
(Yeah, we definitely need to see this again.)
So, the South Florida Sun Suntinel has this story about how EliteXC’s collapse affects South Floridians (thanks for the tip, Fight Opinion), and it contains this rather amazing quote:
Rookie MMA fighter Kimbo Slice is already back in a local gym after his 14-second loss to last-minute replacement and UFC light heavyweight washout Seth Petruzelli in Sunrise.
Slice, who spent Thursday at one of his children’s school career day, is weighing his options with his agent Mike Imber. He may fight on the DREAM K-1 New Year’s Eve show in Japan, possibly a rematch with Petruzelli.
Oh man, career day? Poor Kevlar. I wonder if Kimbo was too embarrassed to talk about MMA following his recent loss, and instead delivered a five-minute speech about what it takes to be a porn company bodyguard.
Of course, the other notable thing about that quote is OMFG KIMBO/SETH II??? I guess Japanese fight fans are upset they missed out on such an awesome freak show and they want to recreate it on their home turf. Financially speaking, Japan is probably Kimbo’s best option going forward — either in featured matches against guys like Butterbean, Minowaman, and (fingers crossed!) Genki Sudo, or in pro wrestling. He’d be the next Bob Sapp, basically. It might be the best option for Seth Petruzelli as well, come to think of it, considering that his loose lips single-handedly sank a fight league, and he has to be something of an industry pariah at this point. So yeah: Kimbo/Seth, the rematch. It’s either that or going back to escorting porn chicks full-time, and that has to get boring after a while…


That’s real cool of you guys dropping the N bomb like that. It’s 2008 dumbasses.