kimbo slice vs ken shamrock

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I watch eliteXC on showtimes ON DEMAND.
not really impressive fighters. but bill goldberg is a great commentator

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) – Late replacement Seth Petruzelli stopped hyped heavyweight Kimbo Slice in just 14 seconds Saturday night, handing the former street fighter his first mixed martial arts loss.

Petruzelli, 28, had been slated to fight on the undercard against Aaron Rosa at the BankAtlantic Center. But he was bumped up to the heavyweight main event of the EliteXC “CBS Saturday Night Fights” card when the athletic commission sidelined Ken Shamrock. The UFC Hall of Famer needed six stitches over his left eye after an old cut reopened when he was bumping heads warming up earlier in the day.

Petruzelli, a graduate of Season 2 of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality TV show, had been shaping to fight at light-heavyweight and weighed in 205.5 pounds, 29 lighter than Slice. He had also lost two of his last four fights before dispatching Slice.

Slice (3-1) declined to touch gloves in the cage before the fight and came forward at the bell, backing off Petruzelli (11-4). But as Slice looked to block a front kick, he was toppled with a right. Slice fell forward and Petruzelli kept punching. Slice turned on his back and had taken almost a dozen unanswered punches before referee Troy Waugh stepped in.

The fight card was the third of four under EliteXC’s current deal with CBS and it was the second to feature Slice, a former street brawler who turned to MMA after becoming an Internet sensation.

The 34-year-old Miami native, whose real name is Kevin Ferguson, is a former bouncer and bodyguard.

At 44, Shamrock is a fighter with name recognition despite a recent history of losses. He has lost his last five fights – all in the first round – and eight of the last 10. Shamrock’s best fighting days are long behind him, but he still knows how to hype a fight.

“This (cut) will heal up soon and I will hope they will put this together again because he deserves a beating and I’d like to give it to him,” said Shamrock, who apologized to fans for having to drop out.

Apparently Shamrock was still smarting from the weigh-in when Slice turned his back on Shamrock. An irate Shamrock pushed Slice in the back, prompting onlookers to separate the two fighters.

Earlier, Jake Shields retained his EliteXC welterweight title by submitting England’s Paul (Semtex) Daley at 3:47 of the second round.

Shields (22-4-1) can thank his jiu-jitsu prowess and Daley’s lack of a ground defence as he ran his win streak to 11.

Shields took Daley (18-7-2) down midway through the first round and mounted him. Daley escaped an armbar, reversed position and landed some elbows from above as the round ended.

The champion ended up in mount again in the second, eventually finishing Daley off with an armbar.

Former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei (Pitbull) Arlovski knocked out former IFL title-holder Roy (Big Country) Nelson at 3:14 of the second round.

The muscular Arlovski, a native of Belarus who now calls Chicago home, tripped Nelson earlier on but ended underneath the big man and spent almost half of the first round on his back. The referee eventually stood them off and Nelson tried unsuccessfully for a takedown before eating some punches and kicks.

Arlovski (15-5) was wobbled with a punch to the head early in the second but recovered quickly and pinned a tired Nelson (13-3) on the fence. Arlovski hurt him with a pair of uppercuts then felled him with a right.

At 262 pounds, Nelson looks more like a pot-bellied couch potato than a fighter. Still he came into the bout with a five-fight win streak. But he could not stand up to the striking of Arlovski, who is contemplating a boxing career.

Former IFL fighter Benji (The Razor) Radach stopped former EliteXC middleweight champion Murilo (Ninja) Rua at 2: 31 of the second round.

Radach (19-4) wobbled Rua earlier but the Brazilian survived. At one point in the first round, both fighters went down hurt at the same time after a standup exchange.

In the second, Rua (16-9-1) had some success with knees and kicks. But he paid the price when he lost his balance attempting a knee. The Brazilian ended up on his back and Radach, punching from above, clocked him on the chin with several rights.

Undefeated Gina (Conviction) Carano improved to 7-0 with a unanimous decision over Kelly Kobold (16-3-1).

