Kimbo v Roy BIG country Nelson
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- kult0
Terrible season, reminiscent of Season 2's heavyweights. Dana does not know how to scout out decent HW prospects. You can see just how padded this season was in hopes of propelling Kimbo, who is all presence and zero force.
That said, there are a few dark horses on this season. Hint: The "short" guy with glasses.
- dconstrukt0
kimbo was CLUELESS on the ground.... its like he didn't even try or anything... he didn't move or nothing.
very dissapointed.
but i have a feeling he's coming back and is going to really learn the ground stuff....
- dconstrukt0
kimbo was CLUELESS on the ground.... its like he didn't even try or anything... he didn't move or nothing.
very dissapointed.
but i have a feeling he's coming back and is going to really learn the ground stuff....
- Oh, he tried a bit in that first round..c'mon...TheBlueOne
- it wasn't effective but he tried...TheBlueOne
- TheBlueOne0
I like Kimbo, or at least I like the Kimbo that shows up when the camera is on. He IS a hustler, so that might be a front as well..and knew and trained with a couple of cats from the South Bronx back in the day who were similar. They would drop crazy stuff like Kimbo did during this episode, the "My enemy is 'inna me'. See my enemy is 'in me'. Do you understand?" It's endearing to a point, but about as deep as a puddle after a drizzle in July. It's the same way these ghetto cats would read Sun Tzu and compare it to Wu-Tang records and suddenly think they could school you on strategy or some shit. That kinda shit works on the dumb, easily impressionable people. It's a hustlers game. But I appreciate a good, well played hustle...there's an art to it.
At least Kimbo has a personality though, which 98% of these guys don't have. the MMA game is now a major sport so skill at the game is really only one part of the equation, you need that marketable personality.
Kimbo's got a decent stand up game, and the apparent willingness to learn, but even during the show last night when he wa stalking to the other big tall fighter dude he was like "Oh man they keep throwing new things at me to learn, it's like college.." I think he has the heart to be there, but he just doesn't have the mindset to learn new things, he's locked into how he defines himself. He's also a bit long in the tooth to operate at that level. He's only doing half the equation. Sad part is it's the harder part he seems to have conquered.
I do bet that Kimbo would make a great coach though.
- I thought his "inna me" bit was quite poignant. He isn't articulate enough to properly express himselfKhurram
- otherwise it's these kind of realisations of a man who needs the daily motivation to stay in his sport that maketh the athleteKhurram
- athlete. one.Khurram
- not undermining what he was getting at or it's utility, just saying it's not really that deep.TheBlueOne
- chossy0
Kimbo wanted a beard protection clause in the house to stop people who might have played a prank on him shaving his beard off. Also he was training one day and part of his personality is that he will not tap ever, so one guy was wrenching his arm and kimbo wouldn't tap so his arm got fucked up, kimbo went to his car and got a gun then came back in because he thought the dude was trying to properly hurt him and end his carreer !!!!!.
If you look at early shamrock fights in pancrase you can see his heel hooks are fucking way over the top vicious, shamrock is another prick.
- cirquemedia0
I wouldn't mind seeing Kimbo vs. Houston Alexander or even Chuck Liddell, brawler stand up guys he could throw down with... Or wait, Kimbo vs. the axe murder...Two mo'fo'in gorillas...
- cirquemedia0
The sport in my humble opinion has greatly advanced and single skilled fighters like Kimbo Slice just simply cannot compete with the well round fighters like Machida or even the likes of Keith Jardine or Forest Griffin... However, Kimbo is a beast, could potentially knock out anyone in the octagon (including) Lesnar and kinda freak show... People want to see him fight... I originally thought after hearing he would be on the show, he'd be this ghetto ass ignorant non-committed fighter... Surprisingly, I think Kimbo, despite his loss is impressing some and making new fans (which makes him more marketable in the UFC). At first, I wanted to see him get his a$$ beat down (and was true to the sport), now I want to see him mentored and molded. He sounds like a decent guy, somewhat spiritual and such who just happens to have the ability to punch a hole through your face. My opinion of him has shifted from his tyson like celebrity fighting in the now folded XFC. I hope he does well and learns some ground game. On a side note, Rampage is a terrible coach (any and all season), but hilarious and entertaining. Glad they are focusing more on the fighters and the training than the side antics of people like Junie Browning and frat house like pranks.
- chossy0
Nightmare!, kimbo is terrible on the ground ha ha!! Roy is still a total prick. I liked the interview with dana afterwards how he thought his daughter hit like roy!!!!.
Roy defo. won this fight fair and square, Kimbo did nothing when he was on the ground to defend himself and roy tappy tapped his head to victory.
I don't think I'll be watching this TUF unless kimbo comes back.
- TheBlueOne0
..and rampage and rashad are shitty, uninteresting coaches.
- Dana white could sell ice to Eskimos. Although, if the sport doesn't live up to his hype, it won't mean shit.Andrew_D
- Rampage is terrible. Any iota of respect i had for him has totally vanished with the last couple episodes. dumbassbaseline_shift
- I totally disagree. I LOVE Rampage. He's got tons of personality and he's a great fighter.chuparosa
- soynutz70
agreed. LAME
- Andrew_D0
I saw a quote on Sherdog.com by Kimbo saying that was his best fight to date and that he's focusing on his fight in December for the TUF final. I respect the man or any of them on the show, but he's not UFC material.
- Well, it was probably his best opponent to date, and that's why he feels that wayTheBlueOne
- TheBlueOne0
Nelson won by TKO in 2nd round, basically by laying his 265 odd pounds across kimbo's chest in a full side mount and doing nothing particularly interesting afterwards. Kimbo did a stellar job of burying he head in Nelson's hip and not much else, letting Nelson rain a couple of ineffectual punches on top of Kimbo's head to no visible effect. Fight was stopped because Kimbo couldn't get out from under Nelson and wasn't doing anything.
Pretty lame. Kimbo definitely looked sharper stand up though. Had zero ground game, except one really interesting attempt at a reversal using the fence to ladder over Nelson in the first. Didn't work, but points for creativity I suppose.
- Looked like both didn't want to lose the fight as opposed to someone wanting to win it.TheBlueOne
- That's disappointing. Glad I wasn't watching.ismith
- d_rek0
Yeah I missed it too, fill me in, TBO. :D
- TheBlueOne0
Well that was fucking boring. Wasn't impressed nelson at all either. Kimbo looked sharper, he was just clueless about what to do on the ground.
How does this show work anyway? How do guys get eliminated?
- Who won? Can't be bothered to watch or check it out.Andrew_D
- camer0
I want Kimbo to win and make it through so then he can keep getting shit kicked in the UFC.
Peace
- mikotondria30
You lot all sound about 12.
- baseline_shift0
i bet Big Cuntry wins it. Solid wrestling and using his weight to wear out and lay on top of kimbo the whole fight. Hate to say it, but thats how i see it.
And then Dana eats his hat and puts kimbo on in the ufc anyhow. He announced last week that Kimbo will get ufc bouts.
- dconstrukt0
nelson is a douchebag.... i seriously hope kimbo puts a beatdown on him.... but nelson has some skills.... so it'll be a nice test.
gotta root for the MIAMI hometown boy.... as much as kimbo has a LOOOT of work to do, i hope he kicks this guys ass!
- chossy0
Yeah he defo has experience, I guess you can tell I hate the guy he he :/ I just hate his aloof attitude!!, you are right he has had a few fights though.