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The beacon of truth known as Media Take Out is reporting Mike Tyson and EliteXC have come to an agreement for him to fight Kimbo Slice.
May 15, 2008. The fight world is about to change. MediaTakeOut.com just EXCLUSIVELY learned that former heavyweight boxing champ has tentatively agreed to fight internet streetfighter Kimbo Slice under ProElite’s live fight division, EliteXC.
According to an insider at the company, Mike and Kimbo are set to fight “late this year or early next.” But first things first, Kimbo has to win his fight next Saturday night against James “Colossus” Thompson. A fight that or insider claims is “going to be tough.”
This fight will not take place for three reasons:
1. Mike Tyson hasn’t faught in years, and he’s fat now. You can’t roll off the couch and decide to knuckle up with someone who’s been training and fighting like a madman for the last 2 years.
2. Mike Tyson isn’t interested in the limelight anymore. During this E:60 Interview a few weeks ago, he seemed happy to be away from boxing and just wanted a normal life. He expressed frustration at being recognized and idolized (or vilified ) at every turn. Although he probably needs the money, I doubt he signed this deal.
3. This fight isn’t beneficial for Kimbo Slice to take. Sure, it would make him shitloads of money as well as raising public awareness, but if he wants the world of MMA to take him seriously he should focus on fighting established guys. I don’t throw around the word “circus” often, but thats exactly what this game would be.
With all that said… IF this is true, I would sadly still tune in. I can’t help it. TYSON VS. KIMBO BABY.
Some of you may have read the news a week or two ago, where Chuck Liddell had less than flattering remarks about Kimbo Slice. UFC president Dana White echoed Liddell’s comments last week, and also claimed Kimbo Slice was knocked out by Forrest Griffin during sparring.
Kimbo responded to both comments in the video below, as well as telling Liddell to come fight him bare knuckle in the streets.
Lot’s of people are asking for this one…. Daniel Akinyemi slammed Derek Strong so hard that it knocked him out cold. It was even more impressive because Strong had Akinyemi locked in am armbar the entire time.
It appears Akinyemi broke his arm during the move, but viewers were left in the dark ( until next weeks episode)
(rss subscribers may have to click over to see the video below)
It could have been one of the biggest sporting events of the year, but thanks to Dana White it’ll never happen. Anderson Silva’s dream boxing match against Roy Jones Jr. has been deaded, because White “didn’t want to embarrass the UFC”, if Silva got knocked out in the first round. Dana White understandably realized that if Silva stepped into Jones’ realm he would lose badly, much like Jones would lose badly in an MMA cage.
I think this proves that MMA and boxing are NOT competitors, and shouldn’t be viewed as such. On every boxing/MMA website online, you’ll inevitably find fans comparing the two sports and pitting them against each other in some form or fashion.
I’m in the minority that believes that these two sports don’t have to cannibalize each other to achieve success. Boxing can survive on it’s own regardless of MMA, and vice versa. There is no need to pit any UFC fighter against a boxer to prove anything.
With all of that said…. It would have been damned entertaining.
You know how every major sport has crazy statistical breakdowns of every game that’s ever been played? Somewhere in this country, some guy knows what Carney Lansford’s career batting average is, or Brett Favre’s winning percentage when it’s below 40 degrees.
Those kind of hard statistics don’t exist for MMA yet, butFightMetric is beginning to put data together. Right now, they face the huge task of creating a backlog of thousands of fights that have already taken place. However, creating meaningful statistics on MMA won’t be as easy, due to the unpredictable nature of a fight…. check out what Fight Metric founder Rami Genauer has to say.
“The issue is that MMA is a mess in terms of creating comparable data sets. For example, every major professional baseball game is nine innings long and the way to beat your opponent is by scoring more runs than they do. MMA has variable match lengths; some last 20 minutes, some last 20 seconds but result in the same outcome. MMA has variable rules and judging criteria; what won fights in Pride wouldn’t work in the UFC. To make things worse, MMA has multiple victory methods or differing quality; you can dominate your opponent or score a lucky cut stoppage or eke out a bogus decision and they all equal a win on your record. Some would look at those factors and say MMA and stats are incompatible. I think it means we have to think more creatively.”
After looking over stats for the Cung Le / Frank Shamrock match, I can definitely say this is going to take some getting used to. But I’m down….
The beacon of truth known as Media Take Out is reporting Mike Tyson and EliteXC have come to an agreement for him to fight Kimbo Slice.
It could have been one of the biggest sporting events of the year, but thanks to Dana White 
You know how every major sport has crazy statistical breakdowns of every game that’s ever been played? Somewhere in this country, some guy knows what Carney Lansford’s career batting average is, or Brett Favre’s winning percentage when it’s below 40 degrees. 