Kimbo Slice/Elite XC?

Question

Just watched the main event with Kimbo Slice vs James Thompson. It was absolutely horrible. Commentators were bad, ref obviously wanted Kimbo Slice to win. From what I saw, it gave a bad name to MMA. James Thompson was elbowing his head for atleast a minute straight and Kimbo wasnt even defending himself. The elbows were not that devestating, but in UFC it would have ended right there like it should have tonight. The ref called it way too early. Yeah James Thompson was getting hit hard but still had a little left in him before it should have been called. In UFC, there refs would have given it a little more time before breaking it up like how it should have been done. What are all your opinions?

Answer 1

kimbo's  skills,  and i use the term skills loosely,  have been greatly exaggerated.  he would get killed in the UFC.  even the lowest rated UFC heavyweights would beat him.

also he claims to be 35,  i think he is closer to 50 than to 30.

he is not very good, and too old  to get much better.

Answer 2

Im in the same boat as all of you. Elite XC wanted Kimbo to win. Too many opportunities for the fight to go Thompsons way. Especially after I counted 19 consecutive elbows to the head and no stoppage. He is supposed to "intelligently" defend himself. His right arm was pinned down by Thompsons left leg & Kimbo was up against the fence. There was no hip movement to get him off and he was just eating those elbows.

Lets just say that some got paid extra to slack off & look the other way.

I will watch Gina Carano fight though. That was the fight of the night. LOL.

Answer 3

As in everything in life, experience is the key. If a person has as Master's degree but never puts it to good use is the paper really worth anything? More people will get the job if they have experience than a piece of paper. Kimbo has experience fighting yes on the internet, that's the best way to get known. The best way to be famous is to be known. Don't hate him for trying to do what he thinks he's good at to make money.

I mean think about it he has fought 3 professional fighters and won. If he has beaten professionals without being one himself that is talent! MMA knows that Kimbo was known and they put him on to make money and that is exactly what happened, Kimbo and MMA made a lot of green, its called entertainment; just because it is not to you it is to others!

Answer 4

I feel the same way.   The fight should of been stopped at the end of the second round.   If Kimbo looses than Elite XC goes under.   They are gonna use Kimbo as the Mike Tyson of Elite XC.   Think about it, MMA on Primetime, with their star losing, they would be shooting themselves in the foot if Kimbo Lost.   I feel it was rigged.   They are gonna throw Kimbo some opponents that he can beat, only to keep Elite XC going.   Put him in the octagon with the likes of Frank Mir, Andre Arloski, if they want Kimbo to be a real mma fighter.   This show tonight was bad for MMA

Answer 5

i agree with Danny, the girls' fight was way better than the rest. I got mad at the championship match, i mean the guy still had more fight left in him. the eye poke didnt look that bad. and also Kimbo was ready to lose. He could barely talk after the match, he was so out of breath. This is the first time i seen him fight in MMA. I have only watched his street fight videos on youtube, but i think maybe he should just stick to street fighting. The guy is gonna kill himself if he ever makes it to UFC.

Overall, EliteXC was a 6/10 for me.

Answer 6

The fight with Gina Carano vs. Kaitlin Young was excellent. Best fight of the night IMO.

Why didn't they drain his ear before the fight? It would have been a totally different fight if they did that.

The title fight with the finger gouge was really terrible. They even mentioned that their Champ, Robbie Lawler, was not resigned to the UFC after going 4 - 3. Clearly, not the same caliber. However, Lawler looked much better than his opponent who was just eating punches and swinging wildly.

Answer 7

Mix is exactly right. EXACTLY. Now, the only problem is, Kimbo has been exposed as an MMA fraud. He's a good street fighter b/c he can punch hard and take some hits but he lost that fight tonight as far as I'm concerned. I guess the next person up for him would be someone with no ground game that he can stand in and trade punches with. Butterbean possibly?

Answer 8

It was set-up for a Kimbo win! However Thompson was kicking Kimbo's butt really bad at one point!

Kimbo was helpless with both hands pinned as Thompson was raining elbows down on Kimbo at will!

EliteXC just hurt themselves with the Kimbo set-up "win"!

Answer 9

They did want Kimbo to win, but he would have anyway.  However, it would have been nice if they actually let them fight instead of stopping the fight like it was an olympic welterweight bout.  I saw five fights tonight and every single one was stopped way before the UFC would have stopped it.

Answer 10

That Kimbo Slice sucked big time tonight. I've expected more out of his fight. The refferee stopped the fight and saved Kimbo out of shame. Any strong fighter out of UFC or Pride would submit  Kimbo.

That was the most terrible fight I've recently seen. These fighters should stay out of professional sport. They both suck.

I am very sorry for people who paid to watch this circus.

Answer 11

I think the ref was paid off.

Answer 12

That was the most rigged fight I have seen outside of pro-wrestling.

1. Kimbo tapped out

2. Kimbo was in a hold, the camera panned out, came back in a moment later and the hold was completely different.

3. Kimbo was getting beat on the floor, ref comes in and breaks it up.

4. Kimbo is getting his head bashed in; well not that the elbows were that hard, but he was not defending himself.

5. Kimbo is laying it in on Thompson, Thompson is still defending and throwing punches of his own and the ref stops it.

Granted, i'ts not like anything I brought up was not observed by anyone that's watched UFC more than once; even if somehow someone can justify all 5 points above; Thompson has no striking power at all, and his ground game was pathetic; and Kimbo still needed the ref to cheat for him to win!