Comments on: Online reaction to Kimbo/Nelson fight: Look at the Twitter traffic!

By: David M

David M — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:21:40 +0000

I think the UFC is going to find a way to do a spin off series of just Kimbo. Maybe they will do a short series of him training at ATT to get ready/his life outside the cage. Maybe next year instead of TUF 11, Kimbo will teach a bunch of aspiring MMA’ists how to be streetfighters.

By: Steve4192

Steve4192 — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:07:11 +0000

Am I the only one who thought Rampage was the guy screaming ‘10 seconds’? It sounded like a typical corner instruction to me.

By: Black Dog

Black Dog — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:34:20 +0000

Basic point of it all is: White knows people want to see Kimbo, win or lose. So he’ll say anything to keep fans and non-fans alike interested.

To him, it doesn’t matter whether Kimbo improves or not; he’ll use the guy as long as he can get ratings (and perhaps PPV buys in future) off him, then dump in the trash.

It’ll have nothing to do with Kimbo’s Elite XC connections; for White, it’s all about the business.

By: David M

David M — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:57:39 +0000

Adam, go watch a Best of Pedro Rizzo tape to see worse fights.

Kimbo’s striking looked like garbage in the first round and his ground game is legitimately nonexistent. I also have no idea what he was thinking throwing that Frank Miresque knee in the 2nd round; if he had just keep circling away and had gotten out of the clinch, who knows, he may have rocked Roy. That being said, Nelson has a great chin and AA landed lots of big shots before finally dropping the fat guy.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:47:17 +0000

Can anyone confirm this, Ivan:

Dana White channelling his inner Jared Shaw @ the end of the 1st round (with Kimbo trapped in the crucifix) screaming at Herb Dean:

“Only 10 seconds left! Only 10 seconds left.”

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:44:12 +0000

@Mark

The rules don’t state that, BUT IIRC, they do state that it’s up to the ref’s discretion whether or not to stop the fight.

I’d hope the thought of “are these ’strikes’ even doing any damage?” would factor in to a ref’s decision.

Disclaimer: I think Kimbo should not be signed to fight any more since his fights are always going to go the same way, however I can’t find a reason to stop a fight when no-one had been hurt in anyway, other than maybe saving them from humiliation.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:11:21 +0000

ADAM;

Clearly you have never seen any of the YAMMA fights.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:11:48 +0000

People are acting like Nelson is Yokozuna. He’s probably not any heavier than Lesnar is (although obviously for different reasons) should Mir have been granted a stand up because Brock was heavier than he was?

And it doesn’t matter about the quality of punches. If you’re doing nothing to defend yourself, whether they be from Fedor-bombs or Okami’s door-knocking level impact punches, the fight will be stopped. There is nothing in the rules about “judge the impact of the punches”, just if the fighter isn’t defending himself, end it. Lots of people were mad that Dan Mirgaliotta let Kimbo eat dozens of punches when he was trapped by Thompson, but decided to let it go because he didn’t think they were serious shots, too.

By: Fluyid

Fluyid — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:00:52 +0000

I’m fairly sure you’re joking, ADAM. You’ve certainly captured the essence of the typical MMA idiot quite well.

By: ADAM

ADAM — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:55:40 +0000

I watch a lot of fights from all different companies. That was the worst fight I have ever seen. If it were on pay-per-view I’d never watch the UFC again. I think both these guys are bums. Like Rampage said nobody in there could get up with that fat bastard on them. I’ve yet to hear anyone comment on Herb Dean. For God’s sake, stand them up. I’m 260 and not a fighter at all, but I’m pretty sure I could lay my fat belly on a guy and TICKLE his head for 2 rounds.