While Lesner lost & lost quickly to Mir, it was a much less damaging loss than the one suffered by Kimbo last night. As it was to a former UFC Heavyweight Champion in his debut with the company in what was ( to the general public anyhow ) his MMA debut.

And he lost it by falling to his opponents experience & expertise after dominating Mir for the first minute. So, the public was left with the perception that “this guy has a future” despite the quick schooling.

Kimbo on the other hand, was basically KTFO by a total unknown ( again, to the vast majority of those viewing ) who was brought in at the very last moment & someone who was a MUCH smaller individual. In 14 seconds.

It’s impossible for Kimbo to retain even a shred of his mystique after that IMO. He’s done.

I mean, think about it. His whole game was built on his followers & fans believing in his supposed invincibility. The idea that this guy was such a bad ass that he could come in off the streets & destroy trained, seasoned pros in the cage.
A belief that every neighborhood toughguy & all those brawlers on their barstools wanted so desperately to believe.

A belief that was validated by four VERY carefully arranged matches over the past two years. Against an aged boxer looking for an quick buck, a cowardly marine who was tapping before a solid blow could’ve even registered, a fat old brawler who was a decade removed from his prime & against a brittle bearded Brit who went into the fight already maimed & disfigured.
It was such an obvious illusion accomplished with smoke & mirrors that many who should have really known better fell for it because it was actually SO cliche that it caused these folks to out think themselves into accepting the ruse.

But, ice cold reality slapped them out of their stupor last night with a resounding CRACK!
And there’s no worse enemy to make than those who’ve been made to look foolish. Whether that be the television network executives, the advertisers, the press or the folks watching at home.
they’re all going to turn on Slice in an angry feeding frenzy now. No doubt about it.

Again, I think he’s done.

Peace.

Of course, Lesnar lost a debut fight in his promotion that it looked like he had a shot of winning and nearly did win to a former champion, and although Zuffa was clearly relying on Lesnar to help rebuild their ailing heavyweight division, they had plenty of other draws available to fill cards at other weights.

This is a little different.

I presume that the next ShoXC event is still going to happen as scheduled.

I’d say that it was more like EliteXC was a big fart set on fire. It was crude, it was crass, it wasn’t to everyone’s tastes, but to those who cared, it was plain hilarious.”