Damn we don’t have speakers on my work computer. Please share what he said in writing. Thanks.

After listening to this, I feel stronger that the fight was fixed. He said nobody ringside thought it was a bad stopage? What about the announcer that was yelling “Terrable stoppage!!”

this guy is a numbnuts and i hope he never refs again. he practically gushes over kimbo. it may not have been entiredly fixed , but you can tell who he favored in this fight, and refs shouldnt have favoritism.

Didn’t help his case at all, I’m even more convinced the fight was fixed. Either that or this guy is just a horrible ref.

He said Thompson was so out of it he tried to punch him after the fight? No dude, he was pissed at your moron stoppage and you basically robbing him of the biggest victory of his career. I’d take a shot at ya too.

BOYCOTT EliteXC & Dan “I Have a Man Crush on Kimbo” Miragliotta

Nice. he called everyone on this site, and every other MMA site for that matter, “13 year old kids”.

Classy.

Dan was very defensive when talking to this guy. I mean i didnt listen to it all because it was a waste of time because dan could make up something easily.

But james knew that dan stopped the fight and slapped him in the face. If james thought he was still fighting kimbo like dan said. Do you think james would slap kimbo in the face? no

Well said by miragliotta i definitely think it was an early stop he shouldve waited till Thompson crumbled to the floor. The only fight i feel really really shouldve kept going was Smith lawler.

who knows what realy happened, we werent there, we dont really know.

dan seems like a pretty honest person though, but on the flipside JS was yelling instructions at him during round 2.

This audio didn’t help Miragliotta’s cause. Trying to say that the NJ athletic board pays him and not the promoters. No sh*t. But do you think there has NEVER ever in the history of prime time sports that a ref was bribed to fix an event? Get real Dan. I’d like to see what kind of new car he’s driving around in the next couple weeks.

You know what I finally realized about Kimbo Slice…I realized that all this hype about his KO power is just that…hype!

KIMBO HAS NO KO POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!

I started to believe about his KO power because he’s a big, massive, intimidating guy…but who has he really knocked out? Not Gannon…not Mercer…not Bo Cantrell….not even a ‘glass jawed’ Thompson….he only KO’d an overweight, no MMA skills having, old man in Tank Abbott and a few cans in the back streets of Miami.

Same with Marvin Eastman or Jeff Monson. Huge, scarey muscular dudes, but aren’t exactly knocking guys out left or right.

I’m sure if a Kimbo punch lands flush on anyone, that person is going night night. That could be said about any heavy weight MMA fighter. But why buy the hype that he even has the ability to KO a quality MMA heavy weight. – KO’ing Tank Abbott doesn’t convince me.

No need to listen to his excuses cuz he already lost my respect as a ref

there was NO fix. JT was on his way to getting TKO’d.. why would EliteXC not want the highlight reel KO that everybody had paid to see?

ELITE XC is FIXED! LETS FACE IT: THEY (the doctor or whoever) stopped the FIGHT BECAUSE THEY Elite XC WANT US TO BUY THE PPV RE-MATCH! FIGHT AND STOPPAGE WAS FIXED! Then KIMBO score card crap! COME ON XC! LETS GET WWE in there too!

Thompson mooshed Miragliotta because it was a bad stoppage. I guess Kimbo was intelligently defending himself with his forehead at the end of the second, huh Dan? If only I could go back in time and tell BJ Penn that all he had to do to keep his second fight with Hughes from being stopped was to smile and give the ref a thumbs up…

This show was an embarrassment. Please don’t tell my parents that I’m up posting comments, as I’m 13-years-old and it’s past my bedtime.

I think the ref had a point that Thompson looked like he was about to get knocked out in the third round just before he stopped the fight. But I don’t think he should have stopped the fight, because Thompson was also rocked after several heavy shots by Kimbo in the second round, just before Thompson took Kimbo down and delivered about fifty elbows and punches to Kimbo’s head to almost win the fight. Kimbo did not adequately defend himself, but the elbows and punches didn’t seem to have much force behind them. I think that the biggest problem all night was that they were so afraid that someone might get seriously injured or bloody on network TV that they kept stopping the fights sooner than we are used to on PPV.

I just heard the audio. I didn’t have time to read all the post so if I’m repeating someone I apologize. But one thing I take from this fight is, it’s not the refs job to say if Thompson was hitting him hard or not. If Kimbo is laying on the ground getting beat on, and does nothing to get out or “Intelligently defend himself” then the fight is over. Jim Rome sums it up nicely, if you haven’t listened to that yet check it out it’s pretty spot on.

I am about to speak to the few (and I mean few) people who either support the stoppage or agree with the win or think it was not fixed etc. etc.

