“Say It Ain’t So, Kimbo…”
GENERAL By David D. on October 5, 2008 at 7:37 amFourteen seconds.
Not since the great stock market crash of, well, last week, have I seen so many people lose so much money so fast. CBS, EliteXC and Kimbo Slice are now scratching their heads, wondering how to recover now that their cash cow has been processed into dollar menu burgers. In case you missed, here’s the backstory:
Kimbo Slice became a huge celebrity on Youtube by whoopin ass. Over the course of a few months, he went from being homeless to beating the holy fire out of guys to the delight of millions of internet fans. Eventually he got signed to EliteXC’s brand of mixed martial arts fighting. With this mainstream star in tow, EliteXC nabbed a deal with CBS, giving them the largest audience for an MMA fight. Everything rested on Slice’s shoulders. He was the star that would take his insane ability to punch someone’s head off and take mixed martial arts into everyone’s households.
Last night, it all came crushing down…and all it took was fourteen seconds.
Slice’s latest opponent would be Ken Shamrock, a 44-year old washed up punching bag who had lost his last five fights in the first round by knockout. Basically, CBS had their two big names and a sure-fire knock-out for their golden boy from the hood. Well, Shamrock cuts his eye and pulls out of the fight hours before the scheduled match. Instead, some no-name (Seth Petruzelli) who was supposed to be in the opening match of the night was now fighting the killer boxer, Kimbo Slice.
Easy money, right? Yep, easy.
Fourteen seconds into the fight, Kimbo gets knocked the fuck out. Suddenly, it’s over. EliteXC and CBS’s hyped up fighter was humiliated. It was also revealed to most of us (experts knew this from the get-go) that Kimbo can’t really fight. Yeah, he could knock you out in one second, but dude had no skills. He was untrained. He can’t all of a sudden fight people who have trained for years. So in front of a humongous audience, the beast was beaten in the time it takes most of us to tie our shoes.
Kimbo’s career is essentially over. He’s a Youtube phenomenon who literally fell on his face on the large stage. Of course, EliteXC and CBS will lose money that they invested in the big man, but they will regroup. But what of Slice? It’s hard to believe people will see him fight anymore since his myth has been destroyed. But he’ll be replaced. There will be a new guy to take over as a fighting champion to draw in ratings.
Really, it’s sad to watch. Once again we have a guy who was raised in nothing and manipulated his way into money and notoriety who will now most likely be burnt out and forgotten.
And all it took was fourteen seconds.
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“burnt out and forgotten”?????
it’s only been 10 hours… lol
wow, even the replays were longer than the actual fight. crazy…
Yeah..
What the fuck dude? You’re trying to be all preachy and political, but Kimbo Slice’s career is far from over.
If anything, people want to see if he can rebound from this.
I mean, even Tyson took a few L’s and came back to win the title.
“Burnt out and forgotten” is the farthest thing from what is going to happen, which is.. Elite XC has now made a bigger name for itself than ever before & the rematch with Seth or the rescheduled fight with Ken Shamrock will draw more ratings than this EVER could have.
People want to see if Seth got lucky or if Kimbo really is all smoke and mirrors.
I don’t think he’s done……
Yea he’ll fight again, but it’s gonna take a long rebuilding process if he plans on main eventing and being a big money draw anytime soon. He lacked skill and was pushed down everyone’s throats like the next big thing. Well, people pay to a) see him kill somebody and b) see him finally lose. They got their big payoff. He may headline the next show on CBS, but will they do numbers? prolly not. This big circus of pub for him is a wrap. I mean, they were basically throwing “easy wins” in his face and he couldn’t even do well with that. I guarantee the CBS/Elite XC folks are scratching their heads this morning trying to figure out how to make money beyond Slice.
Shit was fixed. Watch for $69.99 PPV price tag for the rematch
Lol, I knew the world was coming to an end when I saw a commercial earlier in the week for ufc fighting on cbs.
Shamrock been fighting since I was in high school lol.
Dude’s career aint over. But it took a nice hit by gettin Deebo’ed so early.
I think you’re right kid, Kimbo is done. The only reason I ever watched him is because he’s the closest human to the Missing Link I’ve ever seen, and because he beat people up like he had no home to return to and nothing to lose. Wait…
The reason he lost is because he was not defending himself. If he would’ve had his arms up near his face the ref would not have stopped the fight. That first jab to the chin is what got him to go down. He was already lunging forward and Petrucelli jabbed him and then pushed him down. Then took advantage of him. In a way Petrucelli got lucky. But you got to realize that he is also a WORLD CLASS fighter. Not some punk off the street.
