Comments on: Tickets for Kimbo vs. Tank go on-sale on Friday

By: aric

aric — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:13:20 +0000

is this going to be pay per view? who’s showing it? etc…….

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By: JacRabbit

JacRabbit — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:35:39 +0000

Yes, verrry deep pockets

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By: RA

RA — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:36:13 +0000

Im from the area also and have been to every ufc at the hard rock and they have been full everytime…Plus the kids going to UM usually have parents with deep pockets…

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By: Mr. Takedown

Mr. Takedown — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:48:58 +0000

putting kimbo slice on a college campus in the town he is from is a promoters dream. EliteXC should be pushing this thing locally and virally, get these college kids to pack the house.

However that’s not going to happen. EliteXC doesn’t even post the fight cards of its events on its website.

At CFFC 5 in AC, the crowd went apeshit for Kimbo vs. Mercer. The guy has an electric following. It was awesome. Maybe about 6k-8K hardcore fans there. If you are anywhere around Miami for this fight, get your ass to the arena.

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By: Captain

Captain — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:39:38 +0000

I am watching this fight. Not traveling to Miami to watch it… but I’m gonna watch it. I think this is a good fight for only being Kimbo’s second professional fight.

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By: dizzle

dizzle — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:37:58 +0000

Also, I don’t think they want UM to fill their event. Plus, you can’t expect the college kids to have the money to spend with the venders. That’s one of the thing you have to keep in mind…There’s people out there they need to make money. I just don’t see college students having the money to spend on merch and beer…well maybe beer if they sneak it in.

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By: dizzle

dizzle — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:34:50 +0000

Yea, but Jac the advertising budget isn’t able to pull a huge crowd.

Nobody here on the West Coast knows about Kimbo’s Fight unless they are huge MMA fans like ourselves. They need to rethink a good advertising campaign to grab the attention from the west and east coast…not just the east coast.

By the way I live in Southwest florida Naples/Fort Myers Area.

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By: JacRabbit

JacRabbit — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:16:22 +0000

Ill be surprised if UM students alone don’t fill half the venue.

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By: JacRabbit

JacRabbit — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:13:59 +0000

I have to say–I live in Miami, and MMA seems to have been growing pretty rapidly down here. Miami or not, Kimbo is known widely from youtube and other internet sites. I’ve seen the videos years ago, long before they landed on the internet. I’ve known who he was well before his fight with Mercer, and so has the majority of people in this area. If promotion is done WELL locally this will be a HUGE draw.

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By: dizzle

dizzle — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:32:54 +0000

of course Rabbit.

I’m sure that this fight will end up either a TKO or Rear Naked Choke.

I think that Tank is going to be looking for a full mount with this fight. That’s the only place I see Kimbo being in trouble at.

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