Florida Begins Preliminary Investigation of Kimbo Slice vs. Seth Petruzelli Fight

EliteXC Under Investigation by Discman2

as they have been talking on some ESPN shows that I watch about how Elite XC is “fixing fights” like boxing was accused of doing for so long. Good

Does anyone else think this would potentially be a bigger deal to if this fight had lasted a couple rounds and Kimbo had knocked Petruzelli out and then Petruzelli had come out and said he would have preferred to take it to the ground, but got paid extra to keep it standing?

I’m not saying it isn’t a big deal as it is, because the underlying potential conduct by EXC is every bit as bad here as if the outcome of the fight had been much different. But from an investigation and sanctioning standpoint, it seems like maybe it’ll be less of a concern because the allegedly shady dealings didn’t end up benefitting Kimbo at all.

I dunno … maybe not, but I’m just wondering if that might end up playing a role in how seriously they look into this case.

Does anybody else think they wont do a very thorough investigation? I mean if she’s allready saying she doesn’t think anything wrong happened it’s possible they won’t follow up as much as they should.

Hey look, Franklin McNeil did something useful.

Or, if they do, it’s completely isolated to EXC. Hell, maybe the ensuing firestorm from finding some dirt would help get MMA regulated by Congress like every other sport (hello, permanent UFC domination, complete with antitrust exemption)

Many in the MMA community have been demanding an investigation into this. I wouldn’t be surprised if something really bad came out of this. This may be a case of “be careful waht you wish for.” However, when it comes to the long term integrity of the sport, it may be necessary.

Good work by all the EXC morons on contradicting themselves and not being able to keep their mouths shut.

Hopefully they find nothing and we can get on with our lives, but something tells me this will stink for a while.