BangorXB

i dont know if anybody has heard of this guy. but i have watching videos of his for years now. this guy is a bare knuckled boxer/fighter. hes def one tough SOB

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bYMjR9Ft5sM

JOEinSD

ive seen them and this guy is nuts!

VividRacing

he actually has done MMA fighting against Roy Mercer for his first fight. Roy is a retired boxer but still his a big dude........ the fight explains itself

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5UcmIQ4xLrY

BangorXB

yeh i just saw that today.

13edge

Kimbo is a tough dude, but he's making the jump to MMA, which is a totally different animal than street boxing. And I call it street boxing, because of the silly no wrestling rules his people have. They can set rules because they show up with the most people. Here's a fight between Kimbo and Gannon. This time there's a bit of wrestling involved. Kimbo's people cry about it, but they are outnumbered, and Gannon wins.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gD5Oh2bHMvw

Lastly, Kimbo won't have the weight mismatch in sanctioned events. And even though his power is awesome, his stand up needs work. Not that his movement isn't good, but he's telegraphing every punch he throws because of how he holds his hands.

Now, criticism aside... this man has all the tools to be one of the greatest. I'd like to see him get in with a good camp or trainer. If he trains a little and learns the groundwork... well, I'd buy the PPV.

BangorXB

i agree with you 13edge, about the mismatch thing in his street boxing. besides the gannon fight i only ever saw one maybe two other fights with him where he faced someone that could kick his butt. and that was against a ufc guy.

HMRNBOX

i saw his last televised fight (i think last week) - it lasted all of 18 seconds. the dude looked like he gave up, he seemed like a scared sissy when he got taken to the ground. kimbo's punch didn't even land that hard either - it was an odd fight. did anyone catch that last week? i think it was elite extreme fighting or something like that, some HD channel i get at home.

13edge

It's just matchmaking. It might have been Elite XC. In fact I think I remember reading about them signing him. They're a good group. Probably just put him out there for publicity against a mark, but I'd be willing to bet they have got him with the best trainers, so when he takes his first high profile fight it will be a good one.

VividRacing

he is with the fighting organization CFFC out of Florida and yeah he has some really good trainers. One of those being Bas Rutten, among others. he is definatly going to be a force in the MMA world, but i want to see him go up against another highley trained fighter.

Beantowntc

i like when he was streetfighting dude in the backyard and kept yelling "hit me, hit me", he let the dude hit him, then he said "thats all you got? its over" and proceeded to knock dude out lol

VividRacing

yeah that guys eye after the fight was brutal, but just goes to show the power in a single punch on this guy

tCTaco

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What happened to CFFC?....I thought Kimbo was supposed to fight Tank Abbot like two months ago but the event was cancelled

VividRacing

i think Tank got banned from MMA and didnt get waived to fight in the event. Poor ol Tank, use to be a bad a** back in UFC 1 & 2 hahahahaha

13edge

Tank was cool man. He always looked like they grabbed him from a bar last minute to come fight.

VividRacing

hahaha, he is by far one of my favorite fighters to watch..... not the most technical fighter but a damn good puncher. I know no one in their right mind would start something with him in a bar, that is were he is the most comfortable