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ChadTower:
Hrm. It hadn't occurred to me that they have to give him his set number of fights. I figured he had to give them the fights if they wanted them but I figured the UFC could simply say "we don't need you anymore" and wait out the end of the deal. I guess if he's getting paid by fight and not by duration that makes sense.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: CCM on February 04, 2008, 12:08:14 pm ---Kimbo is fighting Tank Abbot this month in EliteXC.. that is worth watching just for the circus aspect.
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Anyone else watch this? Kimbo looks much better than his first fight - he had good spacing, good movement. He needs to learn to listen to the ref better. His power is unbelievable - but of course, no one has hit him yet and he has yet to face anyone with any submission or grappling. Tank Abbott looked like he barely trained for this fight. Tank is either completely done - and just showed up to take punches for a check - or he took Kimbo way too lightly. It's a little scary to see Bas Rutten standing in Kimbo's corner. I can't think of a trainer anywhere in the world that could turn this guy into more of a real monster.
Who might be next for Kimbo? Looking at their roster I can see one of two ways - give him another striker like Cabbage Correira or Antonio Silva.
Does EliteXC really have Ninja Hua, Ricco Rodriguez, Robbie Lawler, Renzo Gracie, Frank Shamrock, all under contract? Or are these guys that just had one fight deals at some point? I remember Shamrock fighting for them and getting DQed and that felt like a one shot deal.
They appear to have Gina Carano too. I think I actually remember her fighting for them before Amercian Gladiators aired.
CCM:
I watched it. Kimbo is a beast, but Tank is done. I'd love to see Kimbo in there against someone who could take him down. It would be very interesting to see EliteXc sign Arlovski.
I saw Tank on Kimmel the week before the fight and he claimed to be training seriously for this fight, he said he was 296 pounds for his last fight in London (in which he got knocked out). He said he lost about 40 pounds since that last fight.
EliteXc has some great fighters. Did you see the Yves Edwards fight, I don't think I've ever seen anyone throw a knee like that before. If Ricco can lose some weight and keep clean, he could do some damage, I didn't realize he is only 30.
Gina Carano has had 2 fights for EliteXc and in a recent interview said she wanted to get back in the ring as soon as possible. She said she will be filming the second season of American Gladiators in March and April and wants to fight soon after that.
I'm pretty sure Frank Shamrock fights for Strikeforce, but they have joint events with EliteXc.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: CCM on February 19, 2008, 10:32:24 am ---I watched it. Kimbo is a beast, but Tank is done. I'd love to see Kimbo in there against someone who could take him down. It would be very interesting to see EliteXc sign Arlovski.
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Arlovski will probably have a pretty high price tag. I don't know that EliteXC has that sort of budget.
--- Quote ---Did you see the Yves Edwards fight, I don't think I've ever seen anyone throw a knee like that before.
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No, only got the chance to see the Kimbo/Tank fight. Wish I could have seen the whole event.
CCM:
The whole event was great, 4 great knockouts, including Tank.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3S3oBkNOGo[/youtube]
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