MMA Live Episode 56 From ESPN – Kimbo Joins TUF 10
MMA Live hosts Jon Anik and Franklin McNeil chat with Urijah Faber, Robbie Lawler, and Scott Smith. Miguel Torres, Stephan Bonnar discuss Kimbo Slice joining TUF 10.
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I’m really torn on how to feel about Kimbo in the UFC — On one hand, it will be great for publicity and probably make for an entertaining season so TUF.
On the other, I don’t respect him as a fighter and think that unless he seriously commits to expanding his abilities and skills that bringing his lower level of talent into the pool is diluting the quality of the MMA athlete to a little above reality star thug.
I don’t know…just food for thought.
First off I’m tired of people ragging on Kimbo Slice. Kimbo Slice is a true fighter. He isn’t about the fame and the fortune he fights for his family and his livelihood. Yes he doesn’t have the best of skills but he’s just now starting out in the MMA and his training camp should start taking advantage of his prospects. Just because somebody comes off the internet doesn’t mean they suck.
He’s strong, confident, explosive, and his drive is amazing. He has powerful striking and if trained properly he could rip apart the MMA world. His fight with Seth was total BS. I swear to this day that fight was thrown. I’ll admit he isn’t up to par with most of the MMA but his potential outweighs his roots.
Kimbo will win it all and get Dana’s attention. Next up will be title fight against Mir and Lesnar. Kimbo will be a champ…. Yes you read it here first!!!
The only reason we know about this guy is because of the internet. He’s old and no stronger or more athletic than any other professional heavyweight.
Mir would dismantle him in 1 round and arm bar him easily. Lesnar would outlast him like Nick Gannon did (look it up).
Flat out: He’s corny and I hope training and fighting in the TUF house is a rude awakening for him.
I bet it plays out like Junie from TUF 8 – you will get tired of him and everyone will watch him lose.
mma root is getting lazy on there posts been forever since ive seen something new on here///////
and kimbodabeast u dont have the skill of either of them they been wrestling and fighing long before u became a name or came out on the street fighting area and ur too old to get as good as they are know . and if u do u will be 5years older untill that happesn which will be never.
Although I can see that Kimbo is obviously very powerful I don’t think he could ever be a true heavyweight contender in the UFC. He just isn’t well rounded enough, heavyweights such as Lesnar and Mir have genuine skill in all areas of MMA and would dominate him Lesnar would take him down and destroy him easily and Mir would submit him. Kimbo’s biggest win so far is against the sluggish James Thompson who cannot knock anyone out to save his life (see Thompson vs Don Frye) also Kimbo is 35 and it takes even the most talented atheletes years to get good enough and groundfighting to compete in the UFC. In the time that it would take Kimbo to become excellent at Jiu Jitsu or wrestling he would most likely be far past his peak and unable to fight at top level anyway as most atheletes pass their peak after their late 30’s (like chuck liddel) overall I can’t see Kimbo making much real impact in MMA and especially not in the UFC.
Why is MMA Root not updating the site any more? Where is the last UFC fight?
This used to be ace, can somebody please explain why its shit at the mo??
Kimbo gets in the house but loses his 1st fight after that and gets pissed and storms out of the gym! LOL……so much for him winning it all eh KimboDaBeast?
Kimbo is a tought guy.
But FEDOR would kill him in 15 sec.
I want to see Kimbo winning it all. UFC needs the marketing of Kimbo. Kimbo can sellout any fight he is in. People loves him and want to see him. It is all about business.
I think its great for the sport to have a super athlete like him. he’s gona make it and he will show to all of those who didint believe in him what a great fighter he can be, as long as he dedicates himself a 100% to this wonderfull sport.
Kimbo sucks….. I am so sick of people Kimbo is good. The guy has been an MMA fighter for 2 years and he still has not improved his fighting skills. I mean seriously, if he becomes an MMA fighter in the UFC it would totally dimantle everything the UFC has stood for
THIS SITE SUCKS!!
Kimbo Kimbo Kimbo…. what can you say… lets think… he’s not that great of a fighter, he’s a little old to start getting serious now, and he doesn’t have much for a background- which again ties into the fact he’s not that good. He might make it look good in street fighting, but actually throw him into the UFC he’ll wash out quickly. I can’t ever see him going anywhere in the UFC.
Now, that said… he’s got some popularity obviously, so from a business standpoint, Dana was smart to put him on TUF. It’ll bring in a good size crowd to either watch the show or become a little more interested in MMA.
So it all depends on what way you look at it. As a fan of MMA, its good to see him on TUF to help promote the sport, but thats as far as I go with that. As far as the UFC goes, he’s not cut out for it and I really don’t wanna see him in it. Like said in the interview, if he’s not coach-able, he’s not going anywhere. If i got a chance to train w/ Bas Ruton, I’d dedicate everything i had to that training. So good for TUF having Kimbo on for publicity, but he’ll wash out.