The media hyped Kimbo Slice made his national television debut last night with his 3rd MMA fight against James "the Colossus" Thompson. Needless to say, Kimbo was far from impressive. And in all honesty, he was severely exposed as a gigantic fraud.
Fighting in his 1st MMA fight that lasted longer than a single round, Kimbo Slice was getting beat by Thompson as they headed into the 3rd and final round. In fact, it could be argued that the fight could have been stopped with Colossus on top of Slice near the end of the 2nd, and some may argue that Slice tried to 'tap out' during the final minute of round 2 as well. It also looked like Kimbo may have tapped in round 1 with Thompson on top.
Then, 38 seconds into round 3 the fight was called as Kimbo landed a few bombs, cut Thompsons cauliflowered ear, and had him severely dazed. Should it have been stopped? Probably not at that time, but Kimbo would have likely landed another bomb to knock Thompson out. At the least, Thompson should have been given a chance. The same chance Kimbo was given during the final 2 minutes of round 2 when he simply laid on his back with little or no defense and Thompson pounding away on him.
In the end, Kimbo was severely exposed on national television as a rather large fraud. Can he punch? Sure. Can he wrestle? No. Does he have a ground game? Not even close. James Thompson is a barely above average MMA heavyweight fighter. He also showed that he will struggle mightily against bigger opponents. When put on the ground, Kimbo showed that his strength has been vastly exaggerated as well. He had severe difficulty trying to move Thompson when he was on top. There are much bigger and stronger fighters in the MMA than Thompson. There are better fighters on the ground, AND on their feet. One also has to be concerned about his stamina. After the fight, Kimbo could not even finish his interview.
If Kimbo truly wants to take the next step in the MMA, then he has a ton of work to do. But I severely doubt his chances of ever competing with the likes of Fedor, Couture, Sylvia, and Noguieira.
After watching last nights debacle, I can hardly see Kimbo ever being competitive with these guys. There should not be a sanctioned governing body that would even allow a man as unskilled as Kimbo to step into the ring with any of these guys. His health, and maybe even his life, would be in serious danger. I wouldn't even give him a punchers chance, and he would not last more than 2 minutes with any of these guys.
So what's next for Kimbo the Bimbo? Hopefully this will mark the end of his MMA career. At best, he can be a sideshow event much like Butterbean was for Boxing. We are now hearing rumors of a Tyson vs. Kimbo fight. And that is exactly the level of competition that Kimbo should be fighting. Would a ton of people watch that circus? I have no doubts about it. Fighting in bar brawls is one thing. Fighting an elitely trained fighting machine of the likes that we find in the top end of the MMA is another. And after watching Kimbo fight last night, it is hard to see him EVER being able to fight at that level.
Maybe he can enter the annual Tough Man contest. It is the Tough Man contest that brought us the likes of Mr. T, Tommy Morrison, and Butterbean. And that is exactly his level of fighting skill.
Didn't see the fight and won't comment on it other than to say it does not seem that a spectacle like Kimbo Slice is what the sport of MMA needed for its its network debut.The sport would have been better served working out somthing with Zuffa (UFC,WEC). They would have been able to put on legitimate bouts instead of the sideshow that is Kimbo Slice.
Interesting WEC card tonite on VS. although a bit overhyped Urija Faber vs Jens Pulver If you haven't seen Faber fight check this out.
Last edited by 54fulltiltfulltime on June 1st at 4:00 PM.
The only fight worht watching last night was the womens fight. The rest of them looked more like some old Hulk Hogan/Rick Flair re-inactements.. Rigged and boring. Elite XC/mMa whatever you call it made a joke of itself on national TV, and Kimbo is nothing more than a puppet riding the money wave while he can. It got so bad watching that hug fest with all the early ref stoppages, i actuall thought it was a Lakers/Spurs game for a while.
I watched the fight and all that I could watch was that HUGE EAR! I wanted to throw a dart at that thing. I've never seen anything like that-and did you see that guy's eyes when it exploded?
Nostradomus
This tells you all you need to know considering that this was a CBS broadcast. It wasn't done by the CBS Sports but the news and entertainment division. And we all know what they say they're allegedly catering to. The broadcast itself was a complete waste of time. It may well have done better than what they'd be showing on a Saturday night in that time slot.
But hell you could've put on an infomercial and still come up with better ratings.
In all honesty they might've been better off had they actually done that.
A late night infomercial would certainly have been better than the comical farce placed on tv by CBS on Saturday night.
rampant' aka tophatal ...........
Last edited by rampantfanatic on June 2nd at 12:40 PM.
he was loseing in the 2nd round 1st w even but the third round come on guys he was owning at the beggining and if his ear didnt pop it looked like kimbo was about to knock him out. And waht type of name is nostradomus lol that guys a lozer lol
Guys, Kimbo dominated that fight, but relinquished control each time he gained it. He did to DDT's, and he'd better learn his lesson from it. He has a long way to go, but you are being far too harsh on him. He put HIMSELF on his back two of the 4 times he was in serious trouble, in fact the gournd battle that people argue that he may have tapped during was started by a DDT when Kimbo had Thompson damn near a knockout. He needs to work on stamina and remaining focused even when he is tired, that is the challenge with professional fighting, everyone is on their game when the first round starts, it's who can maintain sound techinque the longest. Neither of these guys did, and for you to say Kimbo's strength has been overrated is ridiculous. In fact he turned him over a couple times with terrible technique which is a testament to how strong he really is. He was outweighed by more than 20 lbs, the guy only got hits on him during one spell and that's when he had the help of the fence to restrain Kimbo, he showed great strength I dont know what your talking about nor do I think you do.
Let the dog n' pony show cotinue as sooner or later Slice'll definitely walk into a battering ram that won't back down. He's all hype at this jucnture and his profound lack of skill was there for all to see.
No stamina, no ground game, no defense, Kimbo was terrible. I don't think he was winning the fight and for those of you who do, OK but who the hell was he fighting. With the hype Kimbo was getting he should have destroyed that guy. Kimbo will be hurt bad if he continues.
JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING I WANTED TO SAY HAS BEEN SAID,BUT GENIUS WE MUST HAVE NOT BEEN WATCHING THE SAME SO CALLED FIGHT.I NEVER SAW BIMBO SLICE DOMINATE ANY PART OF THIS FIGHT EXCEPT FOR THE PRE FIGHT INTERVEIW.I WOULD NOT WANT THIS MAN BEING MY BODYGARD.IF HE FIGHTS AGAIN HE MIGHT NEED ONE HIMSELF.
I wouldn't go so far as to call him a fraud. What was he supposed to be in his 3rd fight? Who told you he was supposed to be that?
On the broadcast he was refered to as 1 of the top 2 heavyweights in the organization and all of us pretty much concur that it is the minor league MMA org. at the moment. So far he is what they say he is: a big time puncher (Thompson was fighting in the dark throughout the fight), strong (pushed the bigger guy off him often), and still learning.
The guy is a relatively modest guy who says he still has a long way to go what more do you want? Truth is he probably is the best of an inferior organization. Like the pull hitter who belts HR's in the minor leagues but can't hit the curve to the opposite side of the field.
Bottom line is, guy seems to be working hard to be what everyone else wants him to be with a trainer (Bas) who is more familiar with the old MMA than with the new more versatile version.
and all that hype over the net and now on t.v. never came from him. Listen to the guy and he knows he needs to work to be better. If they want to give him all this money along the way then why not. Another thing, it was free! They weren't charging you $60 bucks to watch Kimbo Slice. Not like Dana White who puts anything worth watching on PPV.
