Kimbo! SLIIIICEE!!?

Question

I want to here your opinions. Does he have a future in MMA, or not. I personally think NOT. In the Thompson fight, he was about to have a d**n heart attack. He is WAY over hyped. Elite XC has a lot of c**p fighters, so of course hes gonna keep winning. And continue to get over hyped. If he stepped into the UFC octagon, i think his opponent would win, because Kimbo would have a heart attack in the first round.

Opinions? Counter arguements?

Answer 1

He got into the game to late his freak show fights are setting the sport back 10 years. But he don't care he's getting a pay check ryt.

Answer 2

If he radically improves his takedown defense, and his cardio, yeah he could be around for a few years.  That's what he needs to fight his fight, which is standing up and striking

He's already won in the sense that he's already received a big payday and provided for his family's future.  You can't hate him for that , the nuthuggers on the hand...

Answer 3

Kimbo is a piece of ****. He has no martial art knowledge at all. The people he fights on the internet are usually younger and smaller than him anyway. He is a terrible excuse for a martial artist. I would love to see him in UFC to fight someone like Chuck Liddell, just to watch kimbo get destroyed.

Answer 4

h**l no kimbo sucks i personely think alot of his fights that he won were payed if u know what i mean

Answer 5

kimbo is a freak show a circus sideshow if you will gary shaw is hyping him to sell elite XC and the media is jumping on becuase he makes a good story strrewt thug not real educated "sound a bit like mike tyson"  as where guys like forrest griffen are not as much fun to write about hard worker got a hcance and made good on it and is in the sport kimbo wont figth any one of any caliber

Answer 6

Kimbo is a strong, hard working guy with decent though not shocking power for his size.

I'm happy for him to see some personal financial success.

He would be eaten alive in the UFC, or even by elite XCs best HWs, and is probably too old to improve enough to ever be a true contender.

Compare him to guys like Shayne Corwin who frankly seems to have better power along with top level wrestling ... and is still fighting on UNDERCARDS in the UFC.

Answer 7

you said it best

Answer 8

His future is bleak. He is almost becoming EliteXC's personal freak show. They put him in front of a has-been or a never-was and flaunt his "skills" in front of uneducated audiences. He doesn't have any competition and with out competition there can be no growth, and his ground game leaves a lot to be desired.

Answer 9

a future is hard to say because he is already kind of old for the sport but to say that he can't win in the ufc is underestimating kimbo he is training hard and who said the fight has to last all three rounds kimbo has the ability to end fights quick all the talk about kimbo not having the cardio well once he punches the guy in the face a few times that will not matter kimbo need some takedown defence and could win fights against name opponents and elite XC is not all c**p fighters

Answer 10

Kimbo is late entering the game.....much like his mentor Bas Rutten.

But Bas was the best in his game, stand up game. He trained a bit in takedown defense and you will get a gold molded into a crown.

Kimbo is much more raw than Bas. He will require more work, but he is in a great gym and since he's making money, he will get Bas' personal attention.

Is he going to ever be Fedor's caliber? I doubt it, will he be able to compete in and beat some of UFC big names? Give him a bit more time and we might just see exactly that.

Answer 11

Time is against him.  He is 34 years old and still a rookie in the sport.  Most fighters are getting ready to hang it up and he is just starting??? I don't think he will have much of an MMA Career.  I think he is overhyped and Thompson showed all of his weaknesses.  If EXC puts him in against any real competition he will be killed.