UFC and Kimbo! - Page 2

doozer · 06-01-2008, 01:23 PM

i have yet to watch any MMA event that wasn't a waste of time and/or money.

Jaytrain5 · 06-01-2008, 01:34 PM

Different strokes for different folks. Perhaps MMA just isn't for you.

Volsguy12 · 06-01-2008, 02:50 PM

I thought i saw him tap too, but apparently not. Pretty disappointed with the fight. i thought if they were going to call it, they would have when Kimbo got hit with about 25 elbows, not when Thompson was getting hit. Would of liked to see one more hit from Kimbo though when Thompson was obviously out of it.

by the way, that dudes ear was nasty.

Vol Mania 21 · 06-01-2008, 03:08 PM

u could tell going into the fight that his ear was about to pop

mattvols · 06-01-2008, 04:00 PM

yeah i'm almost positive Kimbo was trying to tap out unless he saying something we couldnt hear or something.

**milohimself** · 06-01-2008, 04:15 PM

I can respect MMA... Kimbo's YouTube stuff is sort of entertaining, that's about it. He's got a hell of a punch, but anybody who thinks he could contend at actual decent levels of MMA is fooling themselves. That stuff takes strength AND conditioning, Kimbo has only the former.

I sort of agree with dooz, though. UFC ppv's are usually a waste of money. If they put it on prime-time tv like this EliteXC garbage got, then I might watch it more.

myrobbins7 · 06-01-2008, 04:18 PM

So what was the deal with the guys ear? Even before the match it look like something was wrong with it..

Jaytrain5 · 06-01-2008, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by mattvols

yeah i'm almost positive Kimbo was trying to tap out unless he saying something we couldnt hear or something.

I think you guys are referring to the "thumbs up" that he waved at the ref while Thompson had him in a guillotine. It sort of looked like a tap, but he was signalling that he was ok and didn't want to submit.

d4ster3 · 06-01-2008, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by myrobbins7

So what was the deal with the guys ear? Even before the match it look like something was wrong with it..

its called cauliflower ear, very common among boxer, wrestlers, mma fighters, etc...

myrobbins7 · 06-01-2008, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by d4ster3

its called cauliflower ear, very common among boxer, wrestlers, mma fighters, etc...

Ahhh..thank you.

doozer · 06-01-2008, 05:48 PM

boxers don't have as much of a problem with it because they don't spend most of their time on the mat. it's why you see wrestlers wearing the head protection that they do. it keeps their ears from being rubbed all over the mat.

d4ster3 · 06-01-2008, 08:22 PM

from wikipedia: Cauliflower ear is often the source of pride for wrestlers and fighters. Thus, they disdain the protective gear

doozer · 06-01-2008, 09:18 PM

headgear is required in high school, i think. after that it's up the fighter.

i'm not sure what's prideful about having a jacked up ear.

hmanvolfan · 06-01-2008, 09:21 PM

You want a cauliflower ear after suffering brain damage...

VolFirebirds · 06-01-2008, 10:44 PM

Headgear is uncomfortable at best, and bugs the piss out of you (while half-choking you) at worst.

But, it beats the hell out of not being able to put on a football helmet by yourself because your ear is twice its size.

I learned my lesson after ONE drainage, and never got back on a mat without my headgear for the rest of my active wrestling career.

However, headgear is PROHIBITED at the International level, so the really elite guys can't ever really avoid getting cauli.