Why are Kimbo fans so delusional?

Question

The guy clearly showed he has absolutely no ground game whatsoever. Brett Rogers would murder him at his own game and that's just another EliteXC fighter. Numerous UFC fighters would destroy him. I like the guy and don't blame him at all for cashing in on his marketability but I'm also very aware that he's going to be hand fed cream puffs until one of them beats him. Even fans in attendance started to boo Kimbo realizing that his aura of invincibility is gone.

In other news word on the street is that James Thompson's ear was intentionally jacked up pre-fight as the guy's ears were cleary fine at weigh in.

Answer 1

I do find that watching the fight tonight that he does have a weakness and can be beat. YET if he can work on hip escaping he is one to be reckoned with. But before you can get Kimbo on the ground you have to stand toe to toe with him which is Humanly Impossible.

P.S. That thing on that guys ear needed to be popped.

Answer 2

Hard to say, however some things are also true:

1.  Some people thought that OJ was totally innocent

2.  Some Kimbo fans think he has Superhuman strength

3.  Some Kimbo fans can actually read

4.  Some people think Kimbo won his fight with Thompson without Gary Shaw pulling the strings.

5.  And yes, some people ARE delusional.

Answer 3

I ask the same question. I never though much of him. Remember Sean Gannon beat him in the street fight then went to UFC and got crushed. The same will happen to Kimbo once he fights someone who has done better than lose 7 of his last 9 fights.

Answer 4

He needs to work on his ground game yes but his punches are much heavier then any heavyweight fighter. What he needs to work on is his conditioning and ground game he just has work to do hes only just started MMA.

Answer 5

HAHAHAHA YES i was jumping out of my seat tonite , kimbo was expose as a fckin chump! See casual mma fans big scary black people dont always win fights.  lol and people before saying oh KIMBO VS. BROCK , Brock is ncaa champion , look how kimbo did againts a can wrestler  haha yeah right kimbo almost died during this fight and the ref saved him with a bullshit call  , haha his lung where collapsed and James won that fight and had superior position , Kimbo ONLY has ko power in the first round  after that he is a sitting duck.

  It was so funny he couldnt even do a post fight interview after the fight , and James was tired too but not as tired.

Now if you excuse me I have to go rub this in the face of some Youtube gangsta gangstas.

Answer 6

i know two fans and they say he is a great street fighter and they believe if he is given the chance he could do great. but after this fight one of them is speaking a different tone and thinks if he fights chuck he might lose. he is just a good street fighter.

Answer 7

i agree with captainmorgan the new york bad a** got his as**handed to him ..he deserved it too cuz he was cocky..

i gotta admit i was out my seat thinking kimbo would lose..

kimbo is beatable ...he a big draw.for now..though.credit were due kimbo popped thompson ear..they had stop it cuz it got dangerous for thompson he could probably go def..if he got rocked in the ear again.

Answer 8

look at all the street fight videos on the web of kids and thugs fighting, swinging like 2nd graders hoping for a lucky punch. those are the kind of fighters he goes up against in his videos so of course he looks like a great fighter, but he's not, he's a good fighter, but not great. liddell and griffin are great fighters, well liddell is.......

I'm a mma fan, no favorite fighters so don't think i worship any of those guys. just speak it like it is.....

Answer 9

Probably because he was huge on the internet with all of his street fights, and the big CBS thing was a little more hyped up than it should have been and he was favored over Thompson

But that was a nice shot he gave to Thompson his ear was bleeeding good after that.

Answer 10

That's so wrong.

Answer 11

I am not a Kimbo Fan. I never even knew him till today. But he sure beat the other guy fairly. The other guy was dazed and out of it at the end. He didn't know where he was. He even took a swing at the ref. That proves he didn't know where he was. So he lost fairly.

Answer 12

anyone who thinks kimbo is a legit MMA fighter knows nothing at all about the sport

Answer 13

i was all around dissapointed by tonights fights.  I mean, there were two good knockouts, and im sure as heck glad that new york bad@$$ dude lost.  That stop to smith because of the eye gauge, i didnt agree with, he looked fine, nd that was a great fight.

the best fight i think, was the girls haha.

kimbo, hes exciting to watch but i really believe he was handed this win on a silver platter.  he was pinned on the ground taking elbows for over 30 seconds (though they seemed undamaging).  Yes he was finishing the guy off but they could atleast wait until he went to the ground.  but i do respect the fact that kimbo isnt coming out saying hes number 1, and says he has a long way to go

the fact that they had 20 girls dancing inbetween every fight was irritating.

UFC is way more entertaining.

btw, anyone else irritated by the announcer?

Answer 14

you're delusional

Answer 15

I was frankly stunned as I expected him to do a h**l of a lot more... Now I realize that he's totally beatable, regrettably, but I concede that I am dissappointed by Kimbo's performance and I'm a huge fan of his.

Answer 16

there not i sence a little

hateration in the room

Answer 17

Kimbo sucks and that's all there is to it