UPDATE: Kimbo Slice Not Fighting Mariusz Pudzianowski at Moosin in Chicago
by Kid Nate on Jul 13, 2010 10:19 PM EDT
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Moosin executive Corey Fischer has confirmed the organization's intention for a second show, and said the current plans include bringing back previous headliners Tim Sylvia and Mariusz Pudzianowski, in separate fights.
If Moosin gets their way, they'll come to the Second City with Sylvia fighting 7-foot-2 Korean Hong Man Choi, and five-time "World's Strongest Man" Pudzianowski taking on popular former EliteXC and UFC star Kimbo Slice in feature bouts.
"I would say the Kimbo-Pudzian fight is the furthest from being finished, but we're trying to work on it and make it happen," Fischer said.
I have to say that this is nearly perfect freak show MMA fight booking. Kimbo Slice and Pudzianowski both draw eyeballs and media attention in a way that more legitimate fighters don't.
Fischer is also shrewdly thinking about the demographics. Chicago is a huge market for Polish immigrants, Moosin's home base. And bringing in Hong Man Choi will draw South Korean eyeballs -- Moosin's other home.
The first Moosin card was truly entertaining and I will be rooting for them to pull this off.
A few years ago, Kimbo Slice would have already fought in Japan, but clearly the crippled MMA scene there can't afford to make him an offer he can't refuse. We'll see if Moosin can.
And from a sporting perspective, Kimbo vs Pudz is a good fight as well. Neither man is a world beater, or even very good, but both have "strengths" (get it?) they bring to the cage.
Sylvia vs HMC is also more compelling than some of the other bouts featuring the Korean giant if only because Sylvia's striking-based style plays to HMC's K-1 strengths.
Time will tell if Fischer is just blowing smoke or if he'll be able to sign these fights.
UPDATE: Loretta Hunt rains on the parade:
I just did a quick text with Kimbo's manager, who said "NO", Kimbo is not fighting on Moosin in Sept.
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ill enjoy it for what it is I guess
"Players are gods, the stands are the pews, football is the new religion."
I must see this
"...ride life straight to perfect laughter,
it's the only good fight there is."
by dancingChicken on Jul 13, 2010 3:45 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
I think he is
I’m almost 100% certain we’re gonna see a Batista vs Lashley matchup within the next year…
It is what it is, son
I’ll be watching it.
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gif prospecting?
"I am going to burn your fucking house down, but you will blow me first"
by Barack Lesnar on Jul 13, 2010 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions
You wanted Canseco to beat him?
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by Anthony Pace on Jul 13, 2010 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Canseco vs Minowaman
"I am going to burn your fucking house down, but you will blow me first"
by Barack Lesnar on Jul 13, 2010 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t care for Canseco either, but I don’t want the man to be killed.
I throw raps that attack like the Japs on Pearl Harbor/MC's be out like bank robbers/Fleeing the scene, to be a sole survivor/DJ the getaway driver/Tried to dip but he dive, I socialize on vocal vibes/On tracks stabbed up with razor sharp knives
by Anthony Pace on Jul 13, 2010 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
are you sure?
"I am going to burn your fucking house down, but you will blow me first"
by Barack Lesnar on Jul 13, 2010 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
meh
I throw raps that attack like the Japs on Pearl Harbor/MC's be out like bank robbers/Fleeing the scene, to be a sole survivor/DJ the getaway driver/Tried to dip but he dive, I socialize on vocal vibes/On tracks stabbed up with razor sharp knives
by Anthony Pace on Jul 13, 2010 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
FUCKING EPIC
Those matchups are badass as hell. I ♥ Moosin
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I’ve talked about it before…
if I had the money to put it together I’d do Kimbo/Pudz in Chicago. Huge Polish population that loves their Polish fighters and Kimbo’s name value…combined I think you could turn a little bit of a profit.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jul 13, 2010 3:51 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
no just brent was harassing the moosin matchmaker on skype when he was bored one time
"How you expect to run with the wolves come night when you spend all day sparring with the puppies" - Omar Little
by The Omaplatapus on Jul 13, 2010 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Brent the Octopus
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by Anthony Pace on Jul 13, 2010 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
“This could sell out Grant Park” was the first thing I thought. If they added Oscar De La Hoya to the card somehow, we’d need to demolish a suburb or two to hold it.
by Marvin Malehooves on Jul 13, 2010 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh my. I live in Chicago. Should I go? I think I would feel filthy. Being in Chicago I’ve only been to Fedor vs Rogers. I think I’m going to Indy for 119 in September.
