[QUOTE="Lockedge"][QUOTE="shyskillz"] i'm wondering what will ppl do and say when kimbo slices the competition into bits and pieces. in a fight anyone at any time can get put on their backside. i know if he loses ppl will say he was not experienced enough, but i'm more eager to see what ppl will say if he wins...
idk why ppl are predicting the out come like the fight is rigged or something. once that bell ring about half of that fancy martial arts go out the window and it turns into a street brawl.....i've seen it done so often. but this is where kimbo is at his best. in this sport i really havn't seen anyone else as hungry and durable as kimbo. plenty times he showed his jaw to be made of iron, which at the same time i've seen fighters get dropped from hits that looked like someone smack them instead of punched. itz going to be interesting thats 4 sure.
shyskillz
Street fights have no rules. MMA does. By the book, Kimbo lost his last fight due to TKO because he couldn't defend himself against James Thompson. For some unkown reason, the referee threw the rules out and allowed the match to continue, not to mention Kimbo's questionable winning "(T)KO" flurry, which stunned Thompson more than knocked him out.
I think Kimbo's a good person. He's trained hard and committed to a solid regiment with Bas Rutten, and he's making money for his family and his friends. He's respectable.
I just don't think he's that great of a fighter. He DOES have a good jaw, but his striking sucks, his ground work sucks, his cardio sucks, and his movement/agility is underwhelming. He's still more street brawler than MMA fighter, but that ratio will flip soon enough.
If he beats Ken Shamrock, which shouldn't be too hard because Shammy lost to a journeyman scrub recently, he'll still have fought underwhelming opponents. Yes, anyone can be put on their back in MMA, but within reason. You can't convince me Kimbo would put Fabricio Werdum on his back, or Cheick Kongo or Jeff Monson or Rich Franklin or Lyoto Machida or Wanderlei Silva or any MMA LHW/HW worth mentioning.
i can respect that...but like i said it only takes one blow, and seeing how dedicated Kimbo is....i 'm sure the skills he lacks in will be improving dramatically. Which is why I think Kimbo will probably end up beating Shamrock, because he's training and EliteXC will be making sure he spends most of his time training.
Kimbo can't be taken at the face value we saw last time around, but at the same time, you can't teach BJJ defense in a year's time. Not against a skill level that Shamrock holds. You can't teach striking skills so quickly. He's still going to be very raw and very green.
He's also not young, at 34 and a half. Many fighters retire before this age.
The sad thing is, Kimbo will win the Shamrock match either way. If Shamrock poses too much of a threat on the ground, the ref will stand the match up and keep Kimbo and Shamrock standing, where Shamrock clearly doesn't match-up. Kimbo is the star of EliteXC and they won't let him lose if it's preventable.
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