“If he ever wanted a rematch, I would 100 percent give it to him.”
– Elite XC’s “Rocky Balboa” Seth Petruzelli mentioned at the Elite XC post-fight press conference that he would gladly grant Kimbo Slice a rematch if that’s what he and the organization wanted. “The Silverback” stepped up on literally hours notice to fight Slice in the main event at Elite XC: “Heat” over the weekend when Ken Shamrock pulled out because of a cut just before showtime. At this point the long anticipated match between Slice and undefeated Team Bison member Brett “The Grim” Rogers is probably out of the question … at least for the time being. Therefore, a rematch with Petruzelli could be the most logical next step in the Kimbo Slice MMA experiment. Petruzelli added that he would definitely come into a rematch at least 20 pounds heavier than the 205.5 pounds he weighed in at for last night’s bout. Who would have thought we’d ever see Kimbo vs. Seth Petruzelli I, let alone part II?
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Yeah who wouldn’t be open to a big payday and huge exposure. This is in contention for the most obvious statement of the day.
kimbo definatly ate that punch but i think he should get another shot at that fight. im sure it wouldnt be over in 14 seconds next time(hopefully). i’d watch that fight again. hey as long as they put these fights on for free, i’ll watch them!!! i say give him a rematch.
i say give him one for that reason seth earned his shot at that payday..
mania somewhere i heard noah thomas from TUF won a title at TKO maybe you guys could find more out on that one
look at all this shit. all because a poster boy is fighting semi-legitimate fighters and getting knocked out. kimbo and elite xc are done, wait, they never began.
Kimbo has to fight someone tougher if he wants to get his credibility back amongst casual fans but everyone knows someone better than seth would clobber him and two losses in a row suck for elite and him. I bet seth would still pounds him out if he knows he’s getting a rematch because well he doesn’t suck as much as kimbo and he’ll come prepared as a heavyweight. Mind you he said he wasn’t training full time. Both fights are lose-lose.
KIMBO YOU NEED TO STRIKE A DEAL WITH WWE. I THINK YOU WOULD WORK OUT PERFECT OVER THERE. YOU WOULD BE THE NEXT BIG THING, JUST LIKE BROCK LESNAR WAS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU OVER THERE ARE ENDLESS.
I think thats a good idea…boxing is out now!!!
Damn, that’s a great idea. His marketing potential would be ridiculous. The only problem with mma is that it’s real, and you can get a real beating and lose real credibility.
I am curious to find out what the odds of the rematch would be. Would Seth be the favorite? Or will some mma fans think it was a fluke? Or will they hype machine that is Kimbo Slice still be a betting favorite for the rematch? This is actually a pretty tricky question.
If the odds were released and they were even, say -110 apiece, then I would think that the majority of the money would be being bet on Kimbo by all of his internet fans, which would in turn put Seth at around a +140 eventually.
Yesterday, Mania claimed that that was a fight that Kimbo wins 9 times out of 10. Everybody argued that statement and even said that Seth would win that fight 9 times out of 10. I think that ALL of you are kidding yourselves. Neither of those fighters would win that fight 9 times out of 10. I actually put it at a coin flip. Seth was genuinely scared as Kimbo came charging at him like a truck. He was in 100% retreat mode. If the fight stays standing, I say Kimbo wins 4 out of 5 times. But if Seth can get the takedown, I say he wins 4 out of 5 times.
Are the other two fights draws Mike? I think that Seth went in there with fear but I think he conquered that. That being said I dont think Seth is even a B level fighter(which shows where Slice is in his game) but I think he would dictate the pace of the fight and you never know Kimbo might be a little gun shy now but on the same note Seth could be a little over confident.
Seth overcame his fear? Did you listen to his post fight interview? He said it felt like he was getting rushed by a speeding truck, or something to that effect.
But then again, WHY am I responding to you? You may have asked a top 10 dumb question on this site. “Are the other 2 fights draws?”
Are you serious??
I said: The ( _____ ) is the info I added so you and other readers with 100 or less brain cells can understand
“If the fight stays standing, I say Kimbo wins 4 out of 5 times (Kimbo wins 4 times and Seth wins 1). But if Seth can get the takedown, I say he wins 4 out of 5 times (Seth wins 4 times and Kimbo wins 1).” (THEN, when you do the math, that works out to each fighter wins 5 out of 10 times, which equals a coin flip. Get it????????
VM,
I think Seth would pull 5 of 5 on the ground. Kimbo’s power needs to be respected. However, his cage awareness is poor. Granted this is do to lack of experience. If you watch the replay, you see Kimbo attempts to block or grab Seth’s leg. Seth timed Kimbo’s move and threw a nice right hand.
With Seth’s experience I think he could take 5 of 5 on the ground. Standing, I will always give Kimbo, at least, a puncher’s chance.
I don’t think Seth was scared at all. You’re talking about a guy that beat Bob Sapp and he’s a lot bigger than Kimbo Slice.
