Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: Juddog
I agree with you there, I don't see this making 2nd round either. Personally I feel Ken is going to get punished, as Bas Rutten already had revenge on him a couple years ago and knows how to work him; he'll pass that knowledge onto Kimbo.
If I was to rank Kimbo right now I'd see he'd be in the top 30 best fighters right now. He has a long way to go, and needs to work his way up slowly. I agree with the posts above about him being a main attraction; he shouldn't be a main event draw, but I think the stations are just milking the people that are curious about him.
Kimbo reminds me of Rashad Evans in a way. When I was watching UFC 88 with my buddies, everybody was going on about how Rashad was going to get his ass kicked by Liddell, then Rashad tested Liddell's jaw and that was all she wrote. Sometimes a new guy can come along with a more determined attitude, a better technique, etc. and prove everybody wrong. It's easy to take the majority opinion.
top 30? maybe the top30 of elitxc but no way in all of mma. you throw in UFC, pride, K1,etc there is no way he is top 30. maybe after a few years of BJJ but he is old and his skills are going to dominish.
i don't ever see him breaking the top 30.
Evans had a great game plan. he had said he knew Chucks "tells" and was able to capatlize on those. i HATE Rashad but the fact he has (i think undeafeted) been on one hell of a winning streak should tell yousomething. personally i want to see Rampage vs Rashad. that should be a hell of a fight.
but you can't compare rashad and kimbo. only thing kimbo has is brute strengh. Rashad has some damn good skills. i hate him a lot though heh