It is one thing to have one questionable decision or one controversial thing happen in a fight. It is something entirely different to have several converge on one fight.

why did the ref not stop the fight when Kimbo was obviously defenseless in the second round?

Why was Thompson’s ear not drained, and why was it, oh I’d say, 15% bigger than it was at the weigh ins?

Why did the ref stop the fight when Thompson was still standing and had just thrown a good right hand (although it didn’t connect)?

Why did the judge have an obviously wrong score in favor of Kimbo for the second round?

How did the ref know that Kimbo was not tapping when he was in the guillotine? I sure thought he was, and maybe Kimbo was in fact telling the ref he was ok, but how can you tell? And if he was doing it verbally, why was he wasting his breath? (This is a lesser thing than the others but still worth mentioning).

You see if it had been just one thing, even two maybe, I don’t think there would be much of a case for a “fixed” or “biased” fight, but with all of those things there, it’s hard not to believe it, no matter what Dan says.

The rest of the fights I blame on CBS and not EXC. They didn’t want to much violence and stopped the fights as soon as they were given an out. Just a sure fire reason that they should not be in the MMA business.

Ofcourse this guy is going to do damage control and say that nothing was fixed. It would be career suicide to admit he favored Kimbo.

of course it wasnt fixed, he was just paid off

Good Listen .. Mania Thak You 4 posting this.
Miragliotta is very good ref. I stand behind his decisions.

The fight was fixed and Kimbo needs to get in shape. Yes, he can hit and bust a ear the was already to pop!!! Their should be a rematch w/a new ref that doesn’t have a fat pocket. He should have stop it in the 2nd round when Kimbo wasn’t defending himself for 2:00 min.BULL@#$$

I thought James Thompson slapped Miragliotta because he didn’t want the fight to be stopped.Miragliotta said James Thompson slapped him because he was still fighting Kimbo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrJbIwGY3ZM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dyj4u076iD0

James thompson loked shocked for about 5 seconds before he slapped Miragliotta. Keep in mind he had a look of disgust on his face when this happened.

James thompson looked shocked for about 5 seconds before he slapped Miragliotta. Keep in mind he had a look of disgust on his face when this happened.

Gary Shaw is white trash

Damn are you guys still arguing about this? If you hate EXC and Kimbo so much why are you STILL talking about it almost 3 days later. Get a life.

2 things:

1. Dan’s: “protect yourself” is Dan’s response from so called “pitter-patters”?

2. So Kimbo’s thumbs up response to Dan saying, “Protect yourself!” is the same as Kimbo defending himself?!

The fight was not fixed, and the stoppage was good. Bottom line.

Ok I could see how you would argue taht It should have been stopped earlier in favor of Thompson, but arguing that Thompson was not finished when it actually was stoppped, is rediculous. Thompson was OUT ON HIS Feet.

Weather or not you think Kimbo should have lost earlier is up to you. I personally think it was a saved by the bell kind of thing. I mean after all, those hits were NOT hurting kimbo very much at all.

JT was out on his feet.
Yes or No?

Oh ya, WTF did the fight get stopped in the 3rd then? Because the fu#$in ref was looking for ANY way he could for a win for Kimbo. Thompson was winning the fight thats why theres no “Badass Kimbo” if he looses to Thompson and that was their main card big show on CBS thats why. NOBODY wins like that standing? give me a break and give your head a shake.

Oh ya, WTF did the fight get stopped in the 3rd then? Because the fu#$in ref was looking for ANY way he could for a win for Kimbo. Thompson was winning the fight thats why theres no “Badass Kimbo” if he looses to Thompson and that was their main card big show on CBS thats why. NOBODY wins like that standing? giv me a break and give your head a shake.

Oh and Adam yeah about the WEC, I missed the first half. Sucks but my verizon TV is usually 2 hours delayed, but for some reason on VS it is right on time which I didnt know.

Anyway the Pulver/Urijah fight was bomb. Hard to call beforehand but I was slightly rooting for Pulver, feel bad, he is a veteren who is a good respectful guy who def put in his time. Got nothin agaisnt Urijah.

But was it just me or was Pulver gun shy for most of it? FOr the couple times it looked like Urijah took a decent shot taht might have hurt him, Pulver did ZERO capatalizing, so frusterating to me, but an awesome fight. HOW about Pulver’s wrestling though EH!? Freakin Awsome!

JT looked stunned yeah but not out. happens all the time in fighting. Not once did he buckle nor did he even drop down. Fights DONT end like that. That ref was told/paid to stop that fight for Kimbo when ever he had the chance to.

JT was out on his feet… um if Kimbo would landed one more shot it would have been over for sure

This ref is scum! he said thompson should of kept him on the ground then? but in round 1 he stood them up when thompson was on top? but he let rashad evans cuddle bisping on top for 2 rounds? he is a bastard!!!!

