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| josh TX | Oct 6 2008, 12:13 PM |
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After watching the latest EliteXC event the other night I figured I'd start a topic and ask if anyone around here watches MMA. Personally, I catch it when it is on network TV, Spike, or ESPN, but I'm not a big enough fan to pay for the PPV events. Once in awhile I'll try to hit a bar that's showing them though. So anyway the "internet sensation" streetfighter Kimbo Slice lost Saturday night. He as supposed to fight veteran Ken Shamrock but due to an injury they forced Shamrock out and replaced him with a relatively unknown fighter, Seth Petruzelli. Petruzelli knocks Kimbo down about 10 seconds into the fight and then after hitting him a few times while he was down, the ref calls the fight. It was a pretty crazy event for the MMA world, but the truth is "Kimbo" was never a proven MMA fighter to begin with. He was an internet legend with his youtube brawls, thrown into MMA and paid big bucks to fight on tv. Now theat he's lost, I kinda wonder about the future of EliteXC itself. Their fighter's arent nearly as skilled as UFC's, and now that the Kimbo hype is over they don't have alot to fall back on. Some people are also saying the Kimbo vs. Seth fight was thrown, but I don't agree. Seth got lucky and managed to jab Kimbo in just the right spot, allowing him to stun him temporarily and go in for the kill. Had that punch missed, it could've been a whole other story. That said, I still don't believe Kimbo's experience was worthy of him headlining events and being the main card every time. It makes the MMA world look like a joke when you've got CBS promoting Kimbo as the next big deal, then he gets knocked out quickly in a match that showed he still isn't ready for the primetime. I'm sure Kimbo has been enjoying the cash they've thrown at him, but I do give him respect not only for taking the Seth fight on short notice but also remaining sportsmanlike throughout the broadcast and his career, and not acting like a big willie when he started headlining for EliteXC. |
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