It was unprofessional. I don’t recall takedowns being allowed in the rules as it was supposed to be just street boxing, but I could be wrong. It was a tough situation. Nobody knew what to expect from the other person’s crew.
Official rules…
No rule against takedowns…
No rule against submissions…
Sorry, SevenStar. You are right about Kimbo being correct going for a single leg (Although ground fighting is clearly against the rules and you are to back up and let person back to their feet if they do go the ground.. you think Kimbo would do that since he didn’t in other parts of this fight???), but Gannon’s guillotine was 100% legal as well. You are wrong about that. Knees were completely too.
yeah, I mentioned that. knees were allowed. kicks were not. My guess is his camp counted a knee as a kick. and yes, the guillotine was legal as well. My guess here is that when they said “no groundwork”, they assumed that submissions could only be done on the ground and forgot about stand up submissions.
who wants to see just boxing? have you seen the purses boxing gets at the highest levels? apparently a lot of people wanna see it. I agree that fights of this nature are unprofessional though.
My guess is that only their guys get ****ed when Kimbo was getting beat on by anything not punching. I didn’t see them jump in to break it up when Kimbo was dropping bombs on top of Gannon ON THE GROUND… Don’t know why you have such a hard time believing these guys were punks. I know and trained with a few of the people with Gannon.
BTW, groundfighting was defined as “no groundfighting, groundfighting is defined as continuing to make contact with a fighter after he is downed. A fighter will attempt to give his opponent about 15 feet until he gets to his feet” verbatim on the rules sheet signed by Kimbo. They didn’t assume anything, but that their boy was getting beat.
Oh, I agree. I love boxing. And I watch and learn even from this video. But there wasn’t really that much there other than two big guys throwing their weight around. The Boston dude exhibited more skill to me, more control in the clinch, etc.
Maybe I should watch it a few more times.
New Kimbo fight vid vs. two guys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh_8droTClo
The punch at 5:45 is huge.
Props to the second guy for taking tons of punishment and keeping on getting back up.
You can see he’s dazed at the end and can’t walk straight.
Personal Information
Kimbo’s real name is Kevin Ferguson. He is the cousin of US Olympic Judoka Rhadi Ferguson [1]. He is approximately 6’2" tall, and weighs 245 lbs. Kimbo is always shown with a full beard and a clean-shaven head. Kimbo is a college graduate who works as a bodyguard for In the VIP and MILF Hunter productions. Declared by Rolling Stone as “The King of the Web Brawlers”[2]
There’s a lot more info at wiki.
I wonder if he’s related to Conan?
anyone know?
His fight spirit was much too large for both of those men… he could probably have fought them both at the same time.
I had respect for Kimo until I saw a fighter handle him and his men jumped in and made a big fuss about rules and kept stopping the fight everytime he got into trouble.
[QUOTE=Ray Pina;723378]His fight spirit was much too large for both of those men… he could probably have fought them both at the same time.
I had respect for Kimo until I saw a fighter handle him and his men jumped in and made a big fuss about rules and kept stopping the fight everytime he got into trouble.[/QUOTE]
That was in his fight against Gannon.
Actually those clips are not that new, that happened several months ago at least.
the kimbo vs gannon fight
gannon got beat up pretty bad at the end of the fight he looked like sloth from goonies hahahaha kimbo lost because he gassed and yes his crew were being b*tches…
maybe ray should fight him. you can earn $10,000 if you beat him
He he…bodyguard for In the VIP and Milf Hunter. I would like to be a body guard so I can be in the VIP and do MILFS. 
bare knuckle fights don’t last as long as gloved fights.
a) the hits hurt a lot more
b) your hands hurt a lot more from hitting
if kimbo wanted to go pro, he would have to up his game.
There are guys that would eat him in the current ranks of any number of sport fighting leagues.
maybe that’s why he fights chumps? makes him look better? who knows. I think he though gannon would be a cake walk too.
intimidation will only get you so far, just ask Mikey t!
Kimbo is gold on the street. That is where it counts.