Carano fought off the shorter Kobold’s early takedown attempts and cut Kobold over the right eye late in the round. It was more of the same in the second, with Carano scoring with her superior striking game, until Kobold took her down with time running out. In the third, Carano resisted more takedowns and almost latched on a choke on a game Kobold, finishing the fight with kicks to the head and body of Kobold.

“She just kept coming and laying on me,” Carano said. “It was a little aggravating.”

Carano, whose father is former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Glenn Carano, has had trouble making the 140-pound weight and had to strip down and stand on the scales behind a towel to come in at the required weight.

Carano’s next fight may be unbeaten Brazilian Cris Santos, who defeated Yoko Takahashi on the undercard to run her record to 6-0.

Notes: Former UFC light-heavyweight champion Tito (The Huntington Beach Bad Boy) Ortiz said in a TV interview he is about a week away from joining EliteXC.

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He didnt get knocked out…The dude landed a good hit and put kimbo down and he took 3 or 4 punches but didnt look phased…The ref stopped the fight WAY too soon…:bsflag:

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fixed.

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the stoppage was fine. im a mma fighter and a ref has to stop a fight when the fighter can no longer intelligently defend himself. kimbos hands were not covering up his face they were clearly out to the sides and he was eating punches. that guy would have continued to land punches and he would not have recovered from that regardless of wether he was unconcious or not.

also i havent watched the clip that many times but it didnt appear that the guy was a south paw and he clearly hit him with his right hand. thats not a jab it was a right hand its apparent. the commentators are idiots. elite xc is a joke.

not only that, he hit him more than 3 or 4 times while he was on his back more like 7 or 8. he was not gonna recover from that especially since the pace was so fast and kimbo has 0 ground skill.

kimbo got beat by someone who isnt a complete bum imagine that. i wonder who they are gonna have him fight next. i saw tapout just made a bunch of kimbo signature shirts i wonder how well they are gonna sell after this one

edit: just saw that about tito wanting to join elite xc. wow can this company hire any more washed up people that are in dire need of making a buck?

lame

ufc,wec. > elite xc

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Wow, that announcer sounds like an idiot. He is acting like it was the upset of the century. I have heard announcers be less excited when their home team wins the stanley cup, superbowl etc. It’s just Kimbo Slice, it’s not like he is some decorated MMA fighter or anything.

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exactly. i believe he said this is the biggest upset in mma HISTORY! or some bullshit like that

the faber vs. pulver fight was awesome

this was garbage

i hope elite xc gives this shit up its giving mma a bad name

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found this on the yahoo homepage:

Seth Petruzelli, after going from nobody to national celebrity for punching out Kimbo Slice, went on the radio Monday. He delivered a shot potentially more powerful than anything he threw Saturday.

He said his original plan against Kimbo was to get him to the ground and exploit his weak wrestling skills and submission defense. It made more sense than trading punches with a street brawler who outweighed him by 30 pounds. Petruzelli said he changed his mind though.

“The promoters kind of hinted to me, and they gave me the money to stand and trade with him,” he told “The Monsters in Orlando” radio show. “They didn’t want me to take him down, let’s just put it that way. It was worth my while to try to stand up and punch with him.”

The quote spoke of an attempt to if not rig the fight, then make it favorable for Slice, the main star and cash cow of the EliteXC promotion.

Such an action would be a disaster for mixed martial arts as it attempts to convince mainstream audiences it isn’t scripted pro wrestling or a farcical Toughman contest. If EliteXC gave Petruzelli money to fight one way, it would open itself to all sorts of investigations.

The allegation rocketed around the country, making bigger post-fight news than pictures of Petruzelli in drag (more on that later. Needless to say, it’s been a wild couple of days for him).

EliteXC’s Jared Shaw immediately denied the fixing charge to Yahoo! Sports and fellow executive Jeremy Lappen did the same to Sherdog.com.

Tuesday, Petruzelli said he got the story confused.

“What that meant was they offer a knockout bonus, submission bonuses, fight of the night bonuses,” Petruzelli said in a phone interview. “I think it just got misconstrued. I wanted to have an exciting fight and I wanted the knock out bonus so I wanted to keep it standing.”

