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Old 06-02-2008, 07:18 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Best article I've read to sum up the whole Kimbo situation. Link was on SI.com. IMO, everything the author says is on point. Don't hate the fighter, hate the promoter.

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First off Kimbo is not a discrace by any means, yeah his cardio is questionable, but not many HW have awesome cardio. His ground game is getting better. Remember JT was the bigger man and Kimbo got out from under him a few times. Thompsen is not the can everyone is saying he is, he is the best fighter kimbo has faced by far. JT beat MMA legend Don Frye, yeah Frye was on his way out career wise, but he is still don frye and it was a slugfest, one in which he took some shots that would put any normal human being in the infirmary. Kimbo is getting way to much flack for this fight, it was only his what 4th fight as a pro. And the bottom line is he won.
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Nah dude, I'm not saying Kimbo himself is a disgrace (Thanks for the headline edit, probably should have worded it differently), I just don't like that he's being pushed as the face of mma. It's not his fault, blame the promotion. But people who were being expossed to mma for the first time by this event are gonna judge mma based on Kimbo. If you're a fight fan that can't make you happy. I don't see him as a mixed martial artist. There are better fighters to better represent the sport. I think this event was bad for mma acceptance.
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I like KImbo but he lost that fight. It should've been stopped in the 2nd rd. Period!!!
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