Kimbo is a farce and Shaw’s one man show is over!

Why not stop it in round 2 when Kimbo was eating Thompson’s punches and elbows? That would have been a better stop!!

This was horrible!!!

Thompson gets stood up while having Kimbo in SIDE CONTROL and Miragliotta says Thompson needs to do something while he has Kimbo in the crucifix..bad night for the refs.

“Kimbo was not eating elbows. They were more like noogies.”

I agree they weren’t the hardest kits, but Kimbo wasn’t defending himself and he was being hit in the face and head. A stop could have been justified then, but not when it was stopped!

This was bad for MMA! It made MMA look more like the WWF/WWE. Fake! Fixed!

...Was the Young fight stopped? Was it because she was cut or did she say she couldn’t go on. I mean i know she was rocked in the 2nd but i don’t recall them explaining why it was stopped. Did i just miss it or was that cut really that bad?

I don’t understand why you’re “glad”? Other than all of this fishy business at the end, I thought they put on a “strategically good” event. I say strategically because almost every word had to be thought out in order to put forth the event/sport in the right light. There is no way they could allow a Penn/Stevenson blood bath for MMA’s first primetime event. I NEVER expected EliteXC to take the these types of precautionary measures (not talking about the Kimbo mess) but was surprised.

Do I think the UFC would have done a better job? Absolutely. However, the UFC (i.e., Dana White) had almost every network beating down its door for a deal but due to “control issues” we got the result we are now faced with – the UFC being the only major MMA organization with NO network deal. So, like it or not, this is the promotion that is going to be introducing millions of people to the sport of MMA. I don’t really understand why anyone would be glad that a controversy like this the taste left in the mouths of first-time viewers afterwards.

but thats all they said and i was wondering if they specified why exactly?

I thought the event was pretty crappy. The Kimbo/Thompson thing was unbelievable. The best fight, in my opinion, was Lawler/Smith, and it ended in an unfortunate fashion. Young took a pretty good beating in the stand-up, and Carano looked on the verge of being gassed. The other two fights flat out sucked.

Gary Shaw can’t be Vince McMahon. MMA is a sport. It’s not a freaking fictionalized show. This thing was awful.

From what I saw, the ref stopped both the carano fight and the lawler fight. Nothing “fishy” about that unless you think the doctor is not independent. I honestly think the Kimbo stoppage was reasonable. At 2 times during the fight I thought Thompson looked out on his feet. In the 2nd round and right when the fight was stopped. In the replays you can see the ref looking at Thompson to make sure he was fine. I understand the “complaining” about the standup in the 2nd round but I’ve seen worse.

Near the end of the 2nd round when Kimbo was taking repeated elbows to the head the ref told Kimbo he had to do something and he did (freed his left arm and covered his head). I honestly think a fight stopped in Thompson’s favor in the 2nd round would have been “worse” than the stoppage in the 3rd. Thompson looked totoally out of it. What would you rather have? A questionable stoppage or a signficant injury in the first MMA fight on national networks.

Overall, I thought it was an entertaining evening. The first 2 fights were lousy, but the last 3 fights were very good.

I don’t think there was anything particularly fishy about the stoppages in the women’s fight and the Lawler/Smith fight. The doctors may have been playing it safe. However, Thompson looked as woozy in the second as he did before it was stopped. I just didn’t see him being in any eminent danger. I really agree with the stoppage of the Carano/Young fight. Young was getting pretty beat up. I don’t know if I would have felt the same had it been a men’s fight, though.

One must intelligently defend themselves at all times…

Now im pretty sure it doesn’t say anything about defending yourself against powerful blows, and im pretty sure the 30+ elbows and punchs thompson gave kimbo on the head while kimbo just laid there doing NOTHING would fit the rules of a fuckin referee stoppage. Kimbo is the most protected fighter i have ever saw, and the fact the ref let the crap go on for over a damn minute of him getting beat on without stopping it proves it. The ref was paid to protect the hype machine at all costs and he felt “MAYBE” if kimbo was able to get stood up (surviving til the end of the round) he might be able to knock out thompson which he did. Then kimbo hit’s thompson and thompson automatically swings back at him then the ref jumps in and stops it and thompson hits the ref almost saying “if i can’t fight how can i can i do this?” Overall i rate the event a 2/10 and i almost feel it pushed MMA back 15 years cause it felt like UFC 1

I for one will NEVER watch another elitexc event again nor contribute to helping them survive. I feel ashamed right now to be an MMA fan to have to witness that. It was honestly pathetic i felt like i was watching Monday Night Raw.

Hmm, Luke Thomas… isn’t he the shit disturber who wrote that the only reason why anyone would dislike Kimbo Slice was because they’re racist?

“Kimbo Slice and Racism”
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/story/2008/2/7/101917/5868

“Kimbo Slice Detractors Are Anything But Racist”
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2008/5/22/534442/kimbo-slice-detractors-are

I guess your blog comments must be filled with clansmen then, huh? And Luke is a covert racist himself.

yeah that show was a dissapointment, but I’m willing to give them another chance because I like watching free mma fights. the next show can only be better imo.

not the 2 douche bags still thinking kimbozo is something to cheer about.

It was a joke and I knew it when the fireworks and pom-pom girls opened the match.
Good thing the Silva/Lidell fight was on Spike. At least I have never seen that one before