[QUOTE=Flying-Monkey;723449]Kimbo is gold on the street. That is where it counts.[/QUOTE]
um in pre arranged fights where there is no chance of weapons getting pulled or extras jumping in, sure. :rolleyes:
gold on the street indeed. he’s a big dude and can clearly handle himself in fisticuffs.
The guy is tough, no doubt, but lets not put a shine on stuff ofr the sake of it.
If he really wants cred, he’d fight more like gannon and less like lard boyx2.
[QUOTE=David Jamieson;723504]um in pre arranged fights where there is no chance of weapons getting pulled or extras jumping in, sure. :rolleyes:
gold on the street indeed. he’s a big dude and can clearly handle himself in fisticuffs.
The guy is tough, no doubt, but lets not put a shine on stuff ofr the sake of it.
If he really wants cred, he’d fight more like gannon and less like lard boyx2.[/QUOTE]
I was not just talking about this fight. Plus, have you ever been in a real fight? I doubt it. If you ever been to a hood, you might hear someone say “jus da handz” before a fight. That means street style boxing. No grabs. No take downs. No kicks. Similar to what they are doing. Someone who is good at this style is known to have “mad handz” (this is an old term)
If you have seen a real street street, you would have noticed in the beginning of both fights, Kimbo did something know as “takin they hearts”. After Kimbo got they with one real good punch, they didn’t want to fight. You could see it in the way they fought after those good punches.
My brother was known to have mad handz. He was good jus da handz or all out. He would fight all of the time. He would wear football socks just so someone would make fun of him. He would go to the water front clubs in Philly (his favorite was Baja). He got in or witness fights all of the time.
No all of the fights did not go to the ground. The few that did, the would fcuked up. I remember a time a guy took another guy on the and into his guard. I remember this because the other screamed “what’s up wit dis guy sh!t”. This was about 11 years ago(before BJJ was super well known). The guy did the take down was getting his face rubbed on the concrete. Bouncers came out and broke it up. The guys cheek was done. There was a brown patch of skin on the ground. AND NO THIS IS NOT PROVE OF BJJ INEFFECTIVENESS ON THE STREET.
Get into a real fight before you talk. I don’t mean in your school. You will learn quickly.
[QUOTE=Flying-Monkey;723513]I was not just talking about this fight. Plus, have you ever been in a real fight? I doubt it. If you ever been to a hood, you might hear someone say “jus da handz” before a fight. That means street style boxing. No grabs. No take downs. No kicks. Similar to what they are doing. Someone who is good at this style is known to have “mad handz” (this is an old term)
If you have seen a real street street, you would have noticed in the beginning of both fights, Kimbo did something know as “takin they hearts”. After Kimbo got they with one real good punch, they didn’t want to fight. You could see it in the way they fought after those good punches.
My brother was known to have mad handz. He was good jus da handz or all out. He would fight all of the time. He would wear football socks just so someone would make fun of him. He would go to the water front clubs in Philly (his favorite was Baja). He got in or witness fights all of the time.
No all of the fights did not go to the ground. The few that did, the would fcuked up. I remember a time a guy took another guy on the and into his guard. I remember this because the other screamed “what’s up wit dis guy sh!t”. This was about 11 years ago(before BJJ was super well known). The guy did the take down was getting his face rubbed on the concrete. Bouncers came out and broke it up. The guys cheek was done. There was a brown patch of skin on the ground. AND NO THIS IS NOT PROVE OF BJJ INEFFECTIVENESS ON THE STREET.
Get into a real fight before you talk. I don’t mean in your school. You will learn quickly.[/QUOTE]
:rolleyes: ok tough guy, I’ll go out and get into fights right away. lol.
[QUOTE=David Jamieson;723520]:rolleyes: ok tough guy, I’ll go out and get into fights right away. lol. :p[/QUOTE]
I’m not a tough guy. It’s just that you are talking sh!t.
[QUOTE=Flying-Monkey;723523]I’m not a tough guy. It’s just that you are talking sh!t.[/QUOTE]
Dude, you need to get laid or something.