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Go.
Go for all of us.
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I less-rarely write
"I ain't having it" - Buster Posey, hosing folks down
In Chicago, Northsiiiiide!
Represent!
I’ll be there as a self appointed BE correspondent, lol!
by JAYGK95 on Jul 13, 2010 4:02 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
"self appointed BE correspondent"
i wouldn’t do that…
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by Anthony Pace on Jul 13, 2010 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
seriously. such a bad idea.
I would not even admit you have an internet connection. Like Brock.
I'm better than you. Na na na boo boo, stick your head in doo doo.
by Earl Montclair on Jul 13, 2010 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
this pretty much sums it up.
I'm better than you. Na na na boo boo, stick your head in doo doo.
by Earl Montclair on Jul 13, 2010 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Good idea if you enjoy the wrath of god. Somebody learned the hard way about waving the BE flag around at events.
Name names
"I am going to burn your fucking house down, but you will blow me first"
by Barack Lesnar on Jul 13, 2010 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions
We really can’t speak of him? At all?
If you're not watching Treme, you're a bad person.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by Scott C. Broussard on Jul 13, 2010 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I think it’s cool, shit that Subo guy is back
"I am going to burn your fucking house down, but you will blow me first"
by Barack Lesnar on Jul 13, 2010 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions
You didn’t read the Shane Carwin interview someone did, where the kid name-dropped BE and Carwin seemed to think that meant he was official?
Can't believe I missed that
Do you have a link of some sort?
Well, it seems like you’ve already become accustomed to masochism.
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Finally, some competition for Kimbo.
"You think you're too cool for school but I got a newsflash for you, Walter Cronkite. You aren't. "
by B.H. Farnsworth on Jul 13, 2010 3:53 PM EDT reply actions
i said this on somebody fan post but im gone say it again
do ya thang kimbo dont let them fools fade you. they hate how popular kimbo became he was on they espn magazines and everything they didn’t like that. they rather see him broke as hell fighting in the streets
by staytrue_and_b-real on Jul 13, 2010 3:55 PM EDT reply actions
Who is this “they” you speak of?
"I am going to burn your fucking house down, but you will blow me first"
by Barack Lesnar on Jul 13, 2010 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
You should write up a fanpost
"I am going to burn your fucking house down, but you will blow me first"
by Barack Lesnar on Jul 13, 2010 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions
i dont do that
i dont even mess around that much on bloodyelbow to be doing all that
by staytrue_and_b-real on Jul 13, 2010 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Aren’t you the Devil’s advocate.
"You think you're too cool for school but I got a newsflash for you, Walter Cronkite. You aren't. "
by B.H. Farnsworth on Jul 13, 2010 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions
You know you’d read it.
"I am going to burn your fucking house down, but you will blow me first"
by Barack Lesnar on Jul 13, 2010 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Of course. Then I would rec’d you after wiping my tears.
"You think you're too cool for school but I got a newsflash for you, Walter Cronkite. You aren't. "
by B.H. Farnsworth on Jul 13, 2010 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions
lol thanks man
"I am going to burn your fucking house down, but you will blow me first"
by Barack Lesnar on Jul 13, 2010 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ll rec you ten times(somehow) if you can convince a ‘newer’ or ‘less conservative’ poster to write a fan post. That Nightwhistle guy. You get him to write one…. 100 virtual recs. I’ll campaign for others to rec you regardless of the quality of the post.
"You think you're too cool for school but I got a newsflash for you, Walter Cronkite. You aren't. "
by B.H. Farnsworth on Jul 13, 2010 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
faders gone fade do ya thang i got mad love for mah boi kimbo but i done not even capitalize tha k stay true b-rad from the boo
"I am going to burn your fucking house down, but you will blow me first"
by Barack Lesnar on Jul 13, 2010 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Is your name really B-rad?
Cause mine is, and that’s not cool…
On a side note, like 3 weeks ago I thought of the name ‘Barack Lesnar’. Low and behold, about a week later you appeared.
Now I’m not saying I brought you in to existence through the law of attraction or anything, but I did prophesies you arrival.