I am glad that Kimbo lost; he was a joke. You want to talk about a bad ass then watch some Anderson Silva, Fedor Emilenko, or George St. Pierre fights. I would put some fighters from the lightweight division and they would kick Kimbo’s ass. While I don’t think his career is over; I do think that he will a sort of side show in the same vein as Tyson was his last couple of fights. Elite XFC was already on shaky ground as UFC just has too many good fighters.
okay yeah dude IS untrained compared to them other vets but hell he aint superman. he’s a brawler that cna hit hard but remember there are areas on th human body that we cant build up muscle to protect that area and we cant guard every shot we take ,hell dude got stunned and the shit probally did hurt , but he made a mistake and underestimated that dude ,the wild unskilled nicca came out. when ever u face sombody u kno nothing about your supposed to play more defense than offense and that part he didi not relize since him and his camp is used to him whoppin erybody ass ! he’ll be back hell this aint gonna do nothing but wake him up. or send him a differnt career direction like ah wwe or some high paying sports entertainment. lets just hope he aint spend up all his money ,cause if he didi and he’s finish you niccas betta start training in these harsh times kimbo gonna be back in the hood whoppin ass and takin names and not in that order.
Not “done”…per se
but I get what you’re saying, G…
this ain’t wrasslin’ where cats follow the win/loss melodrama from week to week and BIG personalities are actually the draw,
I think Kimbo has ONE chance at redemption, but if he should fail, the sport (as far as CBS goes anyway) is going to take a huge L.
Kimbo brought out fans for two reasons…
One, his background story of homelessness is crazy fascinating…
Two, America at large is generally fascinated with the “black barbarian” (Kimbo, Tyson, et al), and could give two shits about the finite technical aspects of the sport….
This is far from over…it just got interesting,,,
hmmmmm….
it looks likes what was suppose 2 happen in Pulp Fiction.
When Ving Rhames told Bruce Willis.
“In the 5th, your ass goes down!”
MARKETING.
Did UFC hire Don King? lol
*SMH*
The video is grainy, but it looks as though Kimbo took a foot to the face/neck area, and after that it was a wrap.
W—W—F—–
wait for a rematch with commercials on all major channels playing that commentator hyping up “the biggest upset in mixed martial arts history…”
it’s all about money. yall buyin into this a lil too hard
From last night’s SNL:
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/vp-debate-open-palin-biden/727421/
parity in MMA… even the ‘07 Patriots lost
shit was fixed. watch seth is not hitting him
How can anyone say that this fight exposed Kimbo? It lasted FOURTEEN seconds–not long enough for us to see any major skills from both fighters.
Dude who won threw a well-placed punch that happened to knock dude on his ass–and all this happened in FOURTEEN seconds.
Nobody was exposed. Kimbo just got that ass bombed on one good time. Simple as that. And there is no way he’s done in the sport. If anything, this loss has brought more attention to EliteXC and Kimbo. Everyone expected him to win by bashing a head in, because that is what we all know him for. After awhile, that gets boring. The viewing public as thrown a curveball with him getting KO’ed. Think about it–would this thread even exist if he won? Nope. But the internets are goin’ nuts now with this upset. Now I’m not saying this was setup, but this could be looked at as Marketing 101.
Back to BangBros for Kimbo! LOL
LOL@Big Rome
He will have to work hard; but this lost can help him in the long run. As long as he learns from his mistakes
Kimbo is not done, he has a few more wins and a few more losses…like Tank…and he will slip away into retirement…but then come back out and lose again.
I will say this though, he will start taking this serious now and train much harder and learn some octagon skills.
99% of you guys here know nothing about MMA I see (and I’m a chick). Elite will now probably go bankrupt as they weren’t far from it as it was. Kimbo has no career now. Go to a MMA forum and see what people who know what they’re talking about are saying.
15 seconds !! but Kimbo will kick his ass if he has a revenge !!! look this mayne called Seth petruzelli, when he wins the fight it’s like a surprise for him. he’s happy and don’t believe that he has the victory !! lol
yo kimbo iz a brawler !!! street fighter ??
tell me who as the balls to fight a beast as kimbo, in the street ???
tell seth petruzelli if he wants fight kimbo in the hood ??? nah i don’t think he wants !!!
BUT here it’s a sport so… sometimes you lose !
okay Slice loses hard this time {DAMN!!!!] but i think he can again fight and win. i hope a revenge or a big comeback next time. see you the next fight ! ps: all the great champions, even the great champions lose by hard KO sometimes ! so i don’t think it’s a end of career ! kimbo is 31 ! so five years are possible encore!
yo kimbo iz a street brawler !
and for that it’s a ! legen… wait if for dary ! beast
Ft Myers Stand Up!!!
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So kimbo was suppose to fight shamrock, cut himself in the back, or something>> this never happens in a fight, then substituted in another fighter who kimbo declined to fight previously, then is the replacement? Kimbo got setup (That is what the word on the street is; in the fight world)
Kimbo lost cause he was involved in a streetfight the night b4 in a local area in south florida.
