Ricco Rodriguez to fight Antonio Silva on Feb. 16; Krazy Horse arrested again
January 21, 2008 by Sam Caplan
Antonio Silva is now scheduled to face former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez during EliteXC’s next major show on February 16 in Miami, Fla., according to the homepage of ProElite.com.
This will be the third different opponent advertised for a match with Silva for the Feb. 16 card. Shane Carwin was originally listed as Silva’s opponent on Showtime’s website but his name was removed with no explanation. Then, during a conference call to promote the main event between Kimbo Slice and Tank Abbott, EliteXC live events president Gary Shaw announced that Gary Turner of Cage Rage had been selected to face Silva.
The latest announcement regarding Rodriguez as Silva’s latest opponent comes on the heels of Rodriguez’s stint last year on VH1’s reality television show “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.” The show finished taping at the end of this past summer and Rodriguez’s first appearance on the show is scheduled to air this Thursday.
Rodriguez was once considered one of the top heavyweights in the world but allowed substance abuse problems to sidetrack his career. In addition to drug use, Rodriguez has also battled weight issues in recent years and was competing as a super heavyweight for an extended period of time.
Rodriguez began losing weight last year and competed once again as a heavyweight in a bout against Ben Rothwell during the IFL team finals this past September. Rodriguez lost via unanimous decision and drew negative attention to himself for spitting on Rothwell during the match after he became frustrated.
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ProElite.com also announced that Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett is no longer scheduled to fight Victor “Joe Boxer” Valenzuela for King of the Cage on January 24.
According to the web site, Bennett is scheduled to be arraigned on January 22 following a recent arrest stemming from a domestic incident.
Bennett will be replaced by Matt Ver Halen on the 1/24 King of the Cage show. He is also scheduled to fight during the Internet portion of the Feb. 16 show but the ProElite.com report made no mention of his status for that card.
Why is Krazy Horse still employed by EliteXC? How many times can he get arrested without Gary Shaw finally saying, “You know what? Maybe we shouldn’t be using this guy on our events.” Even putting aside the fact that was completely dominated in his ShoXC fight and showed embarrassingly poor behavior afterwards, I’d think there would be some sort of “arrest limit” on his employment with EliteXC.
I believe Carwin was taken off the card due to the fact that he signed a 4 fight contract with the UFC.
http://mmajunkie.com/2008/01/20/report-ufc-signs-undefeated-heavyweight-shane-carwin/
“Shane Carwin was originally listed as Silva’s opponent on Showtime’s website but his name was removed with no explanation.”
http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/01/20/exclusive-ufc-signs-heavyweight-prospect-shane-carwin/
Hehe
Actaully, given the fight cards Shaw has promoted, I’m surprised he hasn’t set up a camera at Bennett’s house and sold tickets.
Ricco has a chance against The Mutant. If he keeps the Mutant off his feet and uses that world class groundwork. But he must avoid those fists of the Mutant. Those fists are the size of a pair of frozen turkeys.
As far as Krazy Horse, that guy is a brainless fucking thug. The only place he should be fighting is inside a prison rec yard.
if krazyhorse actually took it serious , everyone that put something negative about him would be on his bandwagon faster than they could order a pizza for there own fat butt, natural talent that just hangs around the wrong people
ya,
natural talent that pretty much relies on a punchers chance.
Get off of Krazy Horse’s back, you guys all act like he is the only professional fighter that ever has any legal troubles.
I personally was ready to see him beat down ‘Joe Boxer’ and then possibly even eat his kids as he had once hinted at.