Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Should the UFC sign Kimbo?

Obviously, the answer is hell no.

Still, since the question was posted on the forum, here's the full length response.

He's worth about as much as they pay the other guys who mop the apron with their beards.

Realistically, Kimbo Slice is not an asset to any professional MMA organization that wants to be taken seriously, especially the biggest show.

Slice has no ground game, so what happens if you put Kimbo in the ring with Werdum, Gonzaga, Mir or even f*cking Brock Lesnar. He's the only guy Brock could submit.

Kimbo has no technical striking, so if you put him in the cage with Vera, Kongo, Hardonk or any other striker in the division he'd be picked apart and eaten like fried chicken.

Everyone is enamored with this guy because he has a chin and an account on youtube. So what?

There are dozens of solid strikers who have skills, and dozens more who have chins. Mark Hunt actually has a kickboxing background and you don't hear the UFC talking about signing him. (they should, but another vent for another day)

Really, this is a dumb question, but aside from that, once Brett Rogers knocks Kimbo out (and hopefully this will happen sooner rather than later), the Kimbo Slice hype train will have pulled into the station, then we can all go about our merry way like we did after Mir beat Lesnar and that hype machine died.

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