More Gina Carano, Less Kimbo Slice
by Michael Rome on Sep 29, 2008 6:13 PM EDT
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Anybody else feel like we've been inundated with Gina Carano media over the last week? After the absolute debacle on PTI, it looks like EliteXC decided to focus on Gina Carano instead of Kimbo Slice. Tonight she will be on the Late, Late show with Craig Ferguson.
I think this is a great PR move. The Kimbo hype will certainly emerge a few days before the fight, but going after potential curiosity viewers by putting Gina out there is very smart. She comes across very well in interviews, will not make a mockery of the sport, and is very likely to have an exciting fight that lives up to the hype Saturday night.
It's only Monday, but I think the EliteXC show Saturday night is going to do a very good number. All the concern a few weeks out about lack of promotion was overstated, it is only the ten days or so before the show that really count. Nobody sees an ad for this show in August and marks it down on their calendar. I think they'll do as well or better than their first show, it just remains to be seen whether that is enough to convince CBS to bail them out.
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You felt Kimbo interview made a mocker of the sport?
by The Bronzeville Bully on Sep 29, 2008 6:47 PM EDT reply actions
If EXC is able to pull something comparable to what they did in May, I would call that a success. ABC averaged 5.52 million viewers Saturday with college football, and they’ll have USC vs. Oregon or Ohio St. vs. Wisconsin. USC, I think, will still draw a lot of viewers despite their recent loss. UFC 86 will be on Spike, and the MLB playoffs will be on TBS. This really isn’t news, but it just seems to me like a much tougher environment than May.
Kimbo did not have a bad interview. I dont know why I hear people say that.
All I ever see is people tryin to tear this man down.
Dont hate on a man who has made it!
He came along way from the streets to where he is now.
Not to mention, hes sick with his hands in the cage.
Get em Kimbo!
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Tha O.N.E.
The streets???
He had a free ride to college, his “street” status was self imposed. Kimbo’s hands are ALRIGHT at best, he’s got power, a little head movement, and decent combinations. Kimbo himself is not a bad guy, but the general consensus to the vast majority of people is that fighters are nothing more then thugs. This is the MAJORITY consensus of america, most americans are not (yet) mma fans. Kimbo does little to change this perception (and perception is reality). More over, Kevin Furgeson is actually a very articulate man. he’s no idiot, but he walked into that interview as kimbo and not kevin furgeson, which is something that say… Georges St Pierre would not do. Yet Kimbo did nothing to dissuade people of their jaded views.
Reguardless of upbringing, he’s got more sense then that. i was born in Camden Nj, and even from a ’life in the slums" i know how to present myself well.
Kimbo got a big shot, great. Most of us know what he really is, an over rated brawler. Do I hate Kimbo, no, he’s got a good hand in life, more power to him.
But kimbo is what he is, sensationalism at its lowest. So its only natural people have chips on their shoulders.
by JaeeJaee on Sep 29, 2008 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
fingers crossed
I hope Gina wears something really slutty tonite. The smaller the outfit, the larger the audience on Saturday. This may sound crude, but it is absolutely true. If Kimbo is the ‘freak show’ that most casual fans will tune in to, Gina should be the ‘sex show’, which also draws.
I hope she makes weight!!!
No more of this “well the other women really can’t afford to turn this fight down so I’m coming in over weight” BS. I like Gina don’t get me wrong. But fair is fair.
Kimbo looked like a boob
Dude played himself out in that interview. I’ve seen him interviewed a number of times and thought he had come across very well, but on PTI he made a fool of himself and consequently the rest of the MMA world.
Also, he does not have great hands. He has good power, no doubt, but nothing about his striking is great.
Also, that head movement will get him KTFO by a good striker…head kick, OUCH! Down goes Kimbo, Down goes Kimbo!
by tallsforeverybody on Sep 30, 2008 2:35 AM EDT reply actions
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