“Big, mean, bearded street fighter, an Internet You Tube sensation, gets a crack at a title in a hugely hyped mixed martial arts bout after only three pro fights, faces a last-minute replacement and — of course — has his big, mean, bearded head handed to him 14 seconds later. Snorrrrre.”
– SI.com, which incorrectly states that Elite XCs Kimbo Slice was fighting for a title, nominates the Miami street brawler for a “2008 Turkey of the Year.” Slice was pimped front and center by the now defunct organization because of his YouTube.com exploits. And when he went down against Seth Petruzelli in just 14 seconds back in October he ultimately took down the whole promotion — the “StandGate” controversy surrounding the main event was essentially its death knell. Ocho Cinco, Al Davis, Mark Cuban, Roger Clemens and Jeremy Shockey are some of the other athletes who made the 23-member list.
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Shocker! Although I think Elite XC was the biggest turkey, just a poorly run organization!
Just read on Bloody elbow about a potential K-1 bout with him and Badr Hari for march. He’s gonna be at Dynamite to meet the japanese fans. If there is a god this will happen.
LOL you cant be serious?!?!?
he is going to be the next flop.. like vanilla ice
Any truth to the rumor that this disgrace is supposed to going to K-1?
I really hope that fight happens cause Badr Hari will destroy him!
Ray — EliteXC didn’t fold. Haven’t you heard? “We’re folding. Wait, we’re not folding.” Who knows what’s going on with these people. And they were ragging on the UFC?
Where does it say in my comment that it folded? In plain English it states that the organization is poorly run. I’m sorry that your reading comprehension is so awful!
11 hours! 11 F’in hours in moderation mania!?! That was a well thought out post with NO F’IN curse words or attacks on other bloggers. SHAME. AND I REPEAT SHAME, ON YOU! Tell you what, you still owe me that d@mn playboy with the Dana interview from this SUMMER. Post my comment and we’ll call it even. If not, I’ll go to Cagepotato and tell them all to come to this site. lol
oh join the club chef. some of my best post never make it to the screen and i hate posting the same thing twice because then for sure it gets posted and you look like an ass for posting the same thing twice.
CHEF. i feel your pain. i dont get why some things are moderated and some are not, when the is no cursing and nothing derogatory said. the cage potato threat was a classic though. how did that get through?
I don’t know how that got thru. 24 hours later, still in moderation. but the more i complain, the lamer my post will look, kinda like I built it up too much. summation to that post:Turkey of the year should go to Sports Illustrated b/c they couldn’t get the story correct, didn’t know the background to the story and they looked like they simply jumped aboard the hate bandwagon, much like ESPN jumped on the regular Kimbo bandwagon. Hmmmmm…..maybe ESPN should get the turkey for that previous reason and the fact that they are missing the boat on MMA; a popular/growing sport whether they want to admit it or not.
kornhieser and wilbon from PTI definitely should.
i gotta agree w/u ray. Exc is the bigger bird. kimbo got bank and elite got bankrupt
Yeah I am surprised that they did not pick Elite VC over him trying to cashin on the MMA Gravy Train. HE was obviously just taking on he opportuity of a lifetime, and honestly there is not one person out there from his background that would not take the ride. People beg for their 15 minutes of fame, this guy guy 30, hoperfully we do not have to deal with the reruns or any more claims of his massiive reurn to mma without another solid year of training.
Im gonna DVR that Drake and Josh sh*t so if my son ever brings Kimbo Slice’s name up in an MMA conversation i can not only show him that beat down by the guy with the beautiful collie flower ear and the Seth KO but the aftermath, a total puss!!!
u hiding behind a computer screen calling a heavywieght with devastaing hands a puss. WHOS THE REAL PUSSY.
So…what exactly do you gobble?
LoL Nice chefpops! Thats the first guy that ever defended Kimbo on this site (of REAL MMA fans). LMAO!!! What are you thinking man! And dont call him a Heavyweight, you make it sound like hes actually a fighter. Come on dude, Kimbo is an actor, a prankster, or as EasyE would put it “a studio gangster”, ya puss!
LOL. If you like that, You’ll hate my defense of Kimbo down below that’s still in moderation.
AdamG have you ever been in a street fight? Kimbo isn’t a skilled MMA fighter for sure,but someone fighting in street fights is hardly a puss.
Yeah. Seems like Adam G hasn’t been punched in the face…
Ive been in a fight or two, i can have an opinion regardless though you tools!! SOOOOO funny, hella defending Kimbo Slice . . .Are you kidding me?!? Taking my random comment to heart like you’re the MOD Squad LMAO!!! Get over it puss. BJ BJ BJ!!!
He gobble’s Kimbo’s d#ck,odviously listen to how he keep defending his boyfriend
lol who has devastating hands?? kimbo?? he couldn’t ko cauliflower “glass jaw” faggot, but he’s devastating? even on you tube, his most devastating KO when he broke the guys jaw, was a cheap shot, and don’t say it’s not, because the (kimbo’s people) took that one off their web site!
