Great article on the Farce of Kimbo Slice

Discussion in 'MMA Forum' started by Brian123, Oct 5, 2008.


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  1. Brian123

    Brian123 ESB WORLD CHAMPION Full Member

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    Final curtain for the Kimbo show:

    Remember he was only 3-0 against fighters with losing records (and one fight should NOT have been stopped) and a boxer the press made him out to be the Babe Ruth of MMA here is a little from the article:

    "The legend of Kimbo Slice was built by beating bums in boat yards and back alleys...Kimbo was KTFO by a guy he absolutely towered over yet was willing to bang with him anyway. Not that Kimbo did any banging. Slice charged him (“He was like a truck,” Petruzelli said) but he never actually landed a punch.

    In the end, Kimbo’s hand speed, defense and chin proved incapable against even an average mixed martial artist. Which was pretty much what every hardcore fan had predicted."

    http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_y...9Eo14?slug=dw-kimbo100508&prov=yhoo&type=lgns


    Gotta loved it beaten by a not-so-flush jab! Just shows you how the media hypes up "stars" these days.
     
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  2. Tko4

    Tko4 Left high kick Full Member

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    Entertaining read, and I think it's interested they wanted to put Frank Shamrock in the cage instead.
     
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  3. Mooshashee

    Mooshashee New Member Full Member

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    "in the scramble to find a suitable replacement that Slice couldn’t possibly lose to, EliteXC considered Shamrock’s brother, Frank, who was there to be CBS’s color commentator, hadn’t fought lately due to a broken arm and would have given up around 45 pounds."

    Are you shitting me? That's like having Max Kellerman step in for Arthur Abraham! Can any of you actually take this "sport" seriously? Or the way it is being managed? The US Congress couldn't do any worse, and that's saying something.
     
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  4. J_Roth

    J_Roth VRWC Hybrid Beaner Full Member

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    It's not like every fight is done in that way. The Kimbo act was nothing more than a circus freak show.
     
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  5. Nuke

    Nuke Full Length Member Full Member

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    Its too bad that nobody in the media was saying this until he lost. If this guy wrote an article prior to this I'd respect it more, leads me to think HE was one of the "press" that help make Kimbo the freakshow he is.
     
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  6. cmj25

    cmj25 Member Full Member

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    I don't think the whole sport should be criticized because of the actions of one organization within MMA. After all, look who runs EliteXC. Isn't it Gary Shaw?
     
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  7. Nuke

    Nuke Full Length Member Full Member

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    The same Gary Shaw that got his education promoting.......boxing? Hmmmm funny how that works ain't it?
     
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  8. TheChamp1000

    TheChamp1000 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Out of interest whats the avatar of?
     
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  9. FrankinDallas

    FrankinDallas FRANKINAUSTIN

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    Myamoto Mushashi, 16th century Samurai. Wrote The Book of Five Rings.
     
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  10. Mooshashee

    Mooshashee New Member Full Member

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    I see that you can google. Well done, grasshopper.
     
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  11. Stoo

    Stoo Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Whos Gary Shaw guys?
     
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  12. dwilson

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    Probably the most high profile 'Yakuza' boss in Austrailia.
     
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  13. Polymath

    Polymath Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Frank would have beaten him.
     
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  14. Stoo

    Stoo Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    I thought that was Rolf Harris?
     
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  15. bugzy

    bugzy New Member Full Member

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    youz guys are ****in incredible. kimbo never asked for the hype he got, that ***** just wanted to fight. he's a rookie, plain and simple, he took a loss(a bull**** loss at that) and should not even consider quitting. Stick to it and step up his game like a REAL fighter would do (unlike that *** ken shamrock)
     
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