Where has KIMBO SLICE gone?

[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?

[VictorCharlie]

JT I understand the question but to be honest I'm not going to discuss this on an internet forum. Take the tag for what you want but you've never heard me brag about taking human life...ever

[JT Rock]

JT I understand the question but to be honest I'm not going to discuss this on an internet forum. Take the tag for what you want but you've never heard me brag about taking human life...ever

Fair enough dude

[killersheep]

JT I understand the question but to be honest I'm not going to discuss this on an internet forum. Take the tag for what you want but you've never heard me brag about taking human life...ever

I guess I'm just curious as to if you didn't want to discuss it on the internet, why did you make you tag say that? I'm not trying to be a dick, just trying to understand the logic.

[VictorCharlie]

Killer, honestly I don't really feel that I have to explain myself on an internet forum in regards to what I do for a living. The tag is a statement about part of who I am. A good infantryman must embrace his job. To much depends on myself and my soldiers not wavering at a critical moment in combat. Embracing means coming to terms with using lethal force. Each of us deals with it in different ways. Would you stop a Marine in public and ask him about his "Born to Kill" tattoo? As I've said I've never bragged about taking human life. I'm proud of my profession and I'm proud to be a combat Infantryman. So in a sense I'm proud to be a "Bonafide Combat Killer". I apologize if this offends anyone but I think they need to get over it. Now can we get back to the MMA forum.

I bare no ill will towards Kimbo, but I never really thought much of the guy skill wise and was tired of hearing about him with so much fanfare from mma promotions and uneducated fans. I applaud his gracious defeat but I have to say I'm glad the media will now promote him as he should have been from the start.

[killersheep]

Killer, honestly I don't really feel that I have to explain myself on an internet forum in regards to what I do for a living. The tag is a statement about part of who I am. A good infantryman must embrace his job. To much depends on myself and my soldiers not wavering at a critical moment in combat. Embracing means coming to terms with using lethal force. Each of us deals with it in different ways. Would you stop a Marine in public and ask him about his "Born to Kill" tattoo? As I've said I've never bragged about taking human life. I'm proud of my profession and I'm proud to be a combat Infantryman. So in a sense I'm proud to be a "Bonafide Combat Killer". I apologize if this offends anyone but I think they need to get over it. Now can we get back to the MMA forum.

I bare no ill will towards Kimbo, but I never really thought much of the guy skill wise and was tired of hearing about him with so much fanfare from mma promotions and uneducated fans. I applaud his gracious defeat but I have to say I'm glad the media will now promote him as he should have been from the start.

I'll let this drop, but I have asked an ex-Marine about a Born to Kill tattoo as luck may have it. He said it didn't mean anything anymore, but it made sense when he was in the corps. Also, I apologize if you take offense for exercising the right you are defending.

Anywho, Kimbo could have a great career doing four round boxing matches like Butterbean.

[VictorCharlie]

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?

United States Army
10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry)

[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