Sounds like somebody has a crush.
A man-crush it seems…LMAO!
Kimbo does not belongin MMA unless he want’s to be stuck in the middle(Win some, Loose some). He belongs in a prison movie. He would be a “BAD ASS” in prison.
Are you serious,you are here doing the same thing,and I want call him apuss ,but I will say he is a turkey and he was way ,and I mean way over rated ,gobble ,gobble
How devasting is his hands when he is been fighting cans ,that anybody can beat,then he gets his ass handed to him by a LHW
i respect anyone who gets into the ring or cage i know first hand what it takes, but that doesn’t give me the right to have an comment about it. the constitution does everyone gets to share their thoughts here where ever they fight or not and i respect that too…so i will say with all the accolades of a fan that kimbo is a circus show. he’s a product of self promotion and corp. promotion. he’s kinda like a professional wrestler. he plays the role and gets paid. i have nothing against him but he does suck at mma and will always suck at mma. i give you a good fantasy match up for kimbo. sapp. in japan. that would almost be the same as a wwe match but it’s real.
This is just to funny! S>I making fun of Kimbo! LMFAO!!!
Slice-Gannon aftermath:
LOL, we all saw what happened to Gannon in the UFC…Kimbo is worse than him, so we know what would happen to Kimbo against ANY HW in the ufc! Kimbo is a joke!! oh and so is gannon!
Great display of cardio.
I was about to say that….Hehe!
Gannon is a cop A CROOKED COP. WHO FOUGHT ILLEAGLY. the guy is a bum and those other guys are pure white trash
You really are a genuine Kimbo defender aren’t you?
OK you are starting to sound like a real douche bsg,please and I repeat please get Kimbo’s nuts out of your mouth now,or get off this site because you do not know sh#t,if you are going to keep defending some heavyweight security guy that got beat by a lightheavyweight,by the way what did they do to make themselves out to be whitetrash,what because they wanted their friend to win,get off this site douche bag
Kimbo sure is deserving. Jared Shaw should get honorable mentions.
EVERYTHING I WRITE GETS MODERATED!
I actually thought that was a well thought out post with no curse words and I didn’t attack anybody. What gives?
Kimbo came up 500,000 a fight
What the hell is with kimbos chest hair???
Where you been man? All us cool cats manscape the chest nowadays! LOL, no i’m just kidding. Seriously. I don’t do that.
It’s a shame that there’s still people that thinks that kimbo slice is cool and don’t even know that he lose in 14 sec versus the ”Goofy-Homo”.
Fuck Kimbo. Maybe he can get a job at Pollo Tropical.
Also, isnt Cuban being investigated for insider trading?
Yes. $750,000. Pocket change for him.
Man news is slow on mania today. Just stuff that cagepotato posted way earlier. Come on guys!
I don’t really care for Kimbo, but si.com? Sports Illustrated? who really gives a rat’s ass what SI has to say about anything MMA related. i mean, c’mon, they can’t even get a simple story straight.
Was Kimbo in Jackass 2? You know, the guy that they put a beard of pubes on?
I think Plexico Buress will take the #1 turkey of the year for shooting himself in the fucking leg lastnight.
I am a former MSU Spartan…what a fool! You have all of what you have and walk around with a gun and shoot yourself. Keep it hood homie…WTF
Plexico shooting himself was Classic Chapelle…”When Keeping it real goes wrong!” How much money, how big of a career, how effen famous do you have to be before you leave the hood behind? I grew up in the South Bronx during the late 70’s and 80’s(When gangs ran around like the Warriors movie)-tons of Heroin, Crack, shootings, andn the highest stabbing rate for 80’s decade….I got a chance to get out and do not go back unless I have to visit family, go to a funeral, or to a Yankee Game….
That “keeping it real” comment hits the nail on the head!!! Remember what Chris Rock said about people who like to keep it real? Yeah, they keep it real, real stupid. lol. Plaxico. What can you say about a guy named Plaxico? LMFAO. his name says it all.
Thats right all that talent and oh so stupid….
sometimes it takes stuff like that to happen, to keep these spoiled wrotten athlete’s in line
Kimbo and Vanilla Ice can hang out and tell each other stories how everyone hated on them.
On the flip side, You can’t blame Kimbo for trying to make a buck. Hell, he is milking it for all he can get. He will be trying to cash in until this train crashes.
If they ever do an A-Team remake, he would make a great B.A. Baracus.
NO! Rampage needs to play B.A. I can’t even understand what comes out of Kimbo’s mumbling mushmouth most of the time. They’d have to put subtitles under him if he were in a movie.
Mongo, you are totally right. I can’t believe I overlooked Page for B.A.
He definitely would be bomb.
Ei Grembone! You won 4 shirts right? how about showin’ some love and givin’ me one? LOL!
haha, I might take you up on that… If you let me pick the one you wear. lol. j/k. I have to figure out how to cash in on that. I am definitely getting the “G.I. Jose”. I will be the pimp of my neighborhood.
