True dat. Bob Sapp vs. Kimo Leopaldo was a hilarious battle of giant guys on roids w/ small lungs alternately passing out on top of one another.
So come into town, then... BTW, for those of y'all that have only seen Tyson turn into a caricature of himself: I've seen Ali fights. I've seen Foreman fights. But Tyson was the most dominating boxer I've ever seen. His downfall was entirely based on his trainer, Cus, dying. He was never the same after that. He needed that father figure. But here's Tyson back in his glory days. I defy you to find any other fighter more dominating against all comers in a 5 year span. <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NMTCn92Xrk8&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NMTCn92Xrk8&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>
Did I just get quadruple b****smacked? FWIW, I was totally joking about Daft Punk, I kind of like them. I was kind of going for an R2k, Deckard, "dur dur new age is bull**** why can't they play real instruments" type response.
I havent seen the fight yet but Ive been laughing so had Ive been crying over the comments about that guys ear!
back in my day. we used to do this and that. back in my day this happened. back in my day, it just means i am an old fart.
Kimbo is actually more of a boxer than a mix martial artist. The most exciting parts of the match were when they were striking.
I just think boxing drags on too long for my liking. Too many things you can't do. I guess I'm more partial to like MMA/UFC just because its pretty much nonstop somebody getting ****ed up. But I know nothing about fighting (or techno music), I haven't even really been interested at all in watching a fight until this evening, and I have to say I was entertained by the whole thing. But I suppose I would have been just as entertained by a couple of homeless guys hurling beer bottles at each other.
I watched it as well. I'm not really a big fan of MMA, but I really enjoyed this. Now, I probably wouldn't really make an effort to watch anyone but Kimbo (not because he's such a great fighter, but because he was an internet celebrity), but I still enjoyed it a lot. I will definitely watch Kimbo's future fights.
Perhaps because they're not uncoordinated punches. And they're not flailing kicks. And because manipulating joints against someone who is skilled at protecting their joints is hard?
A lot of you posters are very ignorant. MMA isn't just some guys hitting each other and twisting each others arms backwards. It's an art form and a science and these athletes are some of the best in the world. A lot of you who watched MMA for the first time tonight were introduced to a cheap form of it. A lot of the guys fighting tonight were washed-up or couldn't make it in the UFC. You watched the minor leagues of MMA. Anyways, that Kimbo fight was horrendous. What a joke. He lost the first two rounds and got lucky that Thompson had a tumor in his ear and it exploded. That easily could have gone both ways as Thompson was eating up a lot of Kimbo's earlier shots. But that was complete bull**** with both of those stoppages. What a joke.
Well I'm moving into town on Friday, so won't have to worry about living way the hell out there anymore.
Can anybody tell me whats up with James Thompson's ear? when I looked at it I thought I was going to throw up, Kimbo making it bleed didn't help.
That ear was talking to me the whole time I was watching him. Overall I thought it was a good night though, the girls had the best fight. I thought Kimbo was done for until he landed that punch.
Thompson's ear was disgusting and one of the reasons nobody liked hanging out with wrestlers in high school. It was like his very own personal brainslug, I think that thing actually controlled him. No wonder he lost after it exploded.
Exactly. Tell me any fighter who was more incredible in any era... (uh ugh, here comes Fatty wit da u tubes!) <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5h-FbU-2Rpw&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5h-FbU-2Rpw&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>
And, just for fun: <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bQ3sLXcTsrk&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bQ3sLXcTsrk&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QYR_acwm0VQ&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QYR_acwm0VQ&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> Of course, I was always a child of the original, where you always seemed to be an incredible hulk figure... <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lzib6ig_riE&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lzib6ig_riE&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>
This article is a good summary of tonight and explains why it was a semi-failure. http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_y...B?slug=ki-elitexctv060108&prov=yhoo&type=lgns It sounded like such a good idea when the news broke a few months ago that CBS would broadcast a series of mixed martial arts cards in prime time. But after watching its effort on Saturday’s Elite XC show from the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., the good news might be if CBS opts not to do another show. These were supposed to be the professionals who would show the amateurs at the Ultimate Fighting Championship, who do their own production, how it’s supposed to be done. And while neophyte play-by-play man Gus Johnson acquitted himself well and analysts Mauro Ranallo and Frank Shamrock didn’t embarrass themselves, the broadcast dragged on interminably. There was more chatting than “The Tonight Show.” Fighters were introduced as they made long, slow walks to the cage, then were introduced again once they hit the cage. Given that the show went 45 minutes over its allotted time, what do you want to bet the ring walks will be eliminated if there is another show on CBS? For some reason, particularly early in the broadcast, CBS chose to use its overhead camera to repeatedly show Elite XC’s skanky-looking cheerleaders doing nothing more than shaking their butts. This wouldn’t have been so bad had there actually been a fight on the air every now and then. But after the show had been on the air for 32 minutes, there had been 61 seconds of actual fighting. When it was 70 minutes into the show, there had been just 2:12 of fighting. The whole show was built around Kimbo Slice, the Internet-generated star whose street fights made him into something of a mythical figure in the sport before he’d ever faced a serious opponent. Slice’s name and face was everywhere in the days and weeks leading up to the bout. Considering the way this dragged on, though, you have to wonder how many folks were still awake when the bell rang to begin Slice’s bout with James Thompson at 11:27 p.m. ET, nearly a full half-hour after the show was supposed to have been over. While it was mostly C-level talent on display, the fighters by and large held up their end of the bargain. Brett Rogers delivered a one-punch knockout of one-time Syracuse linebacker Jon Murphy in just 1:01 in the first fight of the night. After glorifying loutish middleweight Phil Baroni as some sort of star – ignoring the fact he’d lost three of his last four and was just a decidedly mediocre 10-9 coming in – CBS looked bad when he was knocked out in 1:11 by Joe Villasenor. The next two bouts were sensational. Gina Carano outslugged Kaitlin Young after two rounds and middleweights Robbie Lawler and Scott Smith went at it fiercely until Smith was inadvertently poked in the eye in the third, forcing a premature end to their middleweight title bout. The main event showcased two mediocre fighters in mediocre condition, though after listening to Johnson, Ranallo and Shamrock, you’d have thought we were watching the MMA equivalent of Ali-Frazier. Have no doubt about this: Slice would be destroyed by any legitimate mixed martial artist. Had Slice faced ex-WWE champion Brock Lesnar, the current UFC rookie hopeful, he’d had been beaten in less than two minutes. As it was, Slice struggled his way to a sloppy third-round knockout of a complete tomato can. You can’t blame Slice, because he had no business being in a main event of a mixed martial arts bout at this stage of his progression. It takes years of training and sacrifice to reach the main event in MMA and Slice was only there because of the notoriety he’d gained in his YouTube street brawls. It was kind of ironic that at the show’s opening, Shamrock said with a straight face, “You won’t find them fighting in a bar and you won’t find them fighting in the street.” Really? Well, this card featured a guy (Baroni) who fights in bars and another who made his name by fighting in the streets. CBS should have known better. The fans deserved better. The sport deserved better. The CBS folks ought to take a look at the WEC card on the cable network Versus on Sunday to see how an MMA show is supposed to be put together. They’ll learn from watching that show how to introduce the viewers to the fighters but not drag the show on like a book that goes on 200 pages too long. They’ll see quality fighters between trained and competitive MMA fighters. Hopefully, CBS didn’t manage to turn off a large segment to the country to what is a classic and compelling sport. There’s no question, though, that CBS didn’t do MMA any favors Saturday.
