Dana White Disses Kimbo Slice

by Kid Nate on Feb 5, 2008 2:57 PM EST in MMA News

Dana might have to eat these words someday:

Internet sensation Kimbo Slice currently competes in rival organization EliteXC. Slice was made famous through street fights televised on Youtube.com.

White does not think that Slice is ready for the UFC.

"Sean Gannon beat him in a street fight. Everyone saw happened to Sean Gannon when he fought a guy that no one ever heard of (a decisive TKO loss to Branden Lee Hinkle in the UFC)," said White, "Gannon was in the hospital for three weeks."

"That's what would happen to Kimbo Slice if he fought in the UFC. He would get hurt bad - real bad," White said.

HT: MMA Mania.

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Re: Dana White Disses Kimbo Slice

Maybe in 2 years Slice could be an undercard UFC fighter. Maybe.

by Michaelthebox on Feb 5, 2008 3:43 PM EST reply actions

Re: Dana White Disses Kimbo Slice

Can we really see Dana saying "Kimbo is the next big thing and I wish we had him but our competitor has him".
I have no doubt that if Kimbo continues to impress and takes on some serious competition and win the UFC will try and court him.
I just hope the next EliteXC is carried by the Fight network again. I was impressed with Tank's comments on "Inside MMA" and I think the bout will be pretty decent. Hopefully more competitive than Kimbo's last outing anyway.

by pr0cs on Feb 5, 2008 3:53 PM EST reply actions

Re: Dana White Disses Kimbo Slice

Kimbo does have ALOT to prove in terms of MMA.

by Tha Realness on Feb 5, 2008 4:04 PM EST reply actions

Re: Dana White Disses Kimbo Slice

Tank is a good gatekeeper because if Kimbo doesnt fight smart he could get KO'd. Kimbo is 33 years old and his game has gotta be good now, not four years from now. I think he should be fighting more.

by Yasnian on Feb 5, 2008 4:18 PM EST reply actions

Re: Dana White Disses Kimbo Slice

And Dana is so right. Yeah, Luke, your boy is all that... He's a joke. Wait for real competition, he'll get the same Brock got and more.

by MoreThanUFC on Feb 5, 2008 7:58 PM EST reply actions

Re: Dana White Disses Kimbo Slice

I still don't think we've seen enough from Kimbo to know where he fits in the pecking order. i don't know that Tank is a good gatekeeper, but he'll certainly give Kimbo's chin a workout. Let's hope that Kimbo continues to develop and continues to face better competition. But MoreThanUFC gives me a great idea: I'd LOVE to see him in a fight against Lesnar.

That's the fight that would have the BE crew slitting their wrists: "Which unproven fighter do we nut-hug? The bare-knuckle brawler who may have no ground game, or the wrestler who has no idea how to finish fights? It's too much!" (just kidding guys! I kid because I love! Keep up the good work!)

by jemaleddin on Feb 5, 2008 9:34 PM EST reply actions

Re: Dana White Disses Kimbo Slice

Lesnar would chew him up in a heartbeat. Kimbo would have about 3 seconds to land a punch before Lesnar dumped him on the ground and pounded him out.

by Brent Brookhouse on Feb 5, 2008 10:19 PM EST up reply actions

Re: Dana White Disses Kimbo Slice

I guess he'd have to make that a pretty good punch, eh? :-)

Having rewatched the Lesnar/Mir fight about 30 times now (counting the blows to the back of the head - I see 5, the third one looks unintentional), I have to say that Lesnar's strikes on the ground didn't look that great. I'm sure that the whole Force = Mass x Acceleration means that his giant hands don't have to be moving very fast to smash somebody, but he really needs some help with his ground n pound as well. He's not getting his weight behind his strikes.

by jemaleddin on Feb 6, 2008 6:55 AM EST up reply actions

Re: Dana White Disses Kimbo Slice

For all the grief that Dana gives us net users...the smart ones know that MMAth doesn't work...just because X beats Y and Z beats X that Z would totally wreck Y.

I'm not saying Kimbo would or wouldn't get hurt...but c'mon Kimbo/Gannon is a different fight than Kimbo/Hinkle.

I think if Kimbo can get a few decent wins under his belt, Dana may sing a different tune...unless he's in such denial at that point that a street fighter could possibly choose to take the sport seriously...Brock did...

by Sidrskegg on Feb 5, 2008 10:20 PM EST reply actions