Kimbo Slice video on ESPNs 'MMA Live' talking TUF 10

I think that Roy Nelson was very smart for going through the ultimate fighter. Sure he could have been right into the UFC without going through this show, but he is going to get so much publicity especially if he wins.

This show has the drama of the coaches hating eachother. We had that with Hughes and Serra but both Rampage and Rashad can both talk trash. Hughes sucked at it. We have former NFL players and of course Kimbo Slice. I can’t imagine anything better. It’s going to be interesting to see how everyone hates Kimbo at first. Apparently that changes and it’s going to be cool to see that transition in my opinion. We will get to know more about him than before. Hopefully that will shut people up about how much they hate him for whatever reason.

Sadly the reason why people hate him is he was given an opportunity that none would have refused. He was given the oppotunity to carry an MMA promotion for mega, mega dollars. He never claimed to be the best. Those words never came out of his mouth, as far as I could recall. There is not a single person out there that would have said “Oh no Sorry, I am going to have to pass on the millions of dollars that you want to pay me, while I go do this backyard brawl for $1000.” He took, the opportunity, has grown from it, and has used it as a catalyst for the rest of his career and financial future. You can’t hate on that. He is obviously not so big headed that he won’t try to work his way up from the bottom again and actually pay his dues by doing the TUF show. He is going in to TUF with a bullseye on his back, since he went from backyards to cable overnight. You have to give this guy some credit.

Da Monkey: Great post! Im not really a Kimbo fan, but I do really like the way he carries himself. None of us would have turned down the opportunities that he was given, yet people still act like immature idiots and crucify him.

He has been very respectful towards my beloved sport, and when opportunities presented himself, he took them. Not much of a fighter, but I definitely dont see any reason top bash the man!

Thank You! People have to realize this guy came from one of the crappiest zip codes in Florida and probably one of the crappiest in the country. He managed to not get killed in drive bys, lived through the 1980’s/90’s and the Miami Vice Violence that plagued his area of the city with all the Columbian drug lords, is not a lifer in prison, and managed to make a small little name for himself with the 2 gifts God gave him, his left and his right. The internet made him known and Elite tried to make him King! I would love to be King for a year, a month, hell a day would be nice and make some money while ejoying it. He has been good for the sport and has with a few exceptions remained a fighter who has done nothing but talk respect and love for mma.

kimbo is going 2 win everything. He is the best fighter ever!

Da MOnkey, he’s not even close to a thug, he wants you to think he is. From what I read (as usual I will research it to back me up) he had a scholarship to go to miami University and then hurricane andrew came. I want to say academically he was good, but will look it up. He did get “famous” by out striking nobodies in backyards, kudos to him. I used to do that and wasn’t smart enough to film it. He really never knocked anyone out (maybe 1) and isn’t very talented. That all said, i’ve repeatedly defended him for being humble and well spoken in interviews (when not talking tough “you know what I’m saying”)?

exactly what I thought, he was on an academic scholarship, so those of you naive guys who believe the thug/oppressed act are sorely mistaken, you’re the same guys that believe Rampage will get more than a million or 2 for the A-Team movie!

http://www.kimboslice.org/

You make it sound like being awarded an academic scholarship is a bad thing. Just because you are poor doesn’t mean you have to be a dumbass. He may not have been some street hustling thug, but he wasn’t exactly white collar either. I mean he was doing security for some budget ghetto porn outfit. Yeah, he plays the thug role up a bit, but so do the Diaz brothers. Just because they really do sound dumb as shit, doesn’t mean I think they were so much more oppressed. I get sick of hearing about fucking Stockton in every interview. Yes, it is not a nice place, but the shady parts of Miami are not exactly Disneyland either.

You make it sound like being awarded an academic scholarship is a bad thing? Just because you may be poor, doesn’t mean you have to be a dumbass too. I don’t think Kimbo was some kind of street hustling thug, but he wasn’t white collar either. He was doing security for some shit-budget porn company. I also get sick of fighters playing up that thug act, but Kimbo isn’t any worse than the Diaz bothers. If I have to hear about Stockton one more time, I am gonna puke. We get it, it is not a nice place, but there are a lot of places in Miami that aren’t exactly Disneyland.

Crap, this is gonna be a double post. Sorry ahead of time guys. haha

lolz, you’re right kevin..
john g should have mentioned how Tito approached that kid in the gym.. say whatever you want, but he’s obviously a cool person

Lol I guess he’s obviously a cool person if you think stupid thugs are cool.

thug?.. well, u go hang out with your boyfriend

Seriously. He hasn’t said anything negative or thuggish for as long as I can remember. Dude is like 34 yet all people seem to want to do is judge him by the way he looks.

and by the way he markets himself and his fights. something must have passed you by cause that’s exactly what you should do in the MMA business!

Kimbo is not remotely heavy handed. As Dave says, James Thompson has the biggest glass jaw at HW in the world and Kimbo was nowhere near KOing him.

I think the only thing keeping James Thompson on his feet was adrenaline and stupidity. He looked absolutely out of it the couple times he got caught with an uppercut.