That promotional abortion would need to go about 10 levels up just to get to mediocre.

Elite XC and Kimbo are awful, and I don’t think anyone can argue that. On top of that, the UFC has a bunch of giant cards on the way, so I think Elite has one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel. That being said, they are the only promotion to show female fights. When they go under, I hope someone else will present some good female fights. I can’t imagine not being able to see Gina’s boob… err… fights anymore.

I think the only reason that the numbers will be close is because the UFC will be on PPV, and Elite XC will be on network television. Even so, I still see more eyes on the UFC fight, it just may not show up on the ratings because a lot of those eyes will be at a bar. haha

They had about as much thunder as a fart in a bathtub.

Brock = national champion wrestler fighting world class HW opponents.

Mimbo = street thug and reigning King of Back Yards and Parking Lots.

Calling Brock a freak because his combination of size, strength and speed border on superhuman and are unparalleled in the MMA world is fine, but to say that he is some carnival act and suggest that he doesn’t belong in the octagon is just plain stupid.

PW,

While I generally offer no corrections to your post, allow me this one.

Mimbo = street thug and reigning King of Back Yards, Parking Lots, and Porno sets.

Thank you.

i wasn’t agreeing with introvert, looks as if he believes differently. brock is a freak of nature not a freak show. kimbo is a freak show that as jeff said = street thug and reigning King of Back Yards, Parking Lots, and Porno sets.

PW: Get it right, its not Mimbo anymore, he is Fergie NOw, lol

I guess he does have some Lady Lumps.

Oi Kev, you’ve got the same 1st name as Fergie, lmao! Peace!

Yes introvert, you are the only one that realizes that. Of course, that is mostly due to the fact that you are wrong.

Wow, I’d like to know how thats an excellent point. First off, I never got the news on them coming up with hard evidence that Jackson was responsible for that miscarriage. I thought they proved beyond a doubt that he had nothing to do with it. But hey, what do doctors know? And I like how you cite fighting outside the ring as bad for the image of mma, when Kimbo did the exact same thing to get famous, he just didn’t get CAUGHT and jailed being the only difference… So I guess according to you, it’s perfectly fine to be involved in illegal activity as long as you don’t get caught. Good message Rick..

Kimbo has kept his nose clean and has been very respectful of MMA even though his skills are subpar.

UFC fighters have been in trouble with the law.

The point is pretty clear.

These are facts.

Just because you think Kimbo is a joke to MMA (and he is) does not make Rickrude’s blog invalid.

And, yes, it is an excellent point.

My counter point being that how can you argue fighting outside the ring is bad for MMA, when the guy your arguing for made his CARREER by doing just that, and aren’t those replays in that promo video STREET FIGHTS, OUTSIDE THE RING? At least in BJ Penn’s highlights before a UFC event airs you don’t see him punching a cop… But here we see Kimbo bare knuckle in someones back yard in a street fight..

Point being that Kimbo was not representing MMA at that time.

And that is a very big difference.

He’s representing MMA right now, and their showing highlights of him in a street fight…

So? He is not in charge of marketing. He can only control what he does now that he is in the world of MMA.

I don’t see your point, man so let’s just drop it.

You keep going back to his street fights.

You sound like a scratched CD.

Chalk that up to stupidity on Elite XC’s part. We’re trying to promote MMA as a legit sport, and they’re highlighting street fights.

But whatever, Elite XC has never been the upper class of MMA. Let Elite XC be the rap version of MMA.

Examples:

- Brett Rogers’ open letter on the Kimbo vs Shamrock situation. Thing may as well have been a rap song. Lame lyrics included. “Do you wake up staring at light or the canvas?” Whatever Brett, you’re a tool. Kimbo’s a tool. Nobody cares.

- The VERY public feud between Shaw/Diaz vs Noons. This thing makes all parties look lame and immature. Shaw’s comments of “not embarrassing Noons because it’s a holiday” are really unprofessional. Makes the whole thing seem really childish. Noons has always been a bitch, period. Always will be. Hope he becomes the joke he deserves to be.

So whatever, let Elite XC cater to all the thugs and wiggers of the world. After all, we need something to laugh at them for.

TWO guys agreeing to fight, showing up at an appointed time,agreeing to be filmed,shaking hands afterwards is not the same as kicking the sh1t out of some guy at a bar, or fighting a cop. Yeah Im sure Rampage crashing into that pregnant lady with his monster truck had nothing to do with her miscarriage.

Wow, thats dense, you wanna penalize BJ penn and Leben for fighting outside the ring while their involved in the sport of mma, but since Kimbo makes more money now and doesn’t need to street fight, it’s ok to promote him to the mma community by showing highlights of him cracking no talent bums upside the head out on the street…

Here’s the “big difference” as I see it, niether BJ penn or Chris Leben or the UFC glorify their illicit fighting outside of a ring. Mr. “Street Certified” made a carreer out of it, and seemingly can’t get by without it being brought up everytime he’s involved in an event. Maybe he doesn’t have a say in how he’s promoted but I haven’t seen him complaining either.

What part of my point don’t you get?? The underlining premise of the first msg Rick wrote was that “Fighting outside the ring is bad for the sport”. How else do I interpret him bringing up Leben and Penn’s actions outside the ring vs what Kimbo is doing in the sport of MMA?

How are you gonna sit here and tell me that two fighters who have been in MMA for years, that mess up and fight outside the ring and get penalized are bad for the image of MMA, when this guy thats been street fighting for years, never gets in trouble with police because he never gets CAUGHT AND is still HEAVILY promoted as a street fighter is GOOD for the image of MMA?

Dredg-

Also an excellent point.

Rick, yea two guys agreed to a fight, bare knuckle with no ground game and basically no ref (at least not one thats concerned about anyone’s safety). The only way to win is for the other guy to give up or to knock him out. But knockouts don’t come after a standing 8 count.. no these guys get 30 or more secs in between knock downs.

You can KILL people that way, a guy his size cracking someone in the head bare knuckle out on the street, and they get 30 secs to steady themselves so he can crack them in the head again? There’s no doctor, there’s no medical staff out there, who’s gonna call the ambulance/police?? it’s illegal.. and not only that, at that time he’s LOOKING to go out and do it again.

Good for Kimbo, I’m glad he’s off the street and into MMA, but the fact of the matter is that what BJ Penn and Leben did were isolated incidents. This guy was out LOOKING for fights repeatedly, and he’s lucky as shit that he didn’t seriously injure/kill anyone in the process.

And on a side note, I’m sick of people bringing up this miscarriage when it’s already been legally and medically decided that Rampage had nothing to do with it. YOU don’t know this lady personally do you? Do you know if she drank/smoke, what her medical condition/diet all that was like? Cause you certainly act like you do. Just how in the hell do you know for a fact that Rampage had anything to do with that when doctors and courts say otherwise? Thats IGNORANT.

if i remember correctly, leben was on probation for a DUI

Maybe it’s cause he fights tools and gets a lot of lime light. He dosen’t take a step up in Challenges it’s almost as if he has taken steps down. He’s a Powder Puff.

Thank you, Captain Obvious.