<![CDATA[Deadspin: Kimbo Slice]]> http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Deadspin: Kimbo Slice]]> http://deadspin.com/tag/kimbo slice http://deadspin.com/tag/kimbo slice <![CDATA[Kimbo Slice Is Back, Baby!]]> Say what you will about the gimmickry that was Kimbo Slice's foray into MMA and boxing, but I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for the pornographer/backyard brawler, and let me tell you why. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5850289&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Here's Video Of A Pro Golfer Needing 16 Shots To Conquer A Par-4 Hole]]> Your morning roundup for April 15, the day after Walter Breuning died of natural causes. He was 114 years and 205 days old. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5792270&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Here's Kimbo Slice And Elton John, Just Because]]> Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5452417&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Apparently "Season-Long" Suspension Means Only The Nonconference Season]]> Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5372610&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Kimbo Says: "If You Can't Beat 'Em, Shoot 'Em"]]> TUF Castmate Justin Wren: "He got arm-barred and Kimbo really doesn't like to tap. He didn't tap and the guy hurt his arm so he came back in there with a gun. Cops were called and everyone went nuts." [Cagewiter] More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5368418&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[If You Were Worried Kimbo Slice Wouldn't Have Anyone To Beat Up, Relax]]> Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5366524&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Kimbo Slice Faces Reality]]> He lost his last fight in 14 seconds to a pink-haired nobody, and ever since Kimbo Slice's career has been on life support. "I got six shorties at the crib," he says. "They gotta eat, you know what I'm saying?" More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5361777&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Fact That Kimbo Slice Lost is Purely Coincidental]]> Even though Elite XC said that Kimbo Slice's controversial loss to pink-haired Seth Petruzelli wasn't the death knell for its slipshod fight promotions company, it appears that proclamation was 100% false. Today, ProElite Inc., the owners of the EliteXC has officially closed up its sweat shop forever. Josh Gross of Sports Illustrated reports that the company consistently lost money even when its biggest star, the street-fighting freak show, Kimbo Slice, was at the peak of his popularity. Now, like the free-falling Kimbo, the company is kaput. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5066672&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Farewell, Kimbo Slice]]> Prior to his shocking knock out by Seth Petruzelli on Saturday night, the worst case scenario for Kimbo Slice was achieving a Mr. T-like career arc by parlaying his reputation as a power-punching street freak into something more cuddly and mainstream. (Sadly we'll probably never see the Kimbo version of "Be Somebody...or Be Somebody's Fool". ) In fact, Yahoo's Dan Wetzel says his career is effectively over after his pathetic loss.
He can't rebuild his reputation without stepping up in competition from the guy who just beat him in seconds. He can't headline a card and have anyone believe he's legit. He can't claim he, "just got caught" when it wasn't some wild, roundhouse right or sneaky arm-bar that did him in. The truth was always coming for Kimbo. Saturday it arrived sooner rather than later, the money train grinding to a halt courtesy of a smaller, less heralded fighter that no one can claim is some elite champion.
Also done-in by the Kimbo knockout is the "Elite XC" mixed martial arts organization, one which banked on Kimbo's oddly compelling star power and mythical status to keep it afloat. It's only hope for survival and keeping CBS interested was hinging upon its menacing, crazy-bearded show pony not losing a fight — especially to a pink-haired journeyman in 14 seconds. But it was fun while it lasted. Here's to hoping this loss rejuvenates Kimbo's YouTube career by fighting bums or polar bears or whatever he does so he can continue to feed his family. That's probably all he has left. Final curtain for the Kimbo show [Yahoo!] Petruzelli makes most of Slice's inexperience and Ken Shamrock's bad luck [ESPN] More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5059383&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Kimbo Gets Sliced]]> Fourteen seconds into last night's heavyweight bout, the referee called the fight handing Kimbo Slice his first loss. It wasn't by Ken Shamrock as planned, but by stand-in Seth Petruzelli. After Shamrock was medically disqualified due to a cut over his eye, Petruzelli bravely stepped in and took care of business. Continue after the jump for video of the improbable victory. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5059119&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Kimbo Clashes With Ken Shamrock, Gina Carano Likely To Stay Clothed]]> Kimbo Slice is moving on from his tangle with the magical elf and will be entering the ring in a guaranteed bloodbath with Ken Shamrock. This will be the the most experienced opponent so far for Slice and he needs to stay on his feet if he wants to win. Slice is terrible on his back and Shamrock's strategy is sure to be to keep Kimbo on the ground with my favorite maneuver the ground and pound. It's brawler vs. legend. Who you got? More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5059086&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Kimbo Slice Lives An American Fantasy And Punches David Blaine In The Stomach]]> I admit: Like a true backwoods dope, I was initially mystified by David Blaine's early "magic" specials. Especially that time he turned a hobo's coffee into coins or the one where he levitated from the sidewalk. Like Michael Jackson and Fiona Apple, I believed David Blaine's magic was real, man. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5054358&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Kimbo Slice's American Dream Will Live To Fight Another Day]]> As confirmed on Dan LeBatard's radio show yesterday, Kimbo's next opponent in Elite XC is against the Fishbone-esque mohawked madman Brett "The Grim" Rogers. Slice and Rogers got into a little spat after Kimbo's controversial victory, with Rogers shouting at the bearded man-beast and calling his victory over James Thompson "garbage." More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5013907&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Cauliflower Ears Get Mainstream Recognition Thanks To Kimbo]]> One of the more disturbing and enjoyably gross aspects of Saturday night's EliteXC prime time bloodfest was the inevitable popping of James "Colossus" Thompson's swelled cauliflower ear by the mighty right of Kimbo Slice. As Kimbo's fist kept wailing and wailing on the purple upper region of Thompson's ear, it was only a matter of seconds until the messy pop. It was like watching a crazy person attack a pinata with an aluminum bat. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5013015&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Kimbo Slice Fascinates And Titilates The World]]> In gearing up for Miami Super Bowl spectacular in the winter of '07, one of the first emails Deadspin received from the overeager Lt. Winslow was this one: More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5012223&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Legend Of Kimbo Slice Takes 38 Consecutive Blows To The Head]]>
I can't speak for the other MMA newbs out there, but I learned a few things during the EliteXC broadcast last night: apparently all MMA fights are stopped well before necessary. That and Kimbo Slice might not be living up to his outsize reputation. First, the announcer described internet sensation was saved by the bell at the end of the second round as he was trapped by James Thompson and taking a couple dozen consecutive shots to his baldie pate. Then, of course, Thompson's bolus-ear-thing went splooge all over the ring and that was that. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=394439&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Tiffany Network Introduces Old White People To A Big Scary Black Guy]]> CBS, the network that brought us such daring programs as Touched By an Angel and Joan of Arcadia ("We interrupt this broadcast of Joan of Arcadia and apologize to the sanctimonious, fear-based and probably overweight audience"), will be beaming Kimbo Slice into the homes of terrified millions, as mixed martial arts gets its platform on the big network stage. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=394435&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Dana White Says Kimbo/Liddell Fight Not Out Of The Realm Of Possibility]]> Last week,the UFC's mohawked maniac Chuck Liddell downplayed the success and viability of YouTube fighting phenom (and now EliteXC) figher Kimbo Slice, saying that the backyard brawler would get rocked in Mixed Martial Arts. Similar things have been said of Kimbo before, by plenty of other longtime MMA fighters, who agree that Kimbo is one tough dude, but he'd get his ass beat if he fought a guy with some technical skills. This got MMA rumor mongerers a little frothy, thinking that a Kimbo/Lidell fight might be inevitable. More »
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