Roy Nelson is a genuine fight with good grappling ability but Kimbo does have decent stand up. He is powerful but a little slow and musclebound.
Dana White should have stepped in behind the scenes on this one. If Kimbo loses this early ratings with plummet!
Anyone know when this is televised in the UK i seen it on five US the other week but forgot which day??
kimbo must feel a lot of pressure to do well on tuf and win at least a couple of fights. he's probably pissed after last night b/c it would appear to a novice like me that kimbo would've been able to likely beat either one of those two as both looked horrible as far as pro mma fighters
I think they chose all the big guys because they are trying to increase UFC's appeal by using football players who are perceived as 'tough guys' here in america. But seriously, they should be using high caliber athletes, it would make for more exciting fights
I can't criticize Shivers... it's obvious he's a neophyte with limited training. But McSweeney deserves it... talking to Rashad about his training and no time off leaving him primed, and then he keeps baby stepping toward a man a few feet away who has his hand on his knees and is ripe for a head kick.
Go visit the boxing forum. Apprently every NFL/NBA star out there can become a HW champion. So they say. :---(
Yeah, I'm not sure what McSweeney was doing. He has big Wes teetering near the fence with his hands down, begging to get punched in the face. Apparently McSweeney didn't want to taste anymore of those slooooow straight punches with those long arms. He could have easily pressed the action and put that guy away. You're absolutely right. I'm not at all sure what was going on in that fight...but it sure wasn't pretty.