Rashad Evans Wants to Train With Kimbo Slice at Greg Jackson's MMA
by Anton Tabuena on Sep 28, 2009 9:42 AM EDT
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In the next episode of the Ultimate Fighter 10, Kimbo Slice will face the former IFL heavyweight champion, Roy Nelson. Even before we know the results, the UFC seem to be pretty impressed with Kimbo's performance. So much so, that Rashad Evans, who coached against Kimbo and Team Rampage, wants to train with him at Greg Jackson's camp:
"Are you going to see Kimbo Slice fight again in the UFC? Yes," Dana White said.
Asked if that was a decision based on the first episode's ratings, White said: "No, never. The ratings do not influence our decision. The guy can either fight or not."
White said one of the strongest endorsements he received about Slice's skill in the octagon came from former light-heavyweight champion Rashad Evans, who's a coach in the show and told White he wants to continue working with Slice at his elite MMA training compound directed by respected trainer Greg Jackson in New Mexico.
"We've been very impressed with Kimbo's performance," added UFC owner Lorenzo Fertitta.
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All Kimbo all the tie, baby.
On an unrelated note…
Brandon Vera is going down faster than Lindsey Lohan at a cocaine party.
Keep firing Assholes!
The Leafs are back!
by Ubernoober on Sep 28, 2009 1:02 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
going down faster than Lindsey Lohan at a cocaine party.
dont make statements like that unless you can back it up with a source…. preferably a photo or video!
by ryanwk628 on Sep 28, 2009 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Someone did, and it got hidden. Steveoc24 is probably right.
A man should never waste an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.
by iiowyn on Sep 28, 2009 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
Well I’ve been down on more women than self esteem !!!!
8-29-09
Keith Jardine is now known as "The Dean of Antihistamine" because he is always sleeping early in fights..
by MMAuthority on Sep 28, 2009 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow
That is a huge compliment for Kimbo.
by BakiHanma21 on Sep 28, 2009 1:05 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What exactly does Rashad mean by saying “he wants to continute working with Slice?” When has Evans trained with Kimbo?
by steveoc24 on Sep 28, 2009 1:34 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I want to train with Kimbo is code for....
I dont want to fight Kimbo…. But I have an excuse!!
….. He’s my team mate.
/Rashad
by Discman2 on Sep 28, 2009 2:23 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Kimbo is a heavyweight and Rashad is LHW so they wouldn’t fight anyway.
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by thetakeover on Sep 28, 2009 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kimbo said if the UFC wants him to drop to 205, he will.
Don't argue for the sake of arguing....
by Screwface on Sep 28, 2009 8:43 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Yes because Rashad would have so much trouble beating Kimbo Slice?
by MMAussie on Sep 29, 2009 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kimbo’s gonna be the new chef at JSF.
he wants to continue working with Slice
“Yo, I put cheese in deez grits, ya feel me?”
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by Robert Downey Sr. on Sep 28, 2009 3:22 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
this is a question – forgive me for asking it because i feel like i missed something.
Evans says, ‘He wants to continue working with kimbo….’. Yes?
Continue…? i thought kimbo was already on Rampage’s side during this season?
so what happened?
when someone says they want to continue training… i would presume they had a past of training together… or am i just reading too much into this?
by Ronnie Liddle on Sep 28, 2009 5:31 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Think you’re reading too much into it , he just wants to train with Kimbo (tho who knows , maybe Kimbo switched teams in the season but honestly who cares…)
by JoelMan on Sep 28, 2009 7:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The guys in the house still look pretty low in talent i mean roy nelson was the best guy in there. I dont care if Greg Jackson takes him under his wing. I still dont think he could beat over half of the UFC HW roster let alone the champ Brock Lesnar.
"Frank Mir had a horseshoe up his ass. I told him a year ago. I pulled it out of him and I beat him over the head with it." Brock Lesnar
by pitbull187 on Sep 28, 2009 9:52 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
“The guys in the house still look pretty low in talent i mean roy nelson was the best guy in there.”
You make it sound like that’s a bad thing, Nelson might be the most accomplished fighter to ever appear on TUF.
Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.
by ufc4 on Sep 28, 2009 10:28 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Well, I guess Kimbo wins this week. Not much mystery here.
by mburtoni on Sep 28, 2009 9:53 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
or loses but puts on a war
reading Roy’s recent comments, it sounds like he respects Kimbo’s game a lot more now than he did before, even saying he’d have liked it for the Kimbo fight to be the last fight on the show, because he wanted to be injury free for the rest of the program. I’m guessing this is going to be a war, and this is the reason so many are giving Kimbo his props in the house.
by orcus on Sep 28, 2009 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah
hard to tell the outcome of the fight, it could certainly go either way. Based off of what Rashad said about continuing to work with Kimbo, I wonder if something happens in the season where Kimbo switches teams? That’s happened before if I recall.
by soadtrails on Sep 28, 2009 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So does Rampage want Kimbo to train at Wolfslair also?
for all intents and purposes, just consider all my posts as works of satire.
by Bandaka on Sep 28, 2009 10:02 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Not a hard choice to make Greg Jackson by far > wolfs lair
by kanodogg on Sep 28, 2009 10:28 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Rampage is retired! Didn’t you hear? lol!!
www.knees2thehead.com
Check it out!!
by BJJDenver on Sep 28, 2009 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
“No, never. The ratings do not influence our decision. The guy can either fight or not.”
lol, what a joke. like we had to watch Junie fight on a couple PAY PER VIEWS b/c of his mma skills….ratings had nothing to do with it. shakes head
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by theworldsoldestsport on Sep 28, 2009 10:18 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
junie’s never been on a ppv, for what it’s worth.
by woooburn on Sep 28, 2009 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
don’t let the facts get in the way of a good argument
by Phildo on Sep 28, 2009 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Not that Dana isn’t full of BS here, but you rec’d an argument that wasn’t true
by Sliup on Sep 28, 2009 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I rec’d for him calling out the BS, not the Junie part :P
by orcus on Sep 28, 2009 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh my God...its happening...
Kimbo is becoming respectable…
"Hello, Japan"
by rembrandt on Sep 28, 2009 10:23 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
sure
As long as Dana backs him, all of the sudden the majority of the MMA community respects Kimbo… go figure :?
by orcus on Sep 28, 2009 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Or, as an outside chance, it could be...
that Kimbo has done exactly what Dana said he needed to do to get into the UFC, which was go on TUF and do well.
Considering that they keep contestants on the show for the duration to help train, this is/was a great opportunity for Kimbo to both learn more MMA from some great fighters/camps, but to also show Dana and the UFC/MMA world how serious he is about being a solid MMA fighter.
I’ve been critical of Kimbo in the past, but if he takes this “tuff” route to the UFC and earns it, more power to him.
by Razreshat on Sep 28, 2009 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
“that Kimbo has done exactly what Dana said he needed to do to get into the UFC, which was go on TUF and do well.”
Silly.
It’s amazing to me that Dana villified this guy and had the whole MMA community behind him in doing so, then suddenly signs him to the UFC through some “difficult” path through TUF.
Eff right off with that. An invite to TUF basically means you’re making it to a UFC card no matter what. Dana white went back on every comment about Kimbo he ever made and gave the guy an easy ticket right into the UFC while simultaneously convincing the entire MMA community again that he wasn’t full of shit. And once again, so many of you people are buying into it.
by nastyem on Sep 28, 2009 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not to mention to put a giant shot in the arm to a flagship tv show that had been limping along the last couple of seasons.
I am the bastard love child of Junie Browning and Diamond Dave Kaplan.
by The_Gaijin on Sep 28, 2009 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
"No, never. The ratings do not influence our decision. The guy can either fight or not."
I’m gonna go ahead and call bullshit. Even if he sucks, if Kimbo went to Strikeforce he’d up their numbers by a shitload. The UFC is going to ride the Kimbo train for as long as possible.
