciate the fact that you lay your rear end on the line to protect my freedom in the US

But why are you advertising yourself as a "Bonfied Combat Killer" ? I am going out on a limb here and going to speak for the majority on this site and the world, and say you really dont have to validate that to anyone. Any discerning human knows war is a terrible thing but deemed necessary to keep balance and peace, its a dirty job abd someone like yourself has selflessly volunteered to do it.. It just seems like your advocating some sort of prominence for being a killer.

I have family from the Korean war, Vietnam as well as people I worked with from Vietnam, and they dont like to talk about the killing they had to do especially in close quartes hand to hand combat were they have to look that person in the eye, while taking their life... They dont make it known they had to kill, nor do they like to talk about it.

Just asking my friend

[X]

I have a question for you Van, dont take this the wrong way either and I'm not trying to take a run at you.It's known that your in the Military and I for one appreciate the fact that you lay your rear end on the line to protect my freedom in the US

But why are you advertising yourself as a "Bonfied Combat Killer" ? I am going out on a limb here and going to speak for the majority on this site and the world, and say you really dont have to validate that to anyone. Any discerning human knows war is a terrible thing but deemed necessary to keep balance and peace, its a dirty job abd someone like yourself has selflessly volunteered to do it.. It just seems like you enjoy being a killer.

I have family from the korean war, Vietnam as well as people I worked with from Vietnam, and they dont like to talk about the killing they had to do especially in close quartes hand to hand combat were they have to look that person in the eye, while taking their life... They didnt make it known they had to kill.

Just asking my friend

I'm an ex-soldier - British Parachute Regiment (like some of the other guys on here). Only 3 years, but saw some service in Northern Ireland, Belize, Yeman and some other places. sat around on my arse in lots of other places with nothing happening too

I wouldn't be putting 'Bonafide combat killer' as an internet tag line, but maybe that's just me.

It's a good question ....... not having any sort of criticism to anyone, but I have been wondering that for a while too. Who are you joined up with Van?

[Von Milash]

I find it amazing that people arent that aware of things sometimes..

1) Kimbo had never bought into his own hype

2)It was widely known that Kibo's dedication and training habits were on par with the best of them.

3)When it came to the real interviews and not the dark chair fight hype ones, he always said he was a work in progress and had along way to go,he always showed humility.

The guy who KO'd him had 10x the amount of professional fighting experience Slice hadand is a great striker.. Kimbo got clipped, nothing more nothing less, it wasnt like he took a sustained beating for 3 rounds and got pummeled into submission and outclassed...

It seems Kimbo was the only one aware of his standing in the sport as a novice trying to improve.

absolutely perfect post. petruzelli is FAR from a nobody. and EVERYBODY in mma has been caught on the chin. 4oz gloves will do that. and kimbo handled the defeat like a perfect gentleman.

[Majesty]

I find it amazing that people arent that aware of things sometimes..

1) Kimbo had never bought into his own hype

2)It was widely known that Kibo's dedication and training habits were on par with the best of them.

3)When it came to the real interviews and not the dark chair fight hype ones, he always said he was a work in progress and had along way to go,he always showed humility.

The guy who KO'd him had 10x the amount of professional fighting experience Slice hadand is a great striker.. Kimbo got clipped, nothing more nothing less, it wasnt like he took a sustained beating for 3 rounds and got pummeled into submission and outclassed...

It seems Kimbo was the only one aware of his standing in the sport as a novice trying to improve.

I agree with everything you said. But people seem to put all their hate on a fighter as if he was responsible for his hype. Kimbo and his trainer El Guapo would be the first to tell you that they didn't want to be the face of Strike Force, they didnt want to fight on main events. They wanted to fight on some undercards and get experience. If you want to blame anyopne blame Elite XC for putting him out there in an attempt to get more ratings. But don't hate on Kimbo who isn't even in charge of how big he is hyped and didn't even buy into it and handled his loss like a complete gentleman. Channel your hate elsewhere, because Kimbo has done nothing wrong