Comments on: EliteXC “Primetime” Results http://mmafrenzy.com/2610/elitexc-primetime-results/ UFC and MMA News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:46:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: shawn http://mmafrenzy.com/2610/elitexc-primetime-results/#comment-38495 shawn Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:44:10 +0000 http://mmafrenzy.com/?p=2610#comment-38495 KIMBO DIDNT TAP KIMBO DIDNT TAP

]]> By: Larry http://mmafrenzy.com/2610/elitexc-primetime-results/#comment-38474 Larry Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:29:40 +0000 http://mmafrenzy.com/?p=2610#comment-38474 lol I really don't think that Kimbo is going to tap from a lazy front choke, I think he has more fortitude than that. lol I really don’t think that Kimbo is going to tap from a lazy front choke, I think he has more fortitude than that.

]]> By: trey_trey http://mmafrenzy.com/2610/elitexc-primetime-results/#comment-38470 trey_trey Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:59:11 +0000 http://mmafrenzy.com/?p=2610#comment-38470 kimbo tapped at 1:29 of the first round. watch it again! there was no "thumbs up" he claearly tapped. also if he had give the "thumbs up" how would james thompson feel? at 1:29 of the 1st round he taps 3 times and the ref says nothing! then the then mauro and frank say "he is giving the thumbs up he is ok"! bullshit! watch it again! kimbo tapped at 1:29 of the first round. watch it again! there was no “thumbs up” he claearly tapped. also if he had give the “thumbs up” how would james thompson feel? at 1:29 of the 1st round he taps 3 times and the ref says nothing! then the then mauro and frank say “he is giving the thumbs up he is ok”! bull****! watch it again!

]]> By: Spud http://mmafrenzy.com/2610/elitexc-primetime-results/#comment-38444 Spud Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:26:36 +0000 http://mmafrenzy.com/?p=2610#comment-38444 I was watching Womens College Softball (ASU team is HOTT!) on ESPN and that had like a 3 min convo on it after the game and cut over to the ESPN studio. Dana White was interveiwed for a little over a min and he said it was horrible. White did say MMA belongs on TV, but like he said it was horrible. Thompson got hit with punches and staggered back a couple other times in that fight and the ref didn't stop it. Then Thompson took him down. I think that would've happened again. Obviously Thompson still had some fight left he gave the ref a face wash. It was an early stop. Gina's fight I enjoys and Lawler/Smith I enjoyed. I was watching Womens College Softball (ASU team is HOTT!) on ESPN and that had like a 3 min convo on it after the game and cut over to the ESPN studio. Dana White was interveiwed for a little over a min and he said it was horrible. White did say MMA belongs on TV, but like he said it was horrible. Thompson got hit with punches and staggered back a couple other times in that fight and the ref didn’t stop it. Then Thompson took him down. I think that would’ve happened again. Obviously Thompson still had some fight left he gave the ref a face wash. It was an early stop. Gina’s fight I enjoys and Lawler/Smith I enjoyed.

]]> By: Larry http://mmafrenzy.com/2610/elitexc-primetime-results/#comment-38399 Larry Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:10:59 +0000 http://mmafrenzy.com/?p=2610#comment-38399 *Kimbo said he was going for the ear and on National Prime time TV for the first show do you honestly think someone being possibly disfigured or worse, would be good for ratings, no I think not. *Kimbo said he was going for the ear and on National Prime time TV for the first show do you honestly think someone being possibly disfigured or worse, would be good for ratings, no I think not.

]]> By: Larry http://mmafrenzy.com/2610/elitexc-primetime-results/#comment-38398 Larry Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:09:11 +0000 http://mmafrenzy.com/?p=2610#comment-38398 Hey Chris, a lot of what you say is true and I think that because of the promoting Kimbo to be a street fighter they may be trying to associate him with a more common way of fighting. Let's be honest, not many people know what BJJ is let alone a Kimora or a GO GO plata and the sort. Kimbo does have some training to do but who doesn't, everyone loses. As far as being the main event, yeah I agree it should have been the middleweight fight that was made a farce of but Elite is trying to market Kimbo as their hood ornament and build it around him, kind of like a "Franchise Player" only not. WE're all of us going to have different opinions on these fights but I personally think that Kimbo put a decent show on last night and if the fight hadn't stopped when it did, Mr Thompson might have a little more to worry about today than a little vertigo. Kimbo said he was going for the ear and on National Prime time TV for the first show do you honestly think someone being possibly disfigured or worse, no I think not. But again, this is only my opinion. And yes I have been in the ring a time or two. Hey Chris, a lot of what you say is true and I think that because of the promoting Kimbo to be a street fighter they may be trying to associate him with a more common way of fighting. Let’s be honest, not many people know what BJJ is let alone a Kimora or a GO GO plata and the sort. Kimbo does have some training to do but who doesn’t, everyone loses. As far as being the main event, yeah I agree it should have been the middleweight fight that was made a farce of but Elite is trying to market Kimbo as their hood ornament and build it around him, kind of like a “Franchise Player” only not. WE’re all of us going to have different opinions on these fights but I personally think that Kimbo put a decent show on last night and if the fight hadn’t stopped when it did, Mr Thompson might have a little more to worry about today than a little vertigo. Kimbo said he was going for the ear and on National Prime time TV for the first show do you honestly think someone being possibly disfigured or worse, no I think not. But again, this is only my opinion. And yes I have been in the ring a time or two.