BOOSH
by Farthammer on Sep 28, 2009 10:23 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The UFC is going to sign Kimbo for this reason alone. They signed Herschel Walker for christ sake to boost there press and exposure. Kimbo wouldn’t been out of a job for 5 seconds before Croker calls and signs him up. UFC is not only playing offense anymore but also playing defense. The more fighters they sign and stars they keep the worse off strikeforce will be.
"Frank Mir had a horseshoe up his ass. I told him a year ago. I pulled it out of him and I beat him over the head with it." Brock Lesnar
by pitbull187 on Sep 28, 2009 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
1st, Kimbo will LOSE to Roy.
2nd, ratings have EVERYTHING to do with it.
3rd, no doubt that Kimbo wants to get better, but I would guess trying to get him to Jackson’s is a way to try and improve him so the UFC can use him on ppvs.
I would guess that just about any HW on teh UFC roster would beat Kimbo right now. The thing is, spending the next year intensely training at Jackson’s and treating him as the project that he always has been, could pay off for Kimbo and the UFC.
It amazes me, how many people are jumping on the Kimbo bandwagon due to an edited reality show. I hope he does well, but we need to lay off the Kool-aid.
www.knees2thehead.com
Check it out!!
by BJJDenver on Sep 28, 2009 10:39 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
And why is this just now coming out? TUF has been done taping for some time, so why hasn’t Kimbo already been training at Jackson’s?
www.knees2thehead.com
Check it out!!
by BJJDenver on Sep 28, 2009 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but...
KIMBO!!!!!
Keep firing Assholes!
The Leafs are back!
by Ubernoober on Sep 28, 2009 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bullshit, In the first episode Rashad said he wasn’t impressed with Kimbo, that’s why he didn’t choose him, now suddenly he wants to “work” with him.
Seems like Jackson’s Five want some of Kimbo’s bread…
by dancingChicken on Sep 28, 2009 11:03 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
because it’s impossible that people are allowed to observe a fighter and change their mind, right?
by Phildo on Sep 28, 2009 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
This.
I thought it was simple. Haha :)
by Anton Tabuena on Sep 28, 2009 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Of course it’s impossible, what a silly question…
To me it looks like another part of Kimbo hype, but of course I could be wrong…and Tiki and Page could’ve taken Kimbo to another level of MMA in just 4 weeks (“be better Kimbo!; learn submissions Kimbo!, do something Kimbo!”)
But hey…Rashad’s “boy” McSweeney trains at Jackson’s Five, so maybe he doesn’t have high expectations…
…and Kimbo is a sponge, which is cool, because he can soak all of Greg’s brilliant gamplans…
by dancingChicken on Sep 28, 2009 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
There’s nothing anywhere that even implies that they’re only doing it for the hype.
They saw him in training at the beginning of TUF. They saw him in at least 1 fight at TUF. who knows what or where Kimbo has been since the show filmed?
There are plenty of reasons besides hype why Rashad could say this. You assuming that it’s for the hype with very little to back you up.
by Phildo on Sep 28, 2009 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rashad has no interest in hyping Kimbo, the things I’ve been saying about him are not as serious as you think…
From what I understand, the info about Rashad wanting to work with Kimbo came from Dana White (followed by "I’m impressed… " by Lorenzo), who also said that Kimbo in UFC is not a matter of ratings…that’s sounds like hype to me…which I’m cool with, because White is a promoter and that’s his job.
I’m saying it’s all hype, because all the atmosphere surrounding Kimbo is like he’s such a great, fast learning fighter and not because he’s a big draw.
by dancingChicken on Sep 28, 2009 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How long has Kimbo been training MMA? A guy with enough athletic ability to get offers from The U cant learn a basic sprawl/submission defense by now? Im sure he has a basic guard/roll/get to your feet game by now.
by ryanwk628 on Sep 28, 2009 11:04 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Maybe the Jackson camp hired him as a trainer
to give out street certifications.
by MauiPimpin on Sep 28, 2009 2:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
ATT
I heard Kimbo’s training over at American Top Team. Can’t hav’em all.
I think he should train with Machida and Funny-Faces.
by TCR on Sep 29, 2009 2:14 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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