Dont hate on Kimbo?

Question

People should not hate on others who try to make ends meet or get known. I feel that that Kimbo has a lot of negative feelings inside. That is why he fights to get it out. Yes he may not have professional training in fighting but he does have experience fighting in the streets. I would not mess with none of those fighters on the street, and I bet most people would have a hard time taking those people Kimbo took in the streets. I remember when I was in Karate, I had to spar with a black belt, I only had a yellow belt. I did a round house kick from watching Bruce Lee movies and made the black belt cry.

I got respected not talked about. I also feel that Kimbo is getting blessed from God that is why he is winning, I am sure Kimbo been through a lot. Lets not make him feel bad in his time of coming up in the world. Kimbo is getting what he wants were wasting our time talking about Kimbo while he is enjoying the money he has in the bank...

Answer 1

I don't hate Kimbo, I just think he was pushed way too soon, and that he needs a lot more training in things like grappling and takedown defence.  He is training with Bas Rutten who is legendary in the sport so...

Answer 2

The thing with Kimbo is, he worked his way up the only way he knew how, people who knew the easier way (learning jiu-jitsu and going to an MMA gym) dont think he deserves to make it through by using such an untraditional method. Truth be told though, he done it the hard way, he no-doubt trained hard, and he thought his way up alot harder and alot more dangerously than the other MMA guys. Fighting in a gangland backyard fight is more dangerous than wrestling with a bloke who'll stop when you tap.

Kimbo has respect for the MMA guys for what they do, or he wouldnt be training with a guy like Bas Rutten who lives and breaths MMA, I think its about time the MMA guys gave Kimbo some respect for making it, even if it was via a different route.

These MMA guys didnt start out fighting world champions, they wouldve been beat, you cant expect Kimbo to be dumb enough to go fight one either, ofcourse he'll fight some easybeats while he still learns how to fight in an MMA environment, and he is WILLING to prove himself, just give him the time, and the chance.

Answer 3

The more I read about him the more I Like him.  The more I see him fight the more I hate the fact that he is a headline fighter.  He doesn not deserve to be the headline.  He has built a rep beating up losers and has beens.  His back story is interesting and sad, but let's not ruin the sport because he lost something in a hurricane.  I see him fighting another loser and the legend growing further.  This is upsetting.  If Tim Sylvia joins EXC, he had better get a chance at this guy and expose him for what he really is, a wanna be professional but nothing more than a sideshow.

Answer 4

"I bet most people would have a hard time taking those people Kimbo took in the streets"

Most non-fighters would, sure. But anyone who's had any formal training in boxing or any of the MAs would have no problem beating some of the guys he's beaten. I've seen all of his fights and I know for a fact that I could personally knock out the guy in the dreadlocks and the fat guy with the Afro. IDK about the others, but those two I could take on. Maybe Adryan since he doesn't even know how to hold his hands up. His "street career" shouldn't even be taken into consideration since he fought such weak opposition.

"I also feel that Kimbo is getting blessed from God that is why he is winning"

Nonsense. If he were "blessed from God", they'd put him up against someone like Randy Couture where the real money's at. His "wins" have nothing to do with God, they have everything to do with the fact that he's fought has beens and no names...

Tank Abbott: lost 11 of his last 13

Thompson, his last fight: lost 7 of his last 9

Ray Mercer: Hasn't boxed in 10 years

Bo Catrall: He doesn't even come up if you google his name, that's how little he's known

"Kimbo is getting what he wants were wasting our time talking about Kimbo while he is enjoying the money he has in the bank..."

I'm not wasting my time by exposing Kimbo Slice as the bad fighter that he is. I'm doing MMA a favor by informing un-informed people about the fact that Kimbo Slice is not MMA. This way they are not turned off by Kimbo Slice's no-skill fighting. That's all.

Answer 5

Couldn't have said it better Judo!! I don't hate Kimbo the man, I hate what they are using him to do. There were much better (deserving) fighters on the under card in the WEC event on Sunday night. Fine they want to cash in on his name? Don't make him the main event of the night. Make him the first or second fight. $hit if they offered me large sacks of money to fight nobody's, even if I knew I wasn't ready or in shape to do so, I would take it in a heart beat and ride the gravy train to retirement. I don't fault the man for making a buck, i fault elite xc.