Seth lost to Bob Sapp. He almost beat him but he couldn’t continue due to an arm injury if im not mistaken.
WHY? I would want to leave that where it is, and be done with the circus act. Go fight some real fighters Seth.
What if Kimbo wins? Kimbo v Seth 3?
What if Seth wins again? Will he get a title shot or even guarenteed TV coverage?
no doupt, I would leave the org, right now. I doupt they have a multy fight contract. Dana give pinky a JOb again.
I could see Dana giving Seth a job. Think about it. If Seth loses again, that proves even further to more fans that Kimbo isn’t what he is made out to be. If Seth does well, then that’s just some talent added to the UFC roster.
“This is the biggest win in MMA history!!”
- Gus Johnson
LoL
I know right?
Mauro is really pissing on MMA by making that statement!
I know they made it seem like Fedor-Nog I. I had to mute it for the majority of the end there.
This is why this promotion is still a circus act. However, I would have loved to see Rogan in there.
“This is the biggest win in MMA history!!”
- Gus Johnson
“Uhh, no it’s not.”
- Joe Rogan
Right, “I think we should give Kimbo a Mulligan.” He’s not Tiger Woods and Second Mr Slice aswell as Petrucelli lamborgini Linguini or whatever both took their respective fight on short notice. Neither were prepared for the other and the results were fair, even and balanced. Sorry Slice u rolled the dice and u were iced.
Truth.
No…Mauro is making his bosses happy….nothing more.
…..and the “fallout of Elite XC, because their poster boy lost a fight” is already heading the opposite direction.
Kimbo losing that fight, and the other entertaining events of the evening just boosted Elite XC’s ratings for their next show…..gauranteed.
Let’s here the hate now UFC fanboys.
LMFAO
BTW, just out of curiousity….did anyone watch UFC’s replay of that boring ass PPV? If so…..who won?
Tee hee.
I just lost some brain cells after reading your post.
Horrible spppelllling, unnecessary UFC trashing and a ridiculous endorsement for EliteXC’s ratings based on nothing…
Examples?
I don’t see any reason to think that Kimbo losing will help the ratings for Elite XC. The only cards that did well were the ones that he was on. Now that he was dropped like a bag of quarters, many casual fans have already lost interest in him and mma as a whole.
Casual fans aren’t watching solely for the fights (like we are)…they are watching because they want to see a freakshow. Kimbo is still a freakshow, whether he lost or not.
I gotta agree with the extroverted introvert here. People tuned into Chucks next fight to see if he was gonna kill someone after he lost. They are gonna tune in again after the recent loss to Rashad too.
People watching Kimbo are gonna keep watching him just like fans of Tank are gonna pay to see Tank fight. Because he may just knock someone out.
Kimbo losing just takes some pressure off us more informed fans. Now it’s gonna be at least another year before Elite brings the HW title back if they have to strip the Giant. You know damn well who they want it on and who they want fighting him for it.
I watched Forrest kick rampage’s ass again, and I would yet again rather than watch subpar MMA
Heading in the opposite direction, have you been reading all the mainstream press about this farce. Hell Yahoo sports and other columns have been virulent in their attack on Mr Slice and the promotion. Damn, I understand you hate the UFC, but don’t let your rose colored glassed cloud your vision. Yes Elite scored high ratings but in the end their is a term for this win they had; Pyrrhic Victory. Look it up fanboy.
Seth would win again in my mind. Despite being an average MMA fighter he is still has the better skill set that Kimbo. Kimbo sucks and has a punchers chance. Once this fight was announce I knew it would be a bad decision for Kimbo. Seth has been training since he was a kid. To me this wasn’t that big of an upset, Kimbo’s terrible and I thought everyone knew that (well at least the hardcore’s knew). As I said, he has a punchers chance, but he will lose 8 times out of 10 against a more skilled opponent.
Kimbo was never a favourite in this fight since Seth was announced as his opponent.
This was a bad deal for a guy who only fought 3 times in MMA. But, really what choice did Kimbo have? It was either fight Seth (as a huge underdog) or turn the fight down (and be mocked by 2 million MMA wannabe fanboys that wouldn’t have the balls to fight Seth either)…lose, lose.
But Kimbo is touted as the anytime anywhere streetfighter, thats his draw. The announcers made it sound like Seth was a guy who had turned up at the arena to watch and ended up having a fight & it was a Rocky moment.
Kimbo handled the loss well, Elite as an organisation handled it badly at first, especially with Shaw screaming at the side of the cage & saying it should be a mulligan result, it was only after they had some form of damage control at the press conference they have started to handle it better.
INTROVERT…………… You said that “Kimbo was never a favourite in this fight since Seth was announced as his opponent.”
Did you see odds for Kimbo/Seth????? If so, where did you see them, and what were they???
What about the fact that he was 30 lbs heavier ,he got his ass kicked by a lhw.You mean to tell me that now we have to listen to people making excuses for him .Just the other day people was acting like he was god’s gift to mma,people accept he is nothing more than your common door guy at your favorite club,thats it
Are you for real?