What the fuck is a Kimbo Slice?
15 seconds !! but Kimbo will kick his ass if he has a revenge !!! look this mayne called Seth petruzelli, when he wins the fight it’s like a surprise for him. he’s happy and don’t believe that he has the victory !! lol
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Tell em’ Greums! LMAO
Another black stallion breaks a leg and Farmer John ready’s the rifle. That seems about right. It’s sad but David D. hit the nail on the head.
This article truly shows David D’s lack of MMA knowledge. No disrespect, anyone writing for TSS is good money to me, but to call Kimbo a farce like Yahoo “pundits” have done is simply unfair.
Now, Seth is not top tier by any means, but a no-name? Please fact check on that homey. Seth was a veteran on The Ultimate Fighter reality show and fought on the big stage a good amount before moving onto smaller venues (Elite XC).
What people within the MMA community DO know is that Kimbo is still a baby in his sport, and unless he’s some sort of fighting machine like Fedor, he’ll take his fair share of losses. Elite XC did want to baby him due to his starpower, but with those small ass gloves in MMA, anything can happen and we saw that last night. The true test of a fighter is how well he deals after a loss.
Noone knows what “a puncher’s chance” better than those who know Mixed Martial Arts. Even if Elite goes bankrupt(which they and the Dream promotion prolly will, sad as it is), Kimbo will still have fights and a name to live off of.
Kimbo is a humble dude and taught by one of the biggest legends in MMA. For all you talking down about him being a washup with less than 5 fights to his resume, please have a little objectivity. He’s not done, nor will he be if he loses another fight. Or another. Just ask Houston Alexander. And cans can takeout bigger, better, faster fighters. Minowa, Ryo Chonan, or even Matt Serra would agree.
And yes, P agrees with me. Retro out!
bigger they come harder they fall.
i enjoyed watching this big oaf go down.
lol @ p’s husband, all uptight & losin sleep over this b.s.
get over it.
signed,
p’s boyfriend
gonna basically be co-signing with “P’s Husband” on this one
i expect this from a site where theres no MMA knowledge…how do you consider Kimbo anything but a success…
a man (black or otherwise) was able to pick himself up off the streets (literally…dude was a fucking BUM living in his whip) to multi-million dollar superstar status and stayed 100 the whole time…
Kimbo is a baby in the game and its rediculous to say he’s done because of a loss to a better and more experience yet unknown fighter…Kimbo and his hands went from internet obscurity (kind of like this article you wrote) to a household name…
was he tossed into the fire too soon…YES….was he untested and now exposed…ABSOLUTELY…is this the last time you’ll hear of or see Kimbo….HARDLY
in all honesty…this is great for me and Zuffa and the worse EliteXC does the better…but give the dude the credit he deserves, just as i know he would for you
(come on Gotti…dont waste your bandwidth with uninformed, unintelligent, and unresearched articles…i told you i got you on any MMA shiet you may need)
KT
Zuffa Fight Coordinator
seemefightnight@gmail.com
^I think I gave the dude plenty of credit saying pretty much the exact same things you just did. Yea, he pulled himself up from nothing. It’s a great story. Had he been allowed to come up like any other fighter, then a knockout would mean nothing. But he’s been pushed as the next big thing when the fact is, he lacked the skill of a basic fighter (as shown in his last fight when he almost lost to some basic ground and pound). But the fact is, he was billed as unbeatable and hyped way beyond his skill set. Now, he lost. The insane amount of hype has been bursted. Now, he’s gotta build himself up. He’s not a viable headliner. I am a fan. I watched to see him win.
And fuck outta here with that “internet obscurity” bullshit, homie
This shit happens to almost every fighter. They lose. It happens. A “non-hyped” fighter doesn’t have to deal with his first loss on such a public stage. Unfortunately for Kimbo, he’s been highly touted from day one thus his first loss came in a very public showing.
If he’s really passionate about fighting (which I think he is) he’ll do what every other fighter who looses does. Train harder and go out there to try and get another win.
kimbo was 3-0 comin into the fight, i mean he isnt a trained fighter but he is a hard hittin brawler and he shoulda won the fight, anyone see how scared the dude looked, he punched him as he was fadin back and got lucky and took advantage of his quick shot by jumpin on kimbo. What most likely happened is the shot he took made his head jerk back quick and cut off the o2 to his noggin, thats why he couldnt put his hands up to defend….
still wtf kimbo…
best fight of the night was the womans match, that bitch gina aint bad lookin…
id hit it.
The ref stopped it to soon. he was sittin half way up when the ref called it
Smooth Da Hustler..tell me how the ref stopped it too soon? Kimbo’s arms were completely stiff and his eyes were glazed..he was out of it man..he starts wrestling the ref because he thinks he’s still fighting..he was out..GOOD stoppage