Kimbo Slice on Versus?

I guess I do not understand why hardcore fans, bloggers, journalists, whatever are still offended by/resistant to the idea of Kimbo Slice in the UFC or MMA in general. I get that people are disppointed or disgusted by the fact that Kimbo hasn’t genuinely tried to become more well rounded or even shore up his ground game. But most people tune into watch an interesting character, not a highly skilled, well rounded mixed martial artist. Eventually he will get exposed beyond repair or actually do well. Either way the UFC is going to run out of guys so limited in their skill set that he will be forced to sink or swim. Lets be honest, he is no spring chicken. I don’t think we can expect to see his skills evolve like Jon Jones.

Kimbo will draw regardless on PPV or cable. This can only be good for the other fighters on the card, right? IMO, it gives them a little more bargaining power with sponsors. There is what you could call a trickle down effect, bleeding effect, rub, ect. they will recieve just by being on the card. There will be new eyes watching the UFC and the sport of MMA. He can be the hook that gets people interested in the sport. Let other fighters be the ones that keep them interested.

Honestly i’ve been as harsh on Kimbo as anyone and have enjoyed seeing him get beatdown. But his performance in the Alexander fight won me over, he made it an actual fight and showed some improvements in his game. It showed me he is taking things seriously and while he’ll never be a champion, I look forward to seeing him continue his fighting career in the UFC.

this will great for the ufc. I think it will draw alot more eyes to sport if kimbo is on free tv. I think it makes more sense to have him on free tv, to draw the fans to the sport. Once they are hooked they will start buying ppvs