Kimbo gets Sliced

This is the best title out there for what happened Saturday night. The hype machine that is CBS, no not for there unadulterated support for Obama, has over hyped Kimbo slice since he first appeared in prime time after only two fights. He had a lot of hits on his internet fight videos, but anyone who has watched MMA thought that if he got into a real fight with someone who had some experience he would get beat. I just don't know how many people would have thought his 15 minutes of fame would end after only 14 seconds. It was actually more like 12 and it wasn't pretty at all. Kimbo kind of charged in on Seth Petruzelli and got hit with a jab then Seth hit him about 15 more times while Kimbo rolled over and laid on the ground. The ref had no choice but to stop the match. For a little history, he wasn't supposed to fight Seth, he was supposed to fight Ken Shamrock who used to be a great fighter, but is way way passed his prime. Anyway Ken suffered a cut the morning of the fight and couldn't get clearance to fight so CBS and Elite XC scrambled to fill the void. Petruzelli was taken from an under card fight, presumably lt. heavy weight because he was only 205 lbs., and Kimbo wanted some extra money to take the fight. Which I think he got, but after getting destroyed the easy cake ride is likely over. See I like what UFC did when they had a stud heavy weight come on board with Brock Lesnar, they actually made him fight. And after his first two fights he was 1-1, but was a legit threat. Now he is set to face Randy Couture, one of the best heavy weights to ever fight, and he could actually beat him. At least I don't see him losing in 14 seconds. It is MMA though and that could happen. As for CBS this was a huge blow. I think it is actually good for the viewers though because now they know what fighting is all about. Kimbo may have been good enough to beat Shamrock, but now we know where he ranked against mid level fighters in lower weight classes. Although I think it is important to note that Seth's predominant style is Karate, which I believe is hardest for MMA fighters to defend. Normal stand up is either boxing or kick boxing and when the karate guys through those front leg kicks it is a real odd angle that I think they aren't used to defending unless they specifically train for that element. Obviously Kimbo had no training for this opponent and probably should have asked for someone else at least more traditional. If want to see a real Karate master in MMA look at Lyoto Machida he is pretty awesome and also currently undefeated. Kimbo is going to have to work his way back up now and really needs to dig into the training if he wants to amount to anything in MMA. I don't know what this will do for the other event CBS was looking to televise before the end of the year. In all likelihood Slice wouldn't have fought in it, but even if he came back to fight again on Saturday nights he shouldn't be the main event. Seth could have actually cost himself some future paychecks by beating Kimbo so bad. Oops. Don't get me wrong I like Kimbo for his story of coming from a homeless guy to the bright lights of a main event, and from what I understand he loves his children and really enjoys them, but he is going to have to work extremely hard to be where everyone thought he was. Man there sure our a lot of commas in this post, too many if you ask me.