Alabama Pride: DMX gets cold feet; could be replaced by Coolio on Dec. 12
by Jesse Holland on Nov 9, 2009 9:11 AM EST
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It looks like "X" isn't gon' give it to ya' after all.
The rapper-turned-actor-turned-inmate known as DMX was scheduled to fight celebrity wannabe Eric Martinez at the upcoming "Alabama Pride" event put forth by Thunder Promotions.
The event, headlined by a "superfight" between Butterbean and the barely upright Tank Abbott, is still threatening to take place at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Alabama, on Dec. 12.
It seems as though DMX got cold feet and submitted an addendum to his contract that called for a guaranteed outcome. That outcome would peg him as the winner no matter what transpired during the "fight."
The "X" camp also insisted that their client is not a professional boxer but an entertainer, and that the event should (secretly) be held in good, clean fun.
Laymen have also been known to refer to that practice as "fixing fights."
According to SixShot.com, Thunder Promotions balked at the last-minute request, prompting DMX to jump ship and allowing fellow rapper Coolio to step up and take his place.
Coolio it seems, is taking this fight very seriously. Outside of Alabama, he might be the only one.
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Coolio has been spending most his life living in the gangsta’s paradise, so a fist fight in Alabama should be just another ride on a Fantastic Voyage!
by getrawbc on Nov 9, 2009 1:24 PM EST up reply actions
That son of a bitch should be in prison for what he did to Fantastic Voyage. If you’re too young or just not as much of a musical fogie as I am, it was done originally in 1980 by a group called Lakeside, and it is quite possibly the single greatest funk song ever written.
by PW on Nov 9, 2009 1:58 PM EST up reply actions
i’m sure george clinton and the p-funk have somthin to say about that
by dazzle on Nov 9, 2009 3:27 PM EST up reply actions
For a complete body of work, I’ll take Earth Wind & Fire by a nose over George Clinton and the Parliament. But if you’re talking just one song then Fantastic Voyage, even if it was a one-hit wonder, is up there with any of them.
by PW on Nov 9, 2009 3:47 PM EST up reply actions
if u guys dont know the barkays U dont know s#it about funk!!!
by d*locc on Nov 9, 2009 4:10 PM EST up reply actions
It looks like Butterbean has been bulking up. I guess the 265 pound weight limit does not apply. Finally, Tank has someone to fight who has about his same level of cardio.
by DrPepper on Nov 9, 2009 2:20 PM EST up reply actions
Screech from saved by the bell should step in. What a joke Thunder promotions is.
by BeerMan on Nov 9, 2009 4:27 PM EST up reply actions
lol.I always thought Screech would play a good Shaggy from Scooby doo.Same built and chin structure.Frick it theyre practically twins.
by The Legacy on Nov 9, 2009 6:21 PM EST up reply actions
“would peg him the winner regardless of the outcome”
HAHA
And the winner, by knocked out – DMX arf arf
by newfie on Nov 9, 2009 1:35 PM EST up reply actions
Best line:
Laymen have also been known to refer to that practice as "fixing fights."
by Stryker on Nov 9, 2009 1:19 PM EST reply actions
they pay airfair,and hotel fees ill go fight for free shit i dont even gotta pass a drug test apparently
by randy murders on Nov 9, 2009 1:19 PM EST reply actions
Seriously, how is this any different from those workers at a Texas state hospital for severely retarded people who staged fights between patients?
by PW on Nov 9, 2009 2:00 PM EST reply actions
DMX is now a pussy to me..
Might as well try Ja rule.
by roberto81 on Nov 9, 2009 2:10 PM EST reply actions
Isn’t Kyle Maynard from Alabama? Why isn’t the Hometown Amputee on the card?
by PW on Nov 9, 2009 3:20 PM EST reply actions
Might as well rename this to “Shits’n’Giggles.” It’d really make more sense and let people know what they’re in for. The promoters should change the Butterbean/Abbott bout to a sumo bout. And the winner by belly slam!
by n4tacon on Nov 9, 2009 3:42 PM EST reply actions
wtf? Dana white is finally guna fight tank abbott?
by d*locc on Nov 9, 2009 4:12 PM EST reply actions
I’ve read elsewhere that the main event has been changed to Jeff Monson vs. Travis Fulton. Anyone hear about that?
by mburtoni on Nov 9, 2009 5:37 PM EST reply actions
DMX is a bitch, first he said he wasn’t even training for this fight because if he did it would be unfair to his opponent. Then the fight was changed to a boxing match, which DMX still would have lost and now he tried to fix the fight. Wow, this guy just destroyed any tough guy image he had, this isn’t pro wrestling, its real fighting. Tell him that he signed the contract and make him fight butterbean or tank abbott in a mma fight, now that would be entertaining.
I thought they cancelled the butterbean vs tank abbott fight, I hope its still on, it will be an entertaining fight. Kind of like when butterbean fought zulu.
by Tysen on Nov 9, 2009 7:54 PM EST reply actions
I heard that Coolio has dropped out and is being replaced by Keith Sweat ;)
by yukdog on Nov 9, 2009 8:06 PM EST reply actions
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