Haha Dan Miragliotta is awesome. “I don’t need some guy grabbing his crotch saying his fists are for fighting and his cock is for fucking”.

I thought the stoppage wasn’t that bad before, and hearing Dan explain it confirms that for me. I thought the fight could have possibly been fixed, but I don’t think Dan was in on it now. And if you don’t have the ref in on it, it would be kinda hard.

Then again one of the judges scored the 2nd round for Kimbo so maybe they wanted to fix it that way.

good stoppage by dan i must say thompson took some good punches but had to be stopped

The thing that mystifies me is what is so bad about Kimbo getting knocked out or losing? Lesnar lost, Chuck got ko’d by Page, Franklin the posterboy got filled by silva, Serra ran through GSP etc. Having a guy that is supposed to be unstoppable lose is good to watch and makes fans excited. Upsets are great to see and it has never hurt the UFC. I was all for a little competition against the UFC. EXC just passed the torch to Affliction who i can guarantee will not put on such a subpar show.

The majority still say it’s a bad stop, I completely agree.

“Bounce from this site than bro, your noy needed here Mr.Shaw”

What language do you speak?

I just find it odd that you would spend SOOO much time on a “minor league” fighting league and a MMA wanna be like Kimbo, youguys are falling for the Jedi mind trick and its funny to watch,

Even if somebody is paying attention to the blogsphere which I doubt because its ALL about money. But EVERY Kimbo/EXC post gets close to a hundred responses from you guys and even days later you talk about it like it was 20 mins ago.

Guess what geniuses that shows INTEREST. whether good or bad YOU ARE INTERESTED or you just have too much time on your hands and just like to type.

For example when theres a post here about DREAM with a bunch of unknown Japanese fighters it gets like 15-20 comments and half of those are UFC related.

THAT shows nobody really cares about the event.

But Kimbo, SHaw, EXC you blow it up because you care,
Shit dies and goes away because nobody is paying attention to it, not because you post 20 times a day to say it sucks, all that means to an EXECUTIVEis that you’d watch it again JUST TO SAY HOW MUCH IT SUCKS…which = $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

These days ANY pub is good pub dummies.

Come on children, give it a rest… it was an obvious stoppage, the dudes ear was popped off and he could barely stand up. Any reasonable ref would have stopped the damn fight at that point, Thompson was clearly done. People just wished and hoped that Kimbo would lose, and it didn’t happen… just face it, live with it, deal with it. I’m not a huge Kimbo backer, but he got the job done period. He did get beat in the 2nd round IMO, but he came back strong and finished the dude in round 3…. Next!

This guy is a clown…..he’s gonna end up the Joey Crawford of MMA….he says Thompson should have kept it on the ground(Mirgliogatta said this) So,Dan??? Why did u stand them up in the second while Kimbo was scoring, ask Bas Rutten, he was quoted as saying the fight should have been stopped in the second cuz Kimbo wasnt defending himself….

there both horrible and shouldnt ever step in a cage again it wasnt rigged but just one of the worst fights ive ever seen

hey dan miragliotta , actually i REF in my home state NJ actually , and u suck , im not 13 and i hate dana white , in fact im older then you , you roid freak ! so be a man admit you took a paycheck on the side to stop it when kimbo was in trouble like in the third and when he shot a fist off , step in and intervine. If you had respect for mma and it’s TRUE real knowledgeable fans you would’t call the people on the net 13 and want to be dana whites that no nothing about mma.

you lost alot of peoples respect

i see… that explains the premature stoppage in ufc 85. poor vera. but hey the guy needs to earn extra cash. lol.

What a fucking idiot, thompson punched that pussy cause he’s an idiot and it was an early stoppage. He didn’t stop the fight when kimbo was on his back getting pummeled for nearly 3 minutes. Worst ref ever- most controversial fights. And I was in Newark for the fight. Probably 300-500 people stood out of their seats along with me and started yelling he tapped! bullshit! to Mirgliota til the beginning of the second. I saw him tap clearly right by ringside. First 20 rows. All I heard walking out of the Prudential Center in Newark was people yelling the fight was fixed! He tapped! This reminds me of that joke video where they try to say that lesnar was still hammer fisting mir’s ass when he tapped, titled brock lesnar didn’t loose to mir on youtube. This shits hilarious. This douche shouldn’t be a referee. He shouldn’t even be able to talk mma in the media. He is a bitch and shit stain on the face of mma. Also in the other fight smith didn’t want to stop and watch the video, the idiot woman doctor checks the wrong eye(the one that didn’t get poked) just before stopping the fight. She just stopped it cause he looked out of it from getting hit in the head so many times.