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[Vedubin01]

WTF happened to Shamrock???

In warm up sparing he received a open cut above his eye that put him out.

[Miasma]

Well that kid has a good MMA record so far,

Seth "The Silverback" Petruzelli
MMA Record
10 Wins - 4 Losses - 0 Draw.

US Full contact Kumite karate champion, King of the Cage Superfight Champion, Cage Wars Superfight Champion, World Team Kumite Champion, 2002 US Open Absolute Grappling Champion.

His losses come from 3 submissions and a decision.

He was on Ultimate Fighter Season 2 aswell. This is also the first "real" fighter Kimbo has faced, The only one with recent fight's. Everyone else had been out of the game a bit when they fought him.

[Coco Savage]

while kimbo lost clean...

nothing fishy about shamrock suddenly too injured to fight, and getting replaced with said fighter....

lol

Great job xc at NOT making yourself looking bad again on national TV

[Maluco]

wholly fk! you guys have got to be kiding me! i missed it, tge fight\
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wow, hahaha, I don't even remember posting this... So funy, it's always, I don't rememeber fkng that fat chick, or I don't rememebt getting in to a fight, or all that shit. Now it's, I don't rememebr posting on r3v! LOL

[Maluco]

Wholly fuck I'm still drunk and what did I miss!!!! Somehow I went to watch Blindness last night (DO NOT waste your money) and then met my bro and dem out at a hole in the wall pool hall and completely forgot about the fight!!!! Forgive any run-on sentences and shit roght now.

Somone, other than Shamrock beat Kimobo? wtf.

[SamE30e]

I think that kid got lucky. Kimbo made a dumb mistake and paid for it.

[Maluco]

I think that kid got lucky. Kimbo made a dumb mistake and paid for it.

that's how MMA works, or any fight for that matter...

On another note, how the fk did that weak "loooking" punch send Kimbo to the ground? and it was only followed by missed-punches... Whatever, I've somewhat put on my foil hat. (cause that was bullshit in my eyes)

C B S

[Miasma]

That "kid" is a better fighter end of story, Sari Kimbo isn't really that good.

[Yakinho]

Man he's got a glass chin.

[325_e30]

Man he's got a glass chin.

Kimbo has nothing close to a glass chin. It looked like the kick to the gut along with the punch to the neck/side face area or w.e took him down. Either way I was surprised to see him go down so easily. And I feel if Shamrock DID fight, it would have been another win for Kimbo.

[808BMW]

Seth is not a kid, he's been around for a while and he is the better fighter on any night imo. You can tell how dissapointed and angry Kimbo looked when he found out the card was switched, because he knew that Seth isn't a can, and the Shamrock would have been an easy win.

I was laughing as CBS kept saying "Kimbo is down to fight anyone, anywhere, anytime" and then as Kimbo explains how that stuff is in the past, he is a pro now and expects shows to be run professionally, and the very next thing the announcers say is the "anyone anywhere anytime" line. Do they even listen to the fighters before they respond or just fire off misinformation from the teleprompter.

while kimbo lost clean...

nothing fishy about shamrock suddenly too injured to fight, and getting replaced with said fighter....

lol

Great job xc at NOT making yourself looking bad again on national TV

YAY! Someone else who sees it for what it is. I didn't want to to watch this fight because of the first EliteXC show (the 2nd wasn't too bad) but I just had to. Thanks again for letting me know not to watch this pro wrestling abomination to MMA.




Oh yeah, and:
I CANT FUCKING BELIEVE NINJA GOT CAUGHT, HE WAS WINNING THAT MATCH!!! DAMN YOU!

I dunno whats up with the Rua brothers, hope things pick back up for them.

[jflip2002]

Who's a PC?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rlad_fxrH4

Rashad Evans is a PC MFer.

[Maluco]

[jflip2002]

I would like to volunteer to hold that towel, thanks. Its only a matter of time before shes in playboy.

[Vedubin01]

sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=dw-kimbo100508&prov=yhoo&type=lgns


SUNRISE, Fla. – The legend of Kimbo Slice was built by beating bums in boat yards and back alleys not far from here. It came crashing down Saturday courtesy of a quick punch from a pink-haired journeyman giving up two inches in height, four in reach and 30 pounds in muscle and might.

One simple shot sent Slice to the canvas and from there some guy named Seth Petruzelli needed just 12 punches and 14 seconds to put an end (we hope) to one of the great sporting charades of all time.

It was just a matter of time before Kimbo got exposed. He was little more than a character out of central casting, a bunch of addictive YouTube videos and a lot of insane hype by CBS, which made him a headliner before he made himself a fighter.

