Kimbo Slice inspiring gridiron greatness?

Anderson is Brazilian, that’s 100% different than being African American other than they share African roots. If these athletes are going to look to “black males” solely based on the color of skin then yes, they would also look to Anderson as well. But the cultures are completely different.

Im with you on that.. but at the end of the day.. it’s all about MMA.. if Pro athletes are drwan to training and being in a MMA lifestyle cuz od Kimbo..so be it. I would love here Silva’s..or Bj’s..or Gsp’s name out for why.. but really doen’t matter.. at the end of the day.. is how many more people are drawn into this great sport of MMA.

its good as long as he keeps opening up peoples eyes to the sport.

That’s my point excatly reddog. Silva’s brazilian not african american. I also agree with phiqny and john whatever gets people into this sport the better.

I would never pay to see Kim-Joke fight!

A guy from a garage shop knows who KimJoke is and doesn’t even know if he fights in the UFC!
Thats what gets me upset! If you watch football then stay there we got our own sport, but we call it Art., it’s called Mixed Martial Arts

that whole Kim-joke thing isnm’t even clever!

mma is an athletic competition though. size and strength is a huuuuge advantage. i see what you’re saying about werdum and nog having bjj skills and being experienced top veterans who can finish. Brock might be new but he’s not a fraud. He has very impressive NCAA d1 wrestling credentials. He made a statement against Herring. Compare that fight with Nog’s fights with Herring. I’m sure we’ll find out soon enough.

come on Kame Kaze, just because Brock was able to dominate Heath? Did you not see Nog dominate Heath? He dominated Heath 3 times! every single time they fought, big nog dominated Heath. Heath out of nowhere in their last fight was able to land a big kick to nog’s face, at the end of a round and couldn’t finish him. That does not erase the whole fight (nor the previous two that they met), nog still dominated Heath (asside from that one kick). So what are you trying to say? Because Heath was able to land a kick and couldn’t finish nog and Brock dominated Heath (as nog did) all of the sudden Brock got a better game?

No Linx but to be honest its you who is making a completely unrealistic claim. Brock is clearly trying to fight tough competition. I don’t understand comparring fair game competition to top 10 HW’s. Yeah of course if Brock faced Nog or Werdum he’d lose but he would not be dominated to say the least. They’d tap him out at best so to say that is completely false. As we watched his fight Brock was able to control the action and put the fight where he wanted and went three rounds without tiring. The same cannot be said of Kimbo, he was taken down with some of the worst shoots I’ve seen, he had no ability on the ground and his striking was less than par against Thompson, not to mention his wheezing throughout the fight. The guy was tired after the first round. Linx your arguing just to argue and thats a lame arguement.

i agree besides that kick, Herring was getting dominated by Nog in 3 fights. i saw 2 of the 3. all i’m saying is: Brock to Herring was a higher level of domination than Nog to Herring. People laugh when Brock is mentioned with Nog, Fedor, the greats, but I don’t think its that funny. Those are fights I’d want to see after he proves himself in a few more fights. Look at big timmy vs. Nog. That was a good battle. But bet you anything Brock will destroooy tim easily. am i way off? you tell me.

Linx, I can’t figure it out. Do you like Kimbo and hate Brock?? Of course Brock would lose to Nog or Werdum right now. But in a couple years, who knows? I think what we do know if Brock and Kimbo fight, Kimbo would absolutely get destroyed. I am just a little confused by what you a arguing about.

All I’m saying is that ppl like to hate him for the wrong reasons. I’ll write a few…

-The guy gets paid mad cash, true. But is it his fault? No…
-The guy gets more media coverage than many elite fighters, true. But is it his fault? No…
-The guy is looked up to by many ppl, such as this threads makes states, true. But is it his fault? No…

If EliteXC wants to pay him mad cash, turn him into something he’s not, and in the process brings more ppl to watch him fight (which equals more ppl watching MMA), I got no hate for that, it’s not his fault, it’s Elite XC’s fault, but in the end the community gains much more. Bringing Brock into the debate is only to illustrate how both (yes both) fighters brings in more ppl interested to MMA, Brock with his wrestling followers and Kimbo with his internet followers, both are good for MMA, I don’t hate Brock for getting what he’s getting, in contrast, I agree with how much his getting and the hype he’s getting too. I just don’t look down on Kimbo for doing the same. In the end of the day their bringing more ppl into MMA, sure, Brock would kill Kimbo, but that’s besides the point as I can see at least 5 fighters that would kill Brock. What I’m trying to tell you guys is that we can pretty much see who are UFC lovers and MMA lovers when it comes down to these two. Brock is overhyped and so is Kimbo, but because one is in the UFC, obviously their ‘hype’ is more believed to these fans. Could Brock be facing better competition? Sure thing, I understand why he’s not though…

oops, meant Kimbo in the last sentence LOL

I can agree here Linx and this is an arguement that makes sense. I don’t dislike Kimbo although I’d like him to face a credible opponent even if it is a striker. I’m just saying that it was bringing down Brock using that comparrison. Kimbo shows a lot more respect for the sport than Brock (although his antics didn’t bother me) and I respect Kimbo for that. He knows he’s not the greatest but he’s still going to stick with MMA. Kimbo could be a great ambassador to the sport and I agree all the hate should be directed toward EXC and not Kimbo. The UFC tried to sign Kimbo and I wonder even how the UFC would have promoted the man. I can completely agree with your side of the arguement when its put in this kind of perspective

Cogito, the UFC tried to sign Kimbo? I didn’t hear of that one, where was this posted???

This was well before Kimbo signed to Exc, they were looking at him as a general prospect and I believe Exc got the deal first. I might have read it on Fiveounces or something but I don’t think the UFC made a legit offer. If I’m wrong due to memory lapse I know they did have interest in signing him.

Dude, that’s exactly what I’m saying though. If he was on the UFC, these hates towards him would most likely be reduced by 80%!

Kimbo is Kimbo. We know where his hype level is at and we know where he performs at. Not his fault. I think Bret Rogers would be a good fight. If anything, its minus points on eliteXC credibility meter. If Kimbo was in the UFC, which HWs do u think he could beat?

how ’bout Eddie Sanchez?

yea, i was just thinking him. or the guy Mir was going to fight with the braided hair: Mccully?

I would give Kimbo a good chance of beating both those guys. linx is right, Its not kimbo’s fault that he is the ignorant publics favorite fighter. Blame the idiot fans who know nothing dont hate Kimbo for it!

I like Kimbo, and if he keeps progressing he will become a decent mma fighter.

McCully would GnP Kimbo