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Elite Xc. Kimbo Goes Down To An Unknown! - ZombieTom - 10-06-2008
Here a good article on Jared Shaw's reaction at ringside. <a href=\"http://bleacherreport.com/articles/65357-jared-shaw-once-again-embarrasses-himself-on-cbs\" target=\"_blank\">Jared Shaw Once Again Embarrasses Himself on CBS</a>
Elite Xc. Kimbo Goes Down To An Unknown! - puckface - 10-06-2008
<!--quoteo(post=279282:date=Oct 5 2008, 07:09 PM:name=ReellyScary)<div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(ReellyScary @ Oct 5 2008, 07:09 PM) <a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=279282\"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotecHitting someone when they are down dosen't make you a great fighter. does it ? <img src=\"style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\"
\" border=\"0\" alt=\"huh.gif\" /><!--QuoteEnd</div><!--QuoteEEndNeither does fighting guys in your back yard and catching it on video for all the world to see <img src=\"style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\"
\" border=\"0\" alt=\"rolleyes.gif\" />IMO, Kimbo is good for nothing except fighting crackheads out behind his house. Just cause you got muscles and street-fighting skills doesnt mean youll make it with the pros. While I do agree that he can improve the more he fights, I believe he has a heavy head because hes taken down some un-skilled fighters in his own neighborhood. This is simply my opinion btw, so anyone who wants to bash my thoughts feel free, it wont change how I feel.
Elite Xc. Kimbo Goes Down To An Unknown! - WarLocK - 10-06-2008
Poor Kimbo. He has a huge hate train against him.... and for all the wrong reasons.Give the dude credit... he made it off the streets and is fighting in an upcoming organization against mid-level competition. Cans up until Petruzelli, who is not an unknown. If you ever watched the Ultimate Fighter then you should know who he is. Most MMA fans that are hardcore knew that Seth would win this fight. It's the uneducated and casual fans that were taken by surprise. Anyone who put $ on Kimbo in this one is nuts.The guys who should get the hate are Jared and Gary here. They blew Kimbo up to be a superhero, when he was nothing more than an overgrown street fighter just learning real MMA techniques. On his back, he's a turtle on the highway with nowhere to go. In time, he will get better but I don't think he'll ever be anything that lives up to the hype. Kimbo is a classy guy for a street thug. He took the loss well and I hope it humbled him. I've been waiting for the day he became exposed... and now that it's happened I hope he can really improve upon himself. Listen, Slice never said he was the greatest of all time. He never called out big Nog, Fedor, or Randy... If he had talked a bunch of trash from his own mouth, then I'd be glad he lost. Unfortunatley for Kimbo, the Shaws fed him things to say and made him look like more of a fool than he actually is. Kimbo will never fight in the UFC and I honestly believe his popularity will be short-lived. Same w/ EliteXC...
Elite Xc. Kimbo Goes Down To An Unknown! - adam - 10-06-2008
I don't see where people are getting off saying it was a fluke thing that he slipped, as if to say that's the root cause of his loss. When GSP lost to Matt Serra, EVERYONE was shocked because it's clear who the better fighter was and is. BUT, that's how the fight went and he could have lost at any other second. That's the beauty of MMA. Unpredictability. Saying it was Kimbo's slip is why he lost is almost like being in defense for him. He'll have another chance to fight. Personally, I think he's an over-hyped internet sensation without substance at best.
Elite Xc. Kimbo Goes Down To An Unknown! - mpetrie - 10-06-2008
Sorry.. but Kimbo took a stiff jab that put him to the ground. Otherwise he wouldn't have just rolled over and took punch after punch without defending himself. It stunned him.
Elite Xc. Kimbo Goes Down To An Unknown! - WarLocK - 10-06-2008
It was definitely no fluke at all. Seth won the fight w/ that jab and caught Kimbo walking into it.
Elite Xc. Kimbo Goes Down To An Unknown! - sirbrad - 10-07-2008
A slip was the initial reaction by many after seeing the fight full speed, and his foot did slip back from the contact. However I already clarified about the "stiff jab" after getting the chance to see it in slow motion. So I guess some did not bother reading all the posts.<!--quoteo(post=279183:date=Oct 5 2008, 12:18 AM:name=sirbrad)<div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(sirbrad @ Oct 5 2008, 12:18 AM) <a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=279183\"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotecKimbo did get stuck with a good jab while in the middle of throwing the haymaker, and got knocked off balance between that and the kick. He was just trying to wind up and knock off Petruzelli's head, and paid for it.<!--QuoteEnd</div><!--QuoteEEnd<!--quoteo(post=279295:date=Oct 5 2008, 09:31 PM:name=sirbrad)<div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(sirbrad @ Oct 5 2008, 09:31 PM) <a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=279295\"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotecIn MMA it does. I said what happened, the leg push blocked Kimbo's wind up, set him up for the jab, then also blocked the punching hand on the way down.<!--QuoteEnd</div><!--QuoteEEnd
Elite Xc. Kimbo Goes Down To An Unknown! - Dr Channard - 10-07-2008
Have you seen this fight before? This happened before but of course was an unofficial fight - still it's more street.<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjsdPyn4nX0\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjsdPyn4nX0</a>Kimbo lost big time and the fight would have ended twice before if the manager didn't jump in every time Kimbo got in trouble.
Elite Xc. Kimbo Goes Down To An Unknown! - chilidog77 - 10-07-2008
I want to see Shamrock fight Kimbo! That chick fight was crazy two thumbs up <img src=\"style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsup.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":thumbsup:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"thumbsup.gif\" /> <img src=\"style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsup.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":thumbsup:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"thumbsup.gif\" />
Elite Xc. Kimbo Goes Down To An Unknown! - Chainsaw9 - 10-07-2008
The chick in the audience and Gina will be an even better fight. Did you see her? I think her name is Cyborg... they showed video of her and she looked awesome! THAT will be a fight to watch!DaveChainsaw9