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Joey Stalin Inner circle Canada 1072 Posts |
The UFC vet Tank Abbott is fighting internet famed brawler Kimbo Slice tonight. lol I can't wait to see it. My money is on Tank!
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Skulldini New user N. California 80 Posts |
You lose in 43 seconds. Slice didn't waste any time.
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Cliffg37 Inner circle Long Beach, CA 2491 Posts |
How old is Tank..? he has got to be at least in his 40's and maybe older. No wonder he lost.
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MagicSanta Inner circle Northern Nevada 5841 Posts |
They need nicknames. They are now Tank "Oliver" Abbott and Kimbo "Merriweather" Slice
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Vandy Grift Inner circle Milwaukee 3504 Posts |
Sorry to dig up an old thread, but did any one see that Kimbo Slice fiascio the other night? Somewhere Dana White is laughing his butt off.
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pepka Inner circle Uh, I'm the one on the right. 5041 Posts |
There was a great article on Yahoo that pretty much labled him a fraud.
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Vandy Grift Inner circle Milwaukee 3504 Posts |
Have you got a link?
I won't go so far as to call him a fraud, but he is not ready to be in with skilled martial artists. These guys don't fear him, and they are so highly skilled and conditioned. You can't just go winging and trying to bulldog these guys, they will whip you everytime. And it dosen't help if you have a glass jaw. No real MMA fighter is afraid of him. This guy took the fight on what, one hour notice?
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kcg5 Inner circle who wants four fried chickens and a coke 1868 Posts |
I read the article pepka is talking about. It seems like most of it was hype ( I mean about kimbo), but the author was a little harsh on him. - the fraud has been exposed- ect..
I will look for the article
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kcg5 Inner circle who wants four fried chickens and a coke 1868 Posts |
Nobody expects the spanish inquisition!!!!!
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Vandy Grift Inner circle Milwaukee 3504 Posts |
Thanks!
EliteXC is probably going to rue the day they ever got into the Kimbo Slice business. I doubt CBS is very happy either. How can they possibly trot this guy out for another Main Event fight?
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21219 Posts |
The Kimbo traing is derailed LOL. Funny wasn't he the guy ol Criss Angel was taking punches from? Hmmmm. Can't wait till Criss' detractors put those 2 things together.
Hey I would NOT want to fight ol Kimbo my self, heck calling him Kimbo even would be scary LOL. But I doubt many MMA fighters were worried about him. It took 14 seconds, and it was not going to get any better. The dude was outweighed by 25 or so pounds, but Kimbo was outclassed by a larger margin. I bet that Dana White does not even buy EliteXC this was such a bad move for them LOL. He is lucky he didn't fight a star in his prime. He may have been killed.
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Vandy Grift Inner circle Milwaukee 3504 Posts |
LOL! Actually it was Blaine taking punches from him on his latest special. I forgot about that!
Yeah, don't get me wrong, I would NEVER tangle with the man. But I like MMA and I have a lot of respect for some of those guys. They work and train for YEARS. Even this guy who beat Kimbo, a UFC outcast, has been doing martial arts since he was six years old. These guys aren't playing around. It's not like the guy in park who Kimbo was used to fighting for 200 bucks. These guys are professionals, for a reason. I like seeing him put in his place because publicity stunts like that are disrespectful to the guys who have been working and training for years in an actual sport and martial arts. Dana White says BJ Penn could beat Kimbo and I don't doubt it. I'm almost positive Anderson Silva would kill him.
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pepka Inner circle Uh, I'm the one on the right. 5041 Posts |
Yep, that's the one. I agree a bit with the article, somewhat. They make it out like he's a nobody. He's definitely on tough S.O.B. I wouldn't want to mess with. But I can't help but think that if this schmo beat him, what would Shamrock have done? Yeah, he's getting a bit old for MMA, but he's one of the baddest of the bad.
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FuDD Regular user Tucson, Az. 150 Posts |
I have to disagree pepka Ken was a legend but I belive he's way past his prime.Also I'm a bit biased towards him because he comes off(to me) like a complete (male sexual organ).He hasnt done anything since comiing back from pride, and even there wasnt very impressive IMO.
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pepka Inner circle Uh, I'm the one on the right. 5041 Posts |
I'll agree with you. In college, (early 90's) I followed UFC pretty heavy but haven't really kept up with it in years.
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21219 Posts |
Ken is past his prime and that is the point. I bet with a blindfold on and one hand he could beat Kimbo LOL.
The whole thing legitimises UFC a bit more. So much so that I wonder if Dana White was smart enough to concoct the whole thing. I mean UFC looks FANTASTIC for not being in the Kimbo business. By not using street brawlers and such. Then a nobody with an hours notice wraps up ol Kimbo in 14 seconds, I just wonder if Dana had some master plan. He has been fighting like CRAZY to be legitimised. He is POPULAR, but waiting to make that jump to boxing. (odd to refer to boxing as "legit sport" LOL) I think this helps make that distinction. I know Dana White is a BRILLIANT man in these regards and would not be shocked to see him pulling someones strings.
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FuDD Regular user Tucson, Az. 150 Posts |
Don't you know that elite xc is a sub corp. of UFC.In no way do I think Kimbo should be fighting but at the same time. Better fighters have lost to worse fighters in the past.With most things there is a margian of LUCK,skill,etc. Please don't think I'm defending Kimbo because I think ges bad at mma.
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Vandy Grift Inner circle Milwaukee 3504 Posts |
What? Elite XC is a sub corp of UFC? Sure your not thinking of WEC?
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21219 Posts |
I thought it was the ONE group that was NOT a sub group of UFC LOL. I have to look into that now.
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Vandy Grift Inner circle Milwaukee 3504 Posts |
Me too. I thought they were owned by Showtime or something like that. I can't believe the are affiliated based on some of the things I've heard White say about them.
"Gary Shaw is (an expletive) loser,” White said. “We beat our pay-per-view numbers from last year. Do you hear that? We beat our pay-per-view numbers from last year. We just don't brag about it because we don't talk about our business in the public. And if we were getting competition, it's not coming from EliteXC and both of the people who are watching their shows. This guy is a low-level bottom feeder. He didn't like MMA a few years ago, but when he finally couldn't make money at boxing any more, he came over to this sport to try to leech money out of it.” And look at this; http://blogs.mercurynews.com/buzz/2008/0......e-again/ Are you telling us that these guys are in business together FuDD? I mean, you say it so matter of factly it seems like you know what you are talking about. Are they one and the same or not?
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