]]> By: Chris http://mmafrenzy.com/2610/elitexc-primetime-results/#comment-38396 Chris Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:14 +0000 http://mmafrenzy.com/?p=2610#comment-38396 Look Larry I agree with you on the fact that most people do not have the experience of actually going through what these fighters do but, I can honestly say I have been through it and were it not for a neck injury I'd be in some small show trying to break through to a big show somewhere. The truth is Kimbo has been over promoted, yes it is as a street fighter but as the announcers said 10,000 times last night "this is MMA" and you have to show more when this is the main event. People need to lay off Kimbo though cause it is not really his fault he's been so over promoted but now that he's shown weakness people are all over him. He should have at least been allowed to finish the fight because Thompson looked the same in the second round and that was the definition of a 10-8 round for Thompson. I do have to disagree with someone who said Kimbo tapped because he did not, he was throwing the thumbs up sign to the ref who asked him if he was good to go(I thought the same until I watched it again). To be honest if Thompson had been able to sit back it would have applied more pressure and taken Kimbo to the mat, but that being said he did not or just couldn't. This just did not deserve a main event. Kimbo has a lot to prove because of his accumulated prestige(whether deserved or not) and until he has improved his conditioning and started defeating solid fighters he will just be a spectacle. I mean really you'd rather have this as a main event than a title fight? That's an insult to their title holders. Look Larry I agree with you on the fact that most people do not have the experience of actually going through what these fighters do but, I can honestly say I have been through it and were it not for a neck injury I’d be in some small show trying to break through to a big show somewhere. The truth is Kimbo has been over promoted, yes it is as a street fighter but as the announcers said 10,000 times last night “this is MMA” and you have to show more when this is the main event. People need to lay off Kimbo though cause it is not really his fault he’s been so over promoted but now that he’s shown weakness people are all over him. He should have at least been allowed to finish the fight because Thompson looked the same in the second round and that was the definition of a 10-8 round for Thompson. I do have to disagree with someone who said Kimbo tapped because he did not, he was throwing the thumbs up sign to the ref who asked him if he was good to go(I thought the same until I watched it again). To be honest if Thompson had been able to sit back it would have applied more pressure and taken Kimbo to the mat, but that being said he did not or just couldn’t. This just did not deserve a main event. Kimbo has a lot to prove because of his accumulated prestige(whether deserved or not) and until he has improved his conditioning and started defeating solid fighters he will just be a spectacle. I mean really you’d rather have this as a main event than a title fight? That’s an insult to their title holders.

]]> By: Eddyr92806 http://mmafrenzy.com/2610/elitexc-primetime-results/#comment-38366 Eddyr92806 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:22:00 +0000 http://mmafrenzy.com/?p=2610#comment-38366 Brock would end kimbos life!!! Brock would end kimbos life!!!

]]> By: Larry http://mmafrenzy.com/2610/elitexc-primetime-results/#comment-38357 Larry Sun, 01 Jun 2008 17:31:27 +0000 http://mmafrenzy.com/?p=2610#comment-38357 I'm not saying this was the best fight event I've ever seen, but until you can understand what the fighters point of view is and understand all the things they go through, to bash them like most of us do most of the time is unreal. Yes the unfortunate result is that there are things that need to change period, but to mention one thing that seems to be a big point here for a lot of people is the reference to WWE and the way the fighters were introduced. In the UFC the Japanese fighters all come out with crazy shite on, (yes I know the Japanese culture is deeply proud of their heritage regarding ninja's and honor and the like but other than laugh at it,people don't really make a big deal of it. There's always room for improvement and I genuinely hope that Elite XC learns from this and we as fans get better shows, because really isn't this about us as fans having more access to MMA and it becoming more main stream. Yes some of this is going to look poorly on the sport but remember this was on prime time and is subject to the same rules as anything else on t.v. We can't have the cake and eat it too all at once, it's gonna take time. I’m not saying this was the best fight event I’ve ever seen, but until you can understand what the fighters point of view is and understand all the things they go through, to bash them like most of us do most of the time is unreal. Yes the unfortunate result is that there are things that need to change period, but to mention one thing that seems to be a big point here for a lot of people is the reference to WWE and the way the fighters were introduced. In the UFC the Japanese fighters all come out with crazy ****e on, (yes I know the Japanese culture is deeply proud of their heritage regarding ninja’s and honor and the like but other than laugh at it,people don’t really make a big deal of it. There’s always room for improvement and I genuinely hope that Elite XC learns from this and we as fans get better shows, because really isn’t this about us as fans having more access to MMA and it becoming more main stream. Yes some of this is going to look poorly on the sport but remember this was on prime time and is subject to the same rules as anything else on t.v. We can’t have the cake and eat it too all at once, it’s gonna take time.

]]> By: Dave http://mmafrenzy.com/2610/elitexc-primetime-results/#comment-38356 Dave Sun, 01 Jun 2008 17:31:20 +0000 http://mmafrenzy.com/?p=2610#comment-38356 Worst night of jujitsu and ground game ever. I thought elite had a chance to make a move on UFC, but instead they turned the world off to bad MMA. I can't believe the announcer said Kimbo had "great jujitsu" at times. This night was an embarrassment to MMA and lost it a lot of fans. The UFC needs to get a real MMA card on primetime network quick to reverse the damage. Worst night of jujitsu and ground game ever. I thought elite had a chance to make a move on UFC, but instead they turned the world off to bad MMA.

I can’t believe the announcer said Kimbo had “great jujitsu” at times.

This night was an embarrassment to MMA and lost it a lot of fans.

The UFC needs to get a real MMA card on primetime network quick to reverse the damage.

]]>