Sounds more like bullshit, you looked up his record and came up with that. I'm one of the biggest MMA geeks I know, and I haven't seen him fight in Cage Rage, or Urban Destruction to see any of those knockouts.

I've seen him knocked the fuck out by Fujita, Aleks Emelianko, both from Pride FC, and Rogers last Elitexc. He got KNOCKED THE FUCK OUT, not on his feet, out cold.

Kimbo did not do that tonight, and this stop was utter bullshit.

The rules again state: A fight shall be stopped if a fighter does not intelligently defend himself.

that was round 2 when Kimbo was up on the fence getting punched and elbowed in the face with impunity by Thompson.

The stoppage was bullshit.

I can't believe there is so much controversy over a lowgrade fight between two lowgrade fighters. The championship bout wasn't even the headline fight? What's with that? :1orglaugh I've been watching EliteXC for a few events now and was hoping to see them pick up some better fighters and make a run at things, but after this event I can say they have lost any and all credibility to me as a fight fan. it's plain to see they're taking the dramatic wwf hyping a steamy shitlog approach to things...

I agree. The worst thing about this is one of American Top Team's fighters is fighting next Elitexc for a title, (KJ Noons vs Yves Edwards), and I'm so fucking turned off by this last show, that I don't know if I can stomach it to watch Yves fight. :(

I could'nt agree with you more Tony :(

anyone have a link to the fight if its been posted already?

What a scam.

Kimbo got beat silly for like half of round two -- on the ground like a girl.

This looks fixed to me.

Rematch.

it's on youtube.. search "Kimbo slice" / set search to "today"

A tough dude who "FELL TO THE GROUND LIKE A GIRL TO REST" the moment the ref called the fight too quickly.

The other fighter wanted to go on. Bloody ear or not.

Scam.

If they didnt end in in round 2, ending it like that is retarded as fuck.
preferential treatment by the ref for sure... EliteXC is depending on kimbo to be their milestone fighter and if he loses that would not go well for business. Hopefully EliteXC will fail in mma like the XFL failed in football.

Lets just hope they start bringing in tag team mma and ladder matches.

If you don't think this was bullshit, please refer to the Baroni fight.

Baroni was not defending himself and it was stopped.

Kimbo was not defending himself and it was NOT stopped.

MMA LADDER MATCH??? FUCK YA!!! :helpme

leave it up to elitexc to make it happen. i tune dint right in the middle of baroni's entrance. i wasn't sure if i was on wwf or elitexc....

Just watched it on YouTube.

Awesome fight!

:thumbsup

Ok just watched the fight on youtube (the video was terrible quality but i got the gist of it).

Thompson was clearly on his way out, I think it was an early stoppage but his ear was a fucking MESS! It was thompson's corners fault for not getting that thing drained before the fight.

Alot of the fights tonite seemed to be stopped very short, hence my thought is that CBS does not want to go to crazy on the "gore factor" and give their detractors too much ammunition for allowing cage fighting on cable tv.

I wonder who will fight Kimbo next? Is a rematch possibly in the works for James Thompson (doubtful)?

DH

Well said, we just watched it and I am amazed this wasnt stopped in the 2nd and when it was stopped I am not sure why.

I love Kimbo, but this was a gift.

yeah i agree, they would have stopped it i think it if was anyone else. it looked like he was just laying there waiting for the end of the round

Yeah.. I thought Thomson's ear was about to fall off! :1orglaugh

All heavyweights get gassed. I haven't seen a match where they didn't. I don't know what match some of you guys were watching, but Kimbo still had powerful punches even near the end.

Isn't Kimbo more a hand to hand type of fighter? I give him props for saying that he wanted to try to do some wrestling on the ground. If you didn't know, most non MMAs fighters new to MMA gets their ass HANDED to them no matter how big you are. Kimbo actually survived. That's something!

If anyone watched the Kung Lee vs Shamrock match, you can see guys can win if they avoid the ground. You just have to avoid the ground if that's not your specialty!

For all you MMA afficionados out there. Get real... did you not expect to be disappointed? :1orglaugh This is a gory sport on free, network TV! Of course they had to tone it down some. They're already getting a lot of press on ESPN. This show did it's job. It brought MMA to the masses. Those that didn't watch MMA before might become fans now. It's all about doing just enough to attract more fans.. Ultimately it's all about the $$$!

Glad kimbo faught a more credible fighter and won

The announcers were terrible. Scissor sweep, Kimura? Come on, they didn't have a clue.

My favorite was when one asked the other how they'd score the fight sof ar and his response was "i have no clue, huhuhu" and the other both chime din with "me either, huhuhu" they really had no idea...

Best was the uppercut kimbp landed and dam guys ear was flapping as if he was a mike tysons punchout character in the video game... funny as hell...

MMA provides solid proof that humanity has not evolved as much as we'd like to think.

Testing yourself in an extremely arduous endeavor showcases the best of humanity, not the worst. These guys are martial artists first and foremost. I would bet you that a higher percentage of MMA fighters have a college education than the general populace.

Get thee to a gym before you pass judgement.

