I think this is a great move. I for one will be watching.
[QUOTE=1bad65;938774]White did bring back Tito too. Business is business.
If Kimbo is indeed on TUF, I wonder if he has improved at all? Is Bas still running around talking about how hard-working and skilled Kimbo is?[/QUOTE]
As much as I don’t like Tito, at least he was a trained fighter. Not some big doof swinging his massive arms hoping to get lucky.
Dana White’s former remarks on Kimbo aside, this is actually a brilliant move.
He gets to pull Kimbo on board, and in doing so attract all the hype and audience that Kimbo has built up. Is anyone talking about Fedor’s next fight on Affliction? nope, all the talk is Kimbo, TUF, and UFC 100.
In addition, rumblings have been made about UFC wanting or needing to attract more of the African American and Latino prospective untapped fans out there. Bringing in Kimbo is a fair move in that direction.
Lastly, Dana doesn’t look like a hypocrite and sell out, because he is in essence putting Kimbo through the works, giving him a test. As a result, if Kimbo gets powned, Dana can simply say “look, I told you so before”, and if Kimbo does well or even wins, he can point out that Kimbo has trained over the past few years and then on the show and evidently legitimized his self and wasn’t just given a pass for being Kimbo Slice.
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Lastly, Dana doesn’t look like a hypocrite and sell out, because he is in essence putting Kimbo through the works, giving him a test. As a result, if Kimbo gets powned, Dana can simply say “look, I told you so before”, and if Kimbo does well or even wins, he can point out that Kimbo has trained over the past few years and then on the show and evidently legitimized his self and wasn’t just given a pass for being Kimbo Slice.[/QUOTE]
Yup. And Dana may even admit he was wrong Kimbo makes it in (although I doubt it).
I don’t know who the other contestant will be, but do you think Kimbo will still intimidate the less experiened fighters?
[QUOTE=golgo;939001]Yup. And Dana may even admit he was wrong Kimbo makes it in (although I doubt it).
I don’t know who the other contestant will be, but do you think Kimbo will still intimidate the less experiened fighters?[/QUOTE]
I doubt it too. Notice the last few seasons the fighters had to win a fight to make it on the show. They aren’t doing that this season.
I’b bet the other guys are chomping at the bit to fight him.
I don’t know why everyone is so hard on Kimbo, the guy never said he was awesome. He said it himself, he is still learning the trade, and with only four fights under his belt can you really blame him? How many MMA fighters on here can say in their first four fight they looked good against PROFESSIONAL fighters, not amateur fighters.
I don’t know how he gives an organization a bad rep. The guy used to beat up guys on youtube a couple years back, but he wasn’t really tested (except Ganon) because of his size. So what does he do, he goes into arguable the toughest combat sport there is to test himself and improve. And he’s composed himself in a professional manner, even though the whole time ppl like Dana called him a freak and a sideshow. I don’t recall Kimbo ever returning the favor.
Just watched a sneak peak clip on the TUF mainpage.
I really want to see Kimbo go in there, train his ass off, stay out of the drama and prove he is willing to work…wether he win or lose at any given point.
I thought it was BS of Rampage to start off the way he did by telling Kimbo he didn’t need to do anything during the 1st workout. They didn’t show past that in the sneak peak but I’m hoping Kimbo gets out their and works.
and, frak, those football players are hyuge!!! even Rashad and Rampage could be seen to kinda swallow and go ‘oh, sh!t’.
GreenCloud…not to steal your thunder for starting this topic but I might create a TUF 10 topic and merge this with it…i think there is going to be a lot of discussion about this season and might as well merge things early. edit well, looky there…you had one started already 
id like to see kimbo win the whole thing:D
Dang you say that cut on dude’s head? :eek:
yea, no ****.
pretty unimpressive fight, wrestler couldn’t finish, big guy was out of it from the beginning
the 4 fights on ‘Fight Night’ were pretty good…especially the first one.
If last night’s fight in any indication of the skill level of this season’s fighters, I think Kimbo may stand a chance. On that note, anyone notice that Kimbo was always the leader doing drills on Rampage’s team, out front getting it done. Hell, when the big guy was ready to hurl, Kimbo was holding him up trying to help and inspire him. This may be simply good camera work, but I myself am rooting for Kimbo. He is fun to watch, seems humble, and wants to be there. He could have easily gone to another promotion and made money, but he wants to prove he belongs with the best. Regardless, I will be tuning in for the first time in a long time to watch this season, so I guess Dana White did his job. Also, hearing Rampage bust on everyone is worth the watch as well. “Look at the boy, he got titties”.
Hey titties! That was hilarious! Yeah, I hope Kimbo wins or at least goes out to someone experienced in the later fights like Wes Simms for the finals or something. Something where he can still hold his head up.
Lastnight’s Ultimate figter
Hey, what did you guys think about last night’s ultimate fighter..
It totally grossed a lot of people out..
I am interested in hearing your thoughts?
The show isn’t nearly as good as it should be, now that Rashad and Rampage’s fight has been postponed. I don’t know how much of this is real and how much is staged. I imagine Dana White has asked them to get into arguments as much as possible for our entertainment value. It felt like a waste of time watching last night. I’ll just wait for the DVD so I can see the fights.
the cut
I think that the ref should have stopped the fight to allow the ring doc to check that cut out…at one point, blood was pouring out of his head. but, during the 2nd round, he actually stopped bleeding for a bit.
i missed the strike that did the damage though.
i can’t decide where this is going to head…I did see Kimbo take sort of a leading role…was **** funny to see that huge football player gassing like that.
at the end they had a close up of that cut when it was being stiched shut. nasty looking cut:eek:
yeah, it was gross…
I wonder if they photoshopped it at all
wow…what a sad fight…but, kinda exemplifies everything i know i’ve said about ‘size matters’ …and conditioning matters more.
Evans team may be in for a rough ride since they are giving up size more often…they might win it but it won’t be easy.
and, Roy vs. Kimbo… i dunno, Roy isn’t training very hard…or at least they aren’t showing him training very hard and Kimbo is getting on it every practice.
i do hope Roy gets that ear drained before the fight…gonna sound like steppin’ on a pregnant ****roach if he don’t.
I really hope Nelson gets KTFO by Kimbo. Not only has he let himself go as far as conditioning, but he is a complete tool as well. Never dreamed I would be rooting for Kimbo this season as much as I am, but I guess a good script will do that:D
i don’t know about a script…it’s all being coached from behind the scenes for sure. And, everything surrounding Kimbo has been thought out long and hard…the question is really about what they have decided to show us which is more after the fact than a script…more in the post-production and editing.