"You think you're too cool for school but I got a newsflash for you, Walter Cronkite. You aren't. "
by B.H. Farnsworth on Jul 13, 2010 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
As long as you don’t pronounce it Be Rad no worries
"I am going to burn your fucking house down, but you will blow me first"
by Barack Lesnar on Jul 13, 2010 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s how its spelled on my birth certificate. Punctuation and all. :(
"You think you're too cool for school but I got a newsflash for you, Walter Cronkite. You aren't. "
by B.H. Farnsworth on Jul 13, 2010 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Thats prety awesome/terrible.
I'm better than you. Na na na boo boo, stick your head in doo doo.
by Earl Montclair on Jul 13, 2010 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I know a guy he’s 26 and his middle name is Gandalf
"I am going to burn your fucking house down, but you will blow me first"
by Barack Lesnar on Jul 13, 2010 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I was just joking.
He’s not. And that blows my mind. Poor Gandalf.
"You think you're too cool for school but I got a newsflash for you, Walter Cronkite. You aren't. "
by B.H. Farnsworth on Jul 13, 2010 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn....
I read this as Kimbo vs. Zaromskis that would have been a bloodbath!
lorettahuntmma
I just did a quick text with Kimbo’s manager, who said “NO”, Kimbo is not fighting on Moosin in Sept.
I throw raps that attack like the Japs on Pearl Harbor/MC's be out like bank robbers/Fleeing the scene, to be a sole survivor/DJ the getaway driver/Tried to dip but he dive, I socialize on vocal vibes/On tracks stabbed up with razor sharp knives
by Anthony Pace on Jul 13, 2010 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions
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a life: it's the shit that happens while you're waiting for moments that never come -Lester Freamon
by eastcoastatlas on Jul 13, 2010 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions
But isn't Moosin planning for an October show?
Technicality
yes!
I throw raps that attack like the Japs on Pearl Harbor/MC's be out like bank robbers/Fleeing the scene, to be a sole survivor/DJ the getaway driver/Tried to dip but he dive, I socialize on vocal vibes/On tracks stabbed up with razor sharp knives
by Anthony Pace on Jul 13, 2010 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Alas...
I throw raps that attack like the Japs on Pearl Harbor/MC's be out like bank robbers/Fleeing the scene, to be a sole survivor/DJ the getaway driver/Tried to dip but he dive, I socialize on vocal vibes/On tracks stabbed up with razor sharp knives
by Anthony Pace on Jul 13, 2010 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m just going to pretend this doesnt exist and just go on with a life that includes a Kimbo v. Marius fight. My life is happier with it happening.
I'm better than you. Na na na boo boo, stick your head in doo doo.
by Earl Montclair on Jul 13, 2010 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Kimbo vs. Pudz...
Now THAT is a freakshow I can get behind.
Okay...here we go...
If this gets put together with Kimbo/Pudz and Choi/Sylvia…anyone in the area is going to have to go to the event for some sort of BE Freakshow Hangout
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jul 13, 2010 4:00 PM EDT reply actions
I wish I lived in the midwest so i could go....
Somebody should talk to some Star Trek nerds so they can manufacture a scrotum and go as “Boy with balls on chin”.
I'm better than you. Na na na boo boo, stick your head in doo doo.
by Earl Montclair on Jul 13, 2010 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
not it
"I am going to burn your fucking house down, but you will blow me first"
by Barack Lesnar on Jul 13, 2010 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions
You were my only hope.
I'm better than you. Na na na boo boo, stick your head in doo doo.
by Earl Montclair on Jul 13, 2010 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions
We’ll just tell MicahW that Nate will un-ban him if he does it.
"I am going to burn your fucking house down, but you will blow me first"
by Barack Lesnar on Jul 13, 2010 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions
haha
I will not be meddling in those affairs good sir.
I'm better than you. Na na na boo boo, stick your head in doo doo.
by Earl Montclair on Jul 13, 2010 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
ok fine sandstormremix it is
"I am going to burn your fucking house down, but you will blow me first"
by Barack Lesnar on Jul 13, 2010 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I will co-sign this. But he has to wear this shirt too.
I'm better than you. Na na na boo boo, stick your head in doo doo.
by Earl Montclair on Jul 13, 2010 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions
the sword will be below the balls?
"I am going to burn your fucking house down, but you will blow me first"
by Barack Lesnar on Jul 13, 2010 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions
hmmm good point......
I'm better than you. Na na na boo boo, stick your head in doo doo.
by Earl Montclair on Jul 13, 2010 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh man! How’d you get the beans above the frank?
"I am going to burn your fucking house down, but you will blow me first"
by Barack Lesnar on Jul 13, 2010 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I will try to return to Chicago for this event if it goes through.