I fucking hate Kimbo! Everyone @ work this his a bad-ass but I got the last laugh when he got dropped by a jab;)
what exactly were you even tryin to say.
I thought we told you to leave
I think it’s drunken gibberish.
Fortunately with several years of service industry experience as well as a stint as a PC Phone Tech I believe I can translate for you.
“I strongly dislike Kevin Ferguson. The other kids at McDonald’s think he’s a tough guy, but I was proven right in my disdain when he was knocked out by an off balance jab”
I did have to draw on my own experience as a drunken texter prone to calling old girlfriends at 3am to help with my interpretation.
You are welcome and I am glad I could help.
wow! real cool…
The Kimbo hate is hilarious and typical of people like you. He was pushed too hard too soon, but to sit here and pretend he’s completely worthless makes you all seem like idiots. He’s as good as plenty of other lower-card heavyweights.
I wouldnt talk shit to Kimbo in person, he’d beat my ass. He’s no pussy but HE IS NOT AN MMA FIGHTER. He’s better off as a pro wrestler or a bodyguard or a youtube street brawler or a crack house enforcer. He doesnt stand a chance against a good heavyweght mma fighter.
mmamania you suck for running this crap and Sports Illustrated sucks for their crappy reporting. At the end of the we should commend Kimbo Slice for his handling of what he was dealt. As far as all of you that disrespect Kimbo, do something with yourselves constructive (mmamania, SI, & keyboardwarriors) with yourselves. Thank you.
Gobbles is back!
Remember Gobbles the pet turkey from South Park? lol
A, well then don’t come to the site then Punk!
The Haters are indeed amazing! Kimbo has finally lost like you wanted. But nooo – that’s not enough – You still hate. Why oh Why. Every fighter eventually losses. Especially if they lack the neccessary experience. No big deal. What does Kimbo need to do to satify the haters.
He’s not with an MMA company now. He’s probably be fighting cans in Japan. What about you haters ? You will still hate BUT WHY ?
uh!lets see he has been promoted as the best thing since sliced bread,he was getting paid more than fighters(with real skills)that have been fighting for years.He was fed can after can,so people that did not know any better would believe the hype .Then to end he took a match with Shamrock to solidify himself as a real MMA fighter,then Shamrock drops out of the fight,and Kimbo gets his ass handed to him by a LHW,I think that pretty much covers it all
OK, has anyone ever seen Kimbo fight on the ground? No, because he can’t. EliteXC PAID Seth Petruzelli to stand with him, because they know Kevin Ferguson is worthless as a real MMA fighter. “Kimbo” is a talentless testament to how stupid and ignorant the vast majority of american sports fans are. Put a big black guy named Kimbo in the cage and watch him KO worthless, washed up old fighters, all the while touting him as the best fighter to walk the earth today. He is popular and commands big dollar fights for what reason? The guy sucks. EliteXC sucked for promoting anbd paying such a loser. He was spoon-fed cans, with a SILVER spoon I might add, and finally got KO’d by a jab while his opponent was moving backwards. Its a disgrace that this guy got paid what he did. Its a disgrace that so many people actually think he’s any good. Its a disgrace that I’m even here typing a comment about such an individual. The only reason I would ever pay to watch this guy fight is so I could see him get KO’d or have his arm ripped off by someone with an ounce of ground skill. Kimbo Slice personifies everything that MMA is not supposed to be. Its supposed to be about training hard, and honing your skills. You idiotic Kimbo supporters can call me a hater all you want, but what I say is the truth. The more you disagree with me or the true fans that share my views, the more you expose yourself as an ignorant fan. Go watch the WWE somewhere and stay off MMAmania.
Kimbo Slice is an ass kicker.
-utapout- that was one of the best posts i’ve seen. i dont get on here as much as id like and it angers me to see anyone supporting kimbo. i train and fight, and i’ve tried for years to get my friends and family to understand MMA is a sport that takes talent, dedication, and skill, and kimbo getting paid what he did was despicable.
Andrew, jealousy is an ugly thing.
Lincoln, stupidity is an uglier thing.
You obviously would know wouldn’t you.It’s always mature of someone to start calling people names when they state their point of view and you happen to disagree with it.I am glad you came to the defense of someone who has a axe to grind because someone other than himself cashed in.Read his post over objectively and notice how many times he says I or I’ve then then closes with “Kimbo getting paid what he did was despicable”.The entire post screams of jealousy.So disagree all you want,but to resort to name calling is just childish.
-utapout- seems to be fond of calling people names.
-utapout- wrote:
>>Its a disgrace that
>>I’m even here typing a comment
>>about such an individual.
Then don’t. i’m not forcing you. The only digrace is that you’re motivagted by envy, jealousy and hare. BUT why ? MMA is just asport – not LIFE!
-utapout- wrote:
>>You idiotic Kimbo supporters
there youo go again! WHY hate ? It’s just a discussion man. Don’t hate, spread some love !