This was not day light robbery and nobody is complaining because Houston didn't deserve to win this fight.
I have no qualms with the decision. Houston did absolutely nothing, outside land one really powerful leg kick in the third round. He ran around like a wounded deer in the first round, and he got absolutely stomped in the second round. Then in the third, he tried to throw some punches, but his arms looked like cement pylons. Houston came in with the absolute worst gameplan of all times, so he deserved to lose. I think Kalib Starnes was his coach before this fight. With that said, Kimbo gets clobbered by just about anyone in the UFC. Houston would have starched him in the first if he wasn't running around with terror in his eyes.
I felt like Houston won the first round failrly handily. Kimbo won the second round big. I gave the third round to Kimbo because he outclowned Alexander when he was running. Overall I was really disappointed that Houston chose not to come out guns ablazing like Marvin Hagler in the first round against Thomas Hearns. Missed opportunity for him. Congratz to Kimbo on the win. I thought he showed improvement. His time at ATT seems to be paying off.
PS - I'm suprised that Houston didn't have the balls to try and break Kimbo's chin or test him on the ground. We are talking about a guy who has shown glaring weaknesses in both areas.
I honestly think he spent the first few minutes of the first waiting for the patented Kimbo charge. Finally, he tried a little offense, but was in a circling rut and never wanted to get out of it. Luckily for him, Kimbo still has little clue about how to cut off the cage and work his way into range.
The first and third rounds were close because there was so little to score. I gave the first to Houston on pretty much nothing but leg kicks. The 2nd round was clearly Kimbo's. I thought Kimbo got the slight better of Houston standing up in the 3rd. I don't think the leg kick was a knock down. Kimbo had little weight on it due to the kicks delivered earlier in the fight, and it looked more like a sweep to me. I considered it to be a take down more than a knock down. Kimbo evened that with a takedown of his own, and Kimbo got the better of the sloppy ground work.
I remember thinking that Kimbo was still winning the first round because he controlled the most space in the octagon. I am not of the Cecil People's opinion that Leg kicks can't win fights, but I didn't think any of the strikes Houston threw in the first round did any damage at all. I don't think love taps that don't damage the other fighter in any way should be considered the same as decent leg kicks. Then again, I only saw the fight once. I don't think I could possibly sit through it again. What was Houston thinking trying to win a super boring decision against a guy like Slice, who would probably have a judges bias? How could he be more gunshy against Kimbo than he was against Sakara or Jardine?
Everyone fights like they are scared vs Kimbo I think people are so afraid of the idea of losing to this guy they actually get 100 times more nervous then any other fight. Seth looked like he **** his pants when that fight started and after but he happened to land a jab on one foot bouncing backwards that scored a KO :-( Tank looked nervous, that Bo Cantrell guy just flopped down and started tapping right away, Houston fought the complete opposite of how we know him which is usually that Wanderlei like style. Only guy who didnt buy into the Kimbo hype was Roy Nelson and he whopped on that ass.
I absolutely agree. Kimbo lost the first round do to only throwing a few punches. Kimbo won round 2 big and the third round was easily kimbos.
Kimbo dominated the 2nd round. Houston won the 3rd and the 1st was 10-10 simply because Alexander fought like a huge coward and didnt do ****. Kimbo is just terrible because Alexander is terrible and any remotely good striker would have got inside on Alexander and done damage.
