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Originally Posted by DukeSkywalker
Id think danza needs to put some meat on his bones but he stands a very very good chance.
He's no slouch.
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I agree. I believe he may have the heart and the skills to win,But 240lbs of angry swinging black man, wanting a to get paid on you can suck pretty bad.lol
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Originally Posted by DirtyDanza
No problem....
why would I take it as disrespect? LOL im the one that issued the statement years ago.. which my point at the time was to prove that kimbo was not all he was cracked up to be and I Think everyone else proved that point... having mitrione beat him was the nail in the coffin ... he's a fucking joke... my 6 year old can give mitrione a run for his money every day... not to mention mitrione is a bitch
but for the record... I have nothing against kimbo personally I think he's a very nice guy... it's a shame that IcyMike runs him like he does... without icymike kimbo could acutually be something
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Originally Posted by DirtyDanza
why would I take it as disrespect?
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Because things come off different when you write them vs. saying them. And i am a guy that prides himself on not starting fights and drama here on GFY. Especially with some one that i like reading what he writes.
You are on point with a few things that you are saying.
Been friends with Kimbo and Icy Mike for 7+ years. Kimbo has always been a super polite respectful class act. But make no mistakes about it, Icy Mike made Kimbo.
I met mike through a friend who knew that i trained fighters and was looking to set up a bare knuckle "No Rules Fight" with his fighter who i never heard of. Said he would put up 10k against my 10k saying his fighter would win.
I thought to myself who the fuck is this guy and does he have any idea what i did and who i trained? Does he think im some kind of random porn director that likes to hear himself talk?
So i asked him where does your fighter train? He said he is just is a bad ass and can whoop anyones ass, just check his name out on youtube. I was like, really? Wow cool. OK???
I, at the time had quite a few friends that fought for Pride, UFC and I scouted fighters for "King of the Cage". Keep in mind, i knew everyone from everywhere because all of the fighters knew, if you fight for "King of the Cage" you could get picked up by "Pride" and that was where the money was. Starting pay for "King of the Cage" was $500. Any and All of these guys would have taken a "No Rules" fight for 5k.
Long story short i went down to Florida 2 weeks later for unrelated business. Met up with Icy Mike for dinner. I wanted to raise the stakes to 20K. Needless to say Mike found out that all of my fighters were pro and for real. He also learned what Pride was. Then he wanted to not allow any ground fighting in the fight. I laughed and said, "you said no rules", now you want rules? how is that a "no rules" fight?
So you want rules in your "no rules" fight?
Nothing fight wise materialized after that weekend. But i was invited to stay at one of Mikes houses and go party with them as they shot Inthevip.com. That is when I 1st met Kimbo. He was one of the coolest most respectful politest guys that i ever met. Was not thug or gangster. Spoke soft correct english.
Long story short, me and Kimbo have kept up ever since. Would stop by and see him as he trained with Bas Ruton and watched his skills grow into a true mixed martial artist.
Is Kimbo at the top of the MMA world? Nope. Has he gotten good at MMA? Hell yea, he has.
At the end of the day Kimbo has never talked big game. He kept quiet and let everyone else and youtube talk for him. And as a result he got paid on a massive scale. I think anybody in his situation would have done the same.
Now finally, do i think he is good enough to whoop on a 140lbs fighter with less than 5 amateur fights? Yes!! And i would personally put 250K against your 50k any day of the week. Keep in mind Kimbo still trains hard and is with Top Team right now.
I have been in BJJ for 19 years and MMA when it was called "Vala Tudo" and "no rules fighting". I have seen it all and heard it all. Got personal stories for days. Thought that you guys would get a chuckle from this particular story.