Fourteen 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. Read the rest of this entry »