Friends, family… they matter not when compared to these freak shows.
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-Randall Munroe
Your priorities are on point man.
I'm better than you. Na na na boo boo, stick your head in doo doo.
by Earl Montclair on Jul 13, 2010 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions
If it goes down...
Ill be backstage for the freak show. Asked Tim today why he doesn’t beat up Kimbo and he said Kimbo’s management turned it down. :-( Sad Panda.
Be a man, not a child-Phil Anselmo
by ANance on Jul 13, 2010 6:53 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
so Tim actually tried to get a fight Kimbo?
"I am going to burn your fucking house down, but you will blow me first"
by Barack Lesnar on Jul 13, 2010 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Gotta make your paper man...
If he isn’t gonna get back into the UFC, he might as well take the most high profile and high paying fights he can find.
He also tried to fight lashley
Be a man, not a child-Phil Anselmo
by ANance on Jul 14, 2010 12:04 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I want to see some of the World’s Strongest Leg Kicks.
I'm better than you. Na na na boo boo, stick your head in doo doo.
Kimbo’s legs would shatter from the impact
But if you are stupid, you will be beaten with a stick - Proverbs 10:13
Someone hook Marius up with Hardonk or Pat Barry immediately.
I'm better than you. Na na na boo boo, stick your head in doo doo.
by Earl Montclair on Jul 13, 2010 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions
If Kimbo/Pudz goes down, the day-after gif will be more like this
I throw raps that attack like the Japs on Pearl Harbor/MC's be out like bank robbers/Fleeing the scene, to be a sole survivor/DJ the getaway driver/Tried to dip but he dive, I socialize on vocal vibes/On tracks stabbed up with razor sharp knives
by Anthony Pace on Jul 13, 2010 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
ADRENALINE DUMP
I'm a lover not a fighter
by spectaa on Jul 13, 2010 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions 9 recs
Pudzianowski looks like that after a morning dump.
"...ride life straight to perfect laughter,
it's the only good fight there is."
by dancingChicken on Jul 13, 2010 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
that will be halfway through the first round.
I'm better than you. Na na na boo boo, stick your head in doo doo.
by Earl Montclair on Jul 13, 2010 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions
One of my fav gifs. Thank you! =)
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
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by xFenixKnightx on Jul 13, 2010 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Watching this makes me sad... :-(
I remember jumping out of my seat when that happend.. but now my last memory is BITCH ass MEATHEAD pounding his face till the ref had no choice but to stop it or lose his job! come back KIMBO! i still believe n u
You dont have to like me.. but you WILL respect my opinion! Jon Jones Cannot be Stopped! and neither can Anderson SIlva! Cain or Dos Santos??
BE GTG in Chicago for the freakshow if it goes down?
I’m in.
by JAYGK95 on Jul 13, 2010 4:22 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I always thought it was a fail on Kimbo’s part for not having gold teefa designed mouthguards. He has the grill in real life so I think the mouthpiece would have been genius. He could have sold them on the internets and made mad duckets.
I'm better than you. Na na na boo boo, stick your head in doo doo.
by Earl Montclair on Jul 13, 2010 4:33 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Thats a pretty good idea. You need to cantact him. Does inside the VIP have an e-mail address?
I get more rec's then a Toyota!
i have no idea what that is….
I'm better than you. Na na na boo boo, stick your head in doo doo.
by Earl Montclair on Jul 13, 2010 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions
ha. I can't tell if you're being serious.
Outside of public view google “inside the VIP” with the filter off. It’s his old job befor he learned UFC.
I get more rec's then a Toyota!
sounds pretty NSFW
I'm better than you. Na na na boo boo, stick your head in doo doo.
by Earl Montclair on Jul 13, 2010 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions
is kimbo retiring?
this is prob the best offer hes gonna get to fight, a winnable fight in front of a large crowd
We have a saying back home that if your coming on, COME ON!!!!
Kimbo is working his way back.
he’ll b whippin up on people again real soon
You dont have to like me.. but you WILL respect my opinion! Jon Jones Cannot be Stopped! and neither can Anderson SIlva! Cain or Dos Santos??
Moosin
king of freak fights.
I really hope the Hong Man Choi fight will take place. I love that guy, have you guys ever heard the songs he released? very very cool.
man that would of been a AWESOME freakshow card
and Mike Campbell not to bad. O well why isn’t Tim fighitng in Japan
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