Nowhere have I said I even like Kimbo….I think he’s a f2ckin’ thug that will probably end up with a bullet in the back of his head one day. I can’t stand the guy…never could. Not sure where you got the “God’s gift” quote from…care to share it with me? But, that’s not the issue….is it? The issue is…you could take any tough guy who wieghs 265 and has only 3 fights under his belt, put him in a cage with a 205er with years of experience…..the 205er is the favourite……period.
He doesn’t have 3 fights experience. Thats the point. He is hyped as a brawling internet street FIGHTING sensation by Elite. He got rocked by a dude 30 lbs lighter punching whilst moving backwards.
The fight didn’t go to the mat, there wasn’t any grappling or Jits or Mui Thai. 1 punch to put Kimbo on his knees and then hammer fists. This is the closest you will get to a street fight in a cage apart from the ref stopping Kimbo getting his head stomped on.
His record is 3-1 (now), obviously since he was 3-0 going in to the Seth fight, he has 3 fights experience…..are you from the moon?
Seth wasn’t moving backwards. He was up against the cage and Kimbo was moving forward after that kick that Seth used to create distance.
I think your missing the point Introvert. If Kimbo was so largely unexperienced as he was then he had no part in stepping in the ring on such a high stage. To be honest I don’t get where you have the right to say that he was expected to lose to Seth. Seth has less MMA experience, didn’t get to train for this fight, and has less ground experience than Ken. He weighs about the same and Ken and has a great record of 2-2 in his last four fights and not against the greatest of oponents. You can keep calling this a mulligan but in everyones eyes this is what it is, and thats a sham.
Truth!!!
He wouldn’t have been mocked for turning down a fight with 3 hours notice. EXC wouldn’t have even mentioned they asked Seth if Slice turned down the fight. It wasn’t a lose lose, it was EXC trying to promote Slice as anywhere anytime anyone and even though they got themselves a UFC drop out (name value) also being much smaller than Slice they forgot that Slice doesn’t have quick hands nor does he want to stand a brawl anymore for fear of being taken down. EXC and Kimbo both thought that fighter the smaller man would benefit them but it blew up in their face. Let Kimbo try to take Seth again at a more fair weight and you’ll see Kimbo get tko’d again.
man iv heard people say that chuck is finished because he has no chin?? lets look at the punches, liddell got clocked!!! Kimbo got hit with a jab/superman punch from the back foot?
in a way i feel for kimbo, cause he does seem humble n stuff, but i was really suprised that put him down?!! Maybe nerves had a part to play, weak knees that kind of thing?
Anyone got any news on the ICEMAN??
iceman says his next fight will probably be in may, they offered him a fight in december or something but he said no
kimbo has NO chin at all hes never even fought someone with enough gas to hit him 100% james thompson hit him but never really all that hard or in the chin, seth hit him weakly but on the button he used kimbo charging at him against him and his own fat weight made the punch more powerful
Seth is just an average young fighter, and i cant help but think the exact same thing would occur if they fought again, matter of fact it would happen if kimbo fights anyone half descent.. so will they do a rematch? most likely not, not if they want to keep the kimbo slice legacy around. All i have to say is thank god gina didnt lose or they would be in a horrible situation right now.
kimbo losing could end up being better for them then him winning though, if hes undefeated hes got more leverage towards more pay, and they can market his next fight as “first time in his career coming off a loss and he’s hungrier than ever” and you know they are going to
he got rocked by a jab, maybe he should grow some hair around his eyes to soften the blow
Seth must have thought “That was Easy” after that fight. Good to see the Circus act go down. Sorry Kimbo but in order to have some credibility you have to fight some talent and not guys that are way past their prime.
honestly its not that kimbo got dropped by seth. its really that kimbo got dropped by a right hand that seth threw falling back and on one leg. kimbo can have all the power he wants but that beard cant protect his glass jaw!! id like to see a rematch or not then see kimbo vs tito!
Alright lets agree to disagree; Seth didn’t hit Kimbo with a full-fledged cross, nor did he hit him with a full-fledged jab. Lets say he hit Kimbo with a crab.
Kimbo is Elite XC”s “Obama” (over rated and inexperienced), their savior the one who will take them to the top.. I bet they’re all in mourning right now.
Mourning what? The fact that they just had a successful MMA event on primetime CBS? Even the CBS execs are saying it was successful.
That their boy lost and will take a win over a big name to get back to mainstream. All I saw last week were Kimbo Tapout shirts everywhere, including the mall. I still want to see Shamrock go at it, but wish they threw in AA instead to retire Kimbo for good.
florian’s got ken-bows. swick’s got the swickutine. and now a new fight finishing/career ending move has been born. seth petruzelli has given birth to the crab; cross/jab falling backwards and on one foot. houston alexander better watch out too.
actually i hope ufc drops houston, cause id love to see that matchup . kimbo vs houston. brawl it up.