So did they say anything about keeping the fight off the ground?

“They just said, ‘we want to see an exciting fight no matter what happens.’ I took it as I wanted the knockout bonus.”

That explanation won’t appease some conspiracy theorists, if only because the original statement sounds more believable.

Then there is the general distrust of the organization, where the cards often seem more show than sport. Although the last two televised cards were mostly strong, memories remain of exploding cauliflower ears, silly introductions and using the popular but unproven Slice as a headliner.

Besides, it’s no secret Elite XC had a vested interest in Kimbo winning. Jared Shaw even charged the cage and screamed at the referee that Slice had been hit illegally. Shaw has since apologized for that reaction.

“He spent a lot of money to build up Kimbo,” Petruzelli said. “If I saw one of my guys I spent millions on getting his face pounded I’d get upset also.”

Then there’s CBS, which gave up any pretense of journalism in favor of unseemly propaganda.

The network previously embarrassed itself by comparing Kimbo to great sports figures such as Tiger Woods. This time, Gus Johnson’s declaration that Petruzelli’s triumph was “the most incredible victory in the history of mixed martial arts” was laughably ridiculous.

The worst was Johnson repeating the party line that Slice didn’t hesitate to switch opponents from an injured Ken Shamrock. That was simply a lie. Slice demanded a cash bonus on top of his $500,000 payout just to get in the cage with Petruzelli, according to Lappen.

“We made it up to him,” Lappen said.

For a stretch, the replacement wasn’t going to be Petruzelli but Frank Shamrock, Ken’s brother. Frank said Saturday he was even cleared by the Florida commission to fight. Lappen said he didn’t think that was true, although he did admit there were discussions with Frank.

CBS was certainly privy to that information since Frank was at the arena as its color commentator. It was never mentioned on the air though. Frank told Yahoo! Sports Saturday it was CBS officials who blocked him from taking on Slice.

When the broadcasts have no objectivity, perspective or news value and the promoters are openly rooting for one fighter and not the other, how can anyone believe anything these guys say or do?

For his part, Petruzelli said he wishes he hadn’t made the original comment. He swears no one from EliteXC has called him and pressured a retraction.

The entire thing has put a damper on his sudden surge of fame. That and the pictures on the internet of him in drag, of course.

“Man, people aren’t going to let those down, are they?” he said. “Everything in costumes was (for) Halloween. I always dress in crazy stuff. All the leather and that sort of stuff, it’s all done in fun.

“I want to put that to rest right now. I’m officially 100 percent not gay,” he said. “I’ve been happily married for two years and been with her for five years.”

He laughed at the entire speculation. He laughed at a lot of things Tuesday. And who can blame him? Last week he was a part-time fighter who was competing on the non-televised undercard for a four-figure payout. His main job was owner of a Smoothie King stand.

Now he’s an overnight celebrity after 4.59 million people watched him TKO Kimbo.

He just wishes he could do it again. He’s begging for a rematch and the big payout it would bring.

“But I don’t think he was receptive to that,” Petruzelli said. “Kimbo doesn’t want the rematch. He wants no part of that.”

He said that dropping Slice with a single short right despite leaning back on one foot was no fluke and he can do it again.

While Kimbo had a reputation for taking punches from his YouTube videos – he often let guys take free shots that didn’t faze him – Petruzelli said there’s a big difference between a professional fighter and those dudes.

“The thing is, they are arm-punching,” Petruzelli said. “It’s like little flicks with their arms. There’s no weight behind it, there’s no turning of the hips. It’s how you throw it and where you throw it.

“If we fight again, the same thing will happen.”

EliteXC should make it happen. Only this time demand its executives stay seated and its broadcast partner at least attempt professionalism.

Everyone could use the dose of credibility.

Dan Wetzel is Yahoo! Sports’ national columnist and author of “Resilience: Faith, Focus, Triumph” with the Miami Heat’s Alonzo Mourning. The book details Mourning’s rise from foster care to NBA stardom before kidney disease changed everything. Send Dan a question or comment for potential use in a future column or webcast.

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Probably a rematch anyway. Frank shamrock and kimbo would be a good fight too.