Answer 6

MMA is not street fighting.  You needs to be a well rounded fighter to be successful in MMA.  You need to be able to take someone down, avoid getting taken down, kick, and wrestle once on the ground.  All Kimbo can do is stand and punch against a guy with a average record and who is clearly doing worse now than his record indicates.

Answer 7

Jeez, what is he, your boyfriend? People don't like him because he robs MMA of its respectability as a sport, since he made a name for himself beating up nobodies on the street and posting the vids on the internet. For example he got one of the biggest fights in MMA history from a broadcasting standpoint, when he had only won 3 fights. It makes MMA look like a cheap parlor game instead of a sport.

Answer 8

Well said

Answer 9

preach brotha, preach

people only hate Kimbo because he's overhyped, and they think that this makes him overrated.  you can't say a fighter is overrated if he's only been in 3 fights.

Answer 10

Is this a question?

Nobody is knocking his hustle, and the fact that he is doing MMA now is commendable. He takes his training seriously (supposedly, but his lack of cardio in the fight on Saturday might make me think otherwise) and is trying to be legitimate.

Kimbo keeps winning because he is fighting nobodies, and he has had a fighter take a dive for him. Saturday's stoppage was a bit premature in my estimation, Thompson was still ready to go and I have seen far worst cauliflower ear ruptures than that in fights that have been allowed to continue, at least through the round.

I don't think anyone is hating on Kimbo for getting paid. What we are hating on is YOU. The guys who think Kimbo is an unstoppable force, or that pit him up against the best in the sport and have him winning on a routine basis.

Kimbo actually gets some respect for stepping up. The people who promote him, and put him as a headliner on events, and feed the hype machine do not get respect.

Listening to the commentary from the announcers you would think this was Fedor vs. Couture. Instead of unexperienced brawler, and glass chinned tomato can.

The fact that James Thompson (who has about 6 first round losses via KO) took him the distance and was winning before a premature stoppage should tell you exactly where Kimbo stands.

I don't hate on Kimbo for doing his thang, I hate on the fanboys like you who come on here saying things like "Kimbo vs. Randy Couture" or "When is Kimbo getting a shot at Fedor?"

Kimbo is making his bread, but the method of his fame and the reason he is getting the spot light is bad for the sport. It would be one thing if Kimbo came from where he was, and spent some time fighting these cans on the undercard somewhere, making a name for himself in the sport.

But, he made a name for himself doing streetfights on the internet. He is getting headliner status from that. It is essentially as if Tay Zonday had a record deal and was playing the Superbowl. And everyone was talking about him needing a Grammy for "Chocolate Rain"

Or the Star Wars kid was named to the National Kata team.

No one is hating on Kimbo, just the hype surrounding him when it is undeserved.

Answer 11

To all you mma fans mma is a distant third to the realsport of boxing mma is just two guys on the ground dru humpping each other .And to Apocalyp Fedor and Couture are no bodys who have they beat and who said that the guys they beat could fight mma is nothing but a tough man fight in short shorts how you feel about Kimbo is how all boxers feel about anyone in mma Tank Abbot took a dive against Kimbo what was up with that and no one complaned about that so don,t complane about Kimbo getting his there is no one in mma that I would pay a dime to see where did all these white guys come from all of a sudden that are bad asses are you telling me for the last 40 years they were just waiting for mma to come around the could not compete in b oxing so they came up with mma and they don,t let a lot of brothers fight on these shows I wounder why let me get this straight there is a fight but there are no black guys in the fight ok I,ll buy it please. MMA is coregraph I give the people who market mma props because they have turn nothing in to something  I just wish I had thought of it first so I wont hate on mma and you all don,t hate on Kimbo he is just a poor black man being used by the man I wounder how much money they paid him it should have been at least a million dollars but I bet  you it was under 200,000.00

Answer 12

people hate on him because they should have used well trained, true MMA fighters for the main event, not some former homeless guy who just has enormous arms that can throw a devastating punch.  but as you should have noticed, as soon as he went to the ground, he was pathetic.  he was tired after one round.  i think kimbo has the potential to be a good fighter but hes not there yet and therefore was a bad choice for the sports network debut.  let the people who live for this sport show the world what its about.