If I was a betting man I'd take you up on that.

Beating a human being for the entertainment of others is not noble in any way, shape or form. I stand by my original statement.

I dont understand why slice wasnt using that knee on the ground in the 2nd??? he could have delivered some serious body damage while thompson was pounding away

Thompsons ground game is years ahead of kimbos and slice would have lost fast had thompson been able to keep him on the ground just a bit longer

Once thompson ear opened and kimbo saw blood the shark came out it was instant and visible... the blood clearly motivated him

the stopage was perfect timing... thompson was dead on his feet and didnt come out of it until the ref was in his face, it took him a while to figure out what had happened and thats when he took a shot at the ref

all in all great fight, and now kimbo has some video and real mma exper to build off of

props to both and reality kings for being some smart smart motherfuckers

It should not have been stopped. In all likelihood, I think Kimbo would have finished Thompson off as Thompson was very wobbly, but Kimbo was nearly out of steam and the fight could have gone to Thompson or ended as a draw.

Either way, I'd give Kimbo the win. He did more damage with his punches and rocked Thompson on several occasions. The problem with Kimbo is that he doesn't have the endurance for MMA. Kimbo is very fortunate that Thompson doesn't either which is why those small elbows and punches to the head in Round 2 didn't put Kimbo to sleep. He wasn't defending himself to conserve energy and the blows he was taking weren't severe.

Kimbo can be a good fighter, but I don't think he'll ever be a great fighter. He made some rookie mistakes. If he can use this experience so that he doesn't make those mistakes again, and increases his endurance, he'll be competitive but not a top fighter.

All in all, this was his first test for his ground game and his endurance (every other fight including his street fights, with the exception of the fight he lost to Ganon, never lasted more than 2 minutes). If he doesn't work on his ground game and ever gets taken down by a true ground and pounder, he's toast.

it is when both parties agree to stand toe to toe and see who the more skilled man is. It's different than walking down the street with a video camera and pounding on some random for shits a giggles. You seem to me to be one of those bleeding heart liberal faggots who is destroying our world. Bitchified to the max, lol.

The stoppage of the fight was right. It's in line with all MMA fights. Once excessive blood starts flowing, the fight gets stopped.

Kimbo is clearly the stronger fighter standing up. I thought the ref was going to stop the fight after Kimbo got his head pounded on the ground. It looked like he wasn't blocking, although the hits might have been weak.

Endurance is always an issue with heavyweights. Most go for the fences in the first round. When they realize that they can't knock out their opponent in the first round, they start conserving energy and come out swinging in the final round.

Kimbo has a chance to become great. He will make mistakes after all he is a rookie! He only had less than a year of work on his ground game. am I right? The key for him will be to fight smart. Avoid the ground! His hand to hand is awesome.

Lately, I have been dissapointed with the refs in UFC. However, I think the ref made some controversial but good decisions in this match. He did not stop the fight in round 2. Good decision. Kimbo was not being seriously harmed from those very light hits. True, Kimbo was not fighting back or defending but there did not seem to be a need to block those lights hits, except to avoid stoppage by ref.

In round 3, Thompson's eyes tell me that he must not continue fighting. I don't know if the ref stopped it because of the blood or Thompson's eyes or both, but Thompson must not continue at that point because it looked like he was only semi-conscious, especially since Kimbo can cause severe damage with only one punch. Kimbo looked very tired, more tired than thompson, at the end but his eyes were normal.

I totally agree with you on the degree front. Alot of MMA fighters are highly intelligent individuals who are far more respectfull of others than most civilians. People who only see the fights on tv will never get the disipline it takes to get to the level these men are at.

And for those who thought the entrences to the ring (Baroni) was like WWE, please pick up a few Pride DVD's and see what you think. They really celebrate the fighters in Japan. Baroni has been doing this shit for years.

Hey bro....I was watching the fight with a bunch of guys from the gym and we all saw KIMBO tap while in the guillotine choke about 2 minutes in and they didnt do anything wtf was that??????

That was a thumbs-up, not a tap.

http://www.sherdog.com/videos/videos.asp?v_id=1607

I guess we werent the only ones that saw it lol...Watch this...

Dig- I know you know your stuff and I hate to name drop but I was in the room with Forrest Griffin, Steve Cantwell and Dewey cooper and they were all screaming he tapped!!!

Either way....not the outing KIMBO needed..That I am sure we all agree on.....

Its CBS man, you know damn well they couldn't let the fight continue on such a network.a The guys ear was fucking bleeding like crazy.

Garbage..LOL. Cant wait to see this one. Im curious to see if they line it up knowing Kimbo could get beat badly.

The best part is when Kimbo had Thompson in a head lock and pile drove his neck right into the ground. :)

I think it was a good fight for Kimbo. He got to show his ground game a bit and still rung the guy's bells. He was seeing stars for sure when the ref stopped it. Good call.

lol, is that Bas getting up to the front and looking all jumpy like it's gonna break out any second in the down right at 52sec? :upsidedow

Rogers was about to get his whole camp stomped out lmao ROFLMAO



by the way was that Bas with the rockstar shirt on?