Comments on: Do you really want to see Kimbo vs. Tank? Damn right I do. http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/10/10/do-you-really-want-to-see-kimbo-vs-tank-damn-right-i-do/ Your Destination for Insider MMA News and Opinion Fri, 25 May 2012 17:22:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Big D D http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/10/10/do-you-really-want-to-see-kimbo-vs-tank-damn-right-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-3539 Big D D Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:41:05 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/10/10/do-you-really-want-to-see-kimbo-vs-tank-damn-right-i-do/#comment-3539 oh just kiss and make up....we are all MMA nuthuggers. To each their own... oh just kiss and make up….we are all MMA nuthuggers. To each their own…

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]]> By: saku http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/10/10/do-you-really-want-to-see-kimbo-vs-tank-damn-right-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-3506 saku Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:03:40 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/10/10/do-you-really-want-to-see-kimbo-vs-tank-damn-right-i-do/#comment-3506 WIhtout going into details because i dont feel like arguing, i just wanted to thank adam for writing that piece. I was almost offended by the way the original article was made to pick out kimbo and tank....just, i liked the follow up! WIhtout going into details because i dont feel like arguing, i just wanted to thank adam for writing that piece. I was almost offended by the way the original article was made to pick out kimbo and tank….just, i liked the follow up!

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]]> By: Adam Morgan http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/10/10/do-you-really-want-to-see-kimbo-vs-tank-damn-right-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-3505 Adam Morgan Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:53:04 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/10/10/do-you-really-want-to-see-kimbo-vs-tank-damn-right-i-do/#comment-3505 Agree to disagree. :D The only reason I say it will be a chance for Kimbo to show how far he's come is because I expect to see a completely different fighter than the one that beat Ray Mercer. More training with Bas and Tompkins has to equal a better fighter, no? Look forward to disagreeing with you more in the future. Agree to disagree. :D

The only reason I say it will be a chance for Kimbo to show how far he’s come is because I expect to see a completely different fighter than the one that beat Ray Mercer.

More training with Bas and Tompkins has to equal a better fighter, no?

Look forward to disagreeing with you more in the future.

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]]> By: Ben Fowlkes http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/10/10/do-you-really-want-to-see-kimbo-vs-tank-damn-right-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-3501 Ben Fowlkes Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:43:51 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/10/10/do-you-really-want-to-see-kimbo-vs-tank-damn-right-i-do/#comment-3501 Man, I love a spirited debate. You're welcome to pay for it, Adam. I'll wait until it shows up on YouTube. In answer to some of your points: "I call it a logical step up in competition. Who do you want Kimbo Slice to face?" - How about someone who is a) in shape, and b) taking his own career seriously? I don't think that's too much to ask. "Once Kimbo runs through Tank, I’m sure he will continue to move his way up the ladder to better competition." - That's what makes it a sideshow, that we all know Kimbo will run through him, and Tank doesn't mind taking a beating for a paycheck. Will Kimbo be significantly better after this fight? No. So why not put him against better competition now? Because sideshows sell. "In reality, the fight makes a whole lot of sense if you take a good look at it. Will it be an exciting fight? Probably not. Will it tell us how far Kimbo Slice has come and how far he has to go? Very much so." - So it won't be exciting, but it will give us an accurate barometer of Kimbo's skills? You already said Kimbo will run through him, and I agree with that assessment. The only way this tells us anything is if it takes Kimbo longer than sixty seconds to win. And for the record, I like Kimbo. I agree that if Bas Rutten and Shawn Tompkins like him, he must be a hard worker with a good head on his shoulders. It's Tank who I'm bashing. He's a relic from the past, and he wasn't even good then. If I didn't want to see Kimbo really go places I wouldn't care. I guess we'll agree to disagree on this one. Man, I love a spirited debate. You’re welcome to pay for it, Adam. I’ll wait until it shows up on YouTube. In answer to some of your points:

“I call it a logical step up in competition. Who do you want Kimbo Slice to face?”

- How about someone who is a) in shape, and b) taking his own career seriously? I don’t think that’s too much to ask.

“Once Kimbo runs through Tank, I’m sure he will continue to move his way up the ladder to better competition.”

- That’s what makes it a sideshow, that we all know Kimbo will run through him, and Tank doesn’t mind taking a beating for a paycheck. Will Kimbo be significantly better after this fight? No. So why not put him against better competition now? Because sideshows sell.

“In reality, the fight makes a whole lot of sense if you take a good look at it. Will it be an exciting fight? Probably not. Will it tell us how far Kimbo Slice has come and how far he has to go? Very much so.”

- So it won’t be exciting, but it will give us an accurate barometer of Kimbo’s skills? You already said Kimbo will run through him, and I agree with that assessment. The only way this tells us anything is if it takes Kimbo longer than sixty seconds to win.

And for the record, I like Kimbo. I agree that if Bas Rutten and Shawn Tompkins like him, he must be a hard worker with a good head on his shoulders. It’s Tank who I’m bashing. He’s a relic from the past, and he wasn’t even good then. If I didn’t want to see Kimbo really go places I wouldn’t care.

I guess we’ll agree to disagree on this one.

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