He was the Kimbo the Cash Machine, everyone lining up to exploit the lie that this was the baddest man on earth as long as he could walk through hand-picked tomato cans.

Only this time his match with 44-year-old Ken Shamrock, who hadn’t won a fight in over four years, fell apart when Shamrock cut his eye in a light training session Saturday and was deemed unfit to fight by state officials.

In the scramble to find a suitable replacement that Slice couldn’t possibly lose to, EliteXC considered Shamrock’s brother, Frank, who was there to be CBS’s color commentator, hadn’t fought lately due to a broken arm and would have given up around 45 pounds. Despite all this, Frank likely would have submitted Kimbo in the first round.

When that matchup couldn’t happen (EliteXC said state officials wouldn’t clear him, Frank said they did but CBS blocked it), EliteXC promoters turned to Petruzelli. The Fort Myers, Fla., native had been dumped by the big-league UFC, was just 2-2 since 2004, had recently taken a year off to start a business, weighed just 205 (to Kimbo’s 235) and was so lightly regarded he was competing in the non-televised undercard.
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Despite the oft-repeated propaganda that Slice was a man of “courage” for taking a fight with this smaller guy who was likely to stand and trade punches anyway, EliteXC paid Kimbo a cash bonus just to get him to step into the cage.

“We made it up to him,” said Jeremy Lappen, EliteXC’s head of fight operations. He wouldn’t disclose the amount.

For the myth of Slice, the matchup may not be a 44-year-old on a losing streak or someone from the broadcast booth, but really, what was the worst thing that could happen?

“It didn’t feel too flush,” Petruzelli said of the first punch that apparently didn’t even need to land squarely to fell Kimbo.

Make no mistake – or listen to the EliteXC spin – this was a disaster for Slice and the company. “This is MMA, all the best have lost,” said Lappen. True, but Kimbo wasn’t defeated by a crafty Brazilian jiu-jitsu master. He wasn’t caught in a submission by an experienced wrestler. He didn’t lose a decision after a three-round brawl.

Those would be understandable considering his novice status.

Kimbo was KTFO by a guy he absolutely towered over yet was willing to bang with him anyway. Not that Kimbo did any banging. Slice charged him (“He was like a truck,” Petruzelli said) but he never actually landed a punch.

In the end, Kimbo’s hand speed, defense and chin proved incapable against even an average mixed martial artist. Which was pretty much what every hardcore fan had predicted.

Not that CBS didn’t keep up with the Slice willing to fight, “anyone, anywhere, at anytime.” This was a 100 percent true statement if “anyone, anywhere, at anytime” means “no one any good, anywhere, ever.”

Slice seemed stunned and a bit saddened at the turn of events. After it was over, he initially began wrestling the referee. Whether that was a protest for the decision or because he was dazed isn’t certain. Then he walked around the cage complaining to fans about the stoppage.

Later he walked out on his CBS interview (“Kimbo?” asked a stunned Gus Johnson), although not before inviting America to an after party at a local nightclub. Then he showed up 45 minutes late for the main press conference, where he gave a quick statement and bailed.

“I got my first black eye,” he laughed. He later turned to Petruzelli and joked, “You knocked me out in front of my family; that’s (expletive) up.”

Through it all Slice remained the only likable character of this foolish farce. He wasn’t the one claiming he was the best in the world. He was just a working-class dude who figured out how to beat the system and cash in on his 15 minutes of fleeting fame.

He’s got kids to feed and bills to pay and right to the end, he was milking bonuses out of the promotion, a one-time homeless man holding the Tiffany Network’s prime-time programming hostage. Only in America.

He was the grand actor in the middle of a three-ring circus, a tall tale that would eventually come tumbling down under the bright glare of reality.

Where Slice goes from here is anyone’s guess. He can’t rebuild his reputation without stepping up in competition from the guy who just beat him in seconds. He can’t headline a card and have anyone believe he’s legit. He can’t claim he, “just got caught” when it wasn’t some wild, roundhouse right or sneaky arm-bar that did him in.

The truth was always coming for Kimbo. Saturday it arrived sooner rather than later, the money train grinding to a halt courtesy of a smaller, less heralded fighter that no one can claim is some elite champion.

No, this was it. It’ll never be the same, not for the fighter and not, perhaps, for his entire promotion that just lost its signature star on top of the $58 million it’s burned the past two years.

Afterward, EliteXC execs tried to paint a bright future but admitted they needed a drink. Lower-level employees used gallows humor about finding new jobs.

Kimbo just said he was going home to see his kids.

In 14 seconds flat, the whole mirage was gone.