The Ultimate Fighter will draw its biggest ratings ever on Wednesday, probably, with the fighting debut of Kimbo Slice. Slice has a tough test ahead of him against experienced former IFL champion Roy Nelson, who is a very good grappler. How do you see it going down?
From the way Kimbo has conducted interviews post-TUF. I was guessing that Kimbo won at least 1 fight, so I'm guessing Kimbo wins this. Either that or Kimbo really hid it well that he lost his first fight, and actually is a decent actor.
I think Kimbo takes it, just got a feeling. In the first two episodes, they've focused on Kimbo working hard, training hard, and Rampage talking him up. In the last episode, they focused on Roy Nelson being talked to by Rashad and his coached for goofing around, wanting to possibly be his own coach, and being uncoachable. If that is the case, I can see Kimbo taking the win and then the focus being on Roy not taking Kimbo seriously. Or maybe I'm looking too much into it.
^ Yeah, maybe. I don't know if there are any circumstances under which Kimbo won't be offered a contract after the show. So they are making it a priority to put him in a good light. Good for business.
This fight coulda been the championship fight. Kimbo wins the fight, but someone gets hurt and Big Country wins the rematch....
Do you think that Rashad dislikes Big Country so much that he set this fight up to get big country out? Because if I was Rashad, I would have matched Kimbo up with one of my best wrestlers and look for a submission . . . or is big country the best option to get that done?
Roy Nelson is suppose to be pretty solid on the ground BJJ black belt I think. The thing I've noticed is that sometimes they build up some guy through editing and then he ends up losing. But just from what we've seen, it really does look like Kimbo is learning some stuff. He seems pretty mature too, you'd expect him to just be angry and mean mugging everything but he seems like a team player.
Kimbo should win this fight, and I'm pretty sure he will. He looks like he wants it more and he should knock the fuck out of Big Country. 2nd round KO, KIMBO!
Nelson is a very good ground fighter, but tends to like the stand up. I see this going one of two ways. Nelson does what he should and gets it to the ground and subs Kimbo and Kimbo comes back as an injury replacement and does well or the build up SPike has done (showing Kimbo as the humble eager learner, Roy as the vet who knows it all and isn't very trainable) is on track and Kimbo gets the win. I don't think Roy wins and that's the last time we see Kimbo fight, not if Dana is talking about Kimbo having a future in the UFC after the TUF10 final.
Anybody remember this thread: http://sportstwo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=142736 I am inclined to believe Bas' view over Spike's selective editing.
I have a rather more cynical theory. On paper, you could argue that Big Country is the most accomplished fighter in the house. If Kimbo loses - better to him than to a no-name. OTOH, Nelson showed against Arlovski that he isn't the stand-up artist he thinks he is. Kimbo might just knock his block off....and that would gain him more credibility than beating a no-name. In other words - I don't think Evans was the one who picked this fight!
I don't think Kimbo hits as hard as AA, I mean he struggled to put James 'Glass Joe on roids' Thompson for crying out loud. you know the guy who is 2-8 in the last 3 yrs with 5 of those losses being by KO round 1. Kimbo got a gift from the ref who stopped it in the 3rd... it most likely shoulda gone to decision.
They both hit hard. I wouldn't underestimate Kimbo's power, AA hits hard, Kimbo hits hard. His weakness is obviously the ground game, anyone willing to stand with him is playing to where Kimbo has a chance, if not a good one.
Big Country is no slouch.. He was the IFL CHAMP for a reason and I've seen him here on Guam fight in our local events. Kimbo has a punchers chance if it stays standing, but BC is definitely the more well rounded fighter literally and skillset wise.
