Chuck Liddell fires back at Kimbo Slice
Chuck Liddell was a guest on Rear Naked Radio in Dallas over the weekend and took some more shots at Kimbo Slice:
“All I said is fight to someone real,” Liddell said. “The only guy he lost to in his street-fight things came into the UFC and lost. Fight a guy that is real and fight a guy… who has a few wins in MMA, and then talk about it.”
“That first fight they had on HDNet, he fought a guy that had been knocked out two times before in less than 30 seconds, and he tapped on his way down in [that] one,” Liddell said. “That was three fights that he lost in less than 30 seconds. How many guys do you know who’s done that? Talk about a tomato can.”
Liddell is referencing Bo Cantrell, Kimbo’s first professional opponent, in that last part. Don’t be surprised if the UFC makes a big run at Kimbo if he wins a few more fights to try and make a fight between him and Liddell happen. Dana White and Co. know that Kimbo is a draw and a fight between him and Liddell would sell a ridiculous amount of PPVs. It seems far fetched right now, but I am not discounting the thought for a second.
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April 28th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
kimbo would get ko’ed QUICK, CHUCKS NEW NAME WOULD BE— Chuck “sent kimbo straight to hell” Liddell
April 28th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
I stopped caring about anything Kimbo related after Bo Cantrell couldn’t wait to tap until a punch actually connected, so he could go cash his check from whoever it was paid him to take a dive.
April 28th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
If Kimbo beats some legit fighters, why not make a run at him? Have him fight a few UFC journeymen and then put him up against Liddell. If the guy proves himself, his background as a street fighter becomes irrelevant.
April 28th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Addendum: I would still pay the PPV fee to see Chuck KTFO Kimbo.
April 28th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
I don’t think anyone is arguing, or would argue that Mike.
It boils down to the mass amount of hype he’s already gotten and continues to get for beating the grand sum of 0 relevancy to date in the world of MMA.
April 28th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Ian–
Agreed. I figure his org. is a little light on talent and they’re hyping what they have (Kimbo), and who knows what that is.
April 28th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
If you figure it’s mainly us “Hardcore MMA Fanboys (and girls… Though I have yet to see proof)” that are anti-Slice, then you have to consider that it’s the regular not-so-into-mma-as-we-are-fan who’s into him. And taking that into consideration, how many new fans has Slice brought to the game? He may not have fought anyone yet, and I hope he does soon.. But he defiantly has a drawing power.
Anyone else noticing any similarities to the Kimbo arguments and the Fedor in the last 2-3 years arguments?
April 28th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
“Don’t be surprised if the UFC makes a big run at Kimbo if he wins a few more fights to try and make a fight between him and Liddell happen. Dana White and Co. know that Kimbo is a draw and a fight between him and Liddell would sell a ridiculous amount of PPVs. It seems far fetched right now, but I am not discounting the thought for a second.”
So says the man who drafted Kimbo. You never stop whoring your fictional promotion, do you Morgan?
April 29th, 2008 at 1:59 am
Do you think Dana would risk Chuck losing to a rival organisations fighter? or were you meaning that they sign Kimbo?. If Kimbo won it would give Elite XC sooooooooooo much and take away soooooooooo much from UFC. If Dana is half the buisness man I think he is this fight will never happen unless Kimbo signs for UFC or Chuck signs for Elite XC. So never.
As for the argument that we should lay off Kimbo because he’s is bringing new fans to the sport. If Justin Timberlake was to fight Brittany Spears in the octogon it would bring in even more fans… but that wouldn’t make it a good thing for MMA.
April 29th, 2008 at 2:19 am
It’s not like there are 100 Kimbo’s out there. This is the one (and probably only) fighter who will ever come out the you-tube world to become someone of interest. We’re talking about him, whether you want to see him get destroyed by someone legit or you believe he’s got potential.
He beat up a bunch of… uh, pedestrians?… in the street, okay, that’s ridiculous, but heat least looked the part doing it. So then he fought a retired world class boxer. Was Kimbo so not for real that this former boxer could beat him? Everyone was at least a little curious about that.
Nope, Kimbo kicked his ass. Couple fights later, they throw a washed up Tank Abbot at him. Was Kimbo so not for real that an ancient Tank Abbott could beat him up? Nope, he kicked his ass, too. As long as they feed Kimbo a steady line of has been and never weres, he’s going to be a someone that people talk about because he’s the only guy of his kind out there. The mean lookin’ dude from the street that you keep saying will get his ass handed to him once he fights a real MMA guy in his prime.
They will keep serving up KO fodder until they can get one monster payday out of him against a Liddell or someone like that. I’m sure they see no point in letting him lose to a gatekeeper type before he scores that big dollar fight.
April 29th, 2008 at 2:21 am
Haters! it’s not like Kimbo has a say in who he fights.
Kimbo is a brand and his team is careful about who he is faced with next. He got into the sport at an old age and they can’t take any chance.
April 29th, 2008 at 2:41 am
Well maybe WWE is more his style if he wont fight for real or if he needs looking after.
April 29th, 2008 at 3:11 am
Sorry but this Kimbo thing is just got me F@#KED. People are defending the idea of Kimbo being a “brand” or that he gets fed people who, to me, are obviously taking a dive or under performing. THIS IS A SPORT!. Not pro wrestling or a reality show. If you watch this sport because somebody is interesting or because of their personality, please give WWE a go (they have plenty of fake set up fighting between VERY colourful people) and let the real sport of MMA exist without this crap.
Having said that if Kimbo fights other up and commers of the same skill or potential good luck to him.
April 29th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Chuck may want to actually train for that fight if it happens…rather than going on drinking binges the night of the fight. Kimbo trains his ass off..it’s not his fault that Elite XC keeps running cans at him. He has a good chin and great punching power. Chuck has good punching power, but a questionable chin.
April 29th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Maybe if chuck was 60 kimbo actually got some real wins. would have a chance but not anytime soon. Chuck’s only gotten knocked out once so no he does not have a weak chin that’s complete bs. Besides everyone knows rampage has some of the heaviest hands and slams in the sport. I doubt kimbo right now can beat anyone real in he lightheavy or heavyweight division in the ufc right now. c’mon bo cantrel and tank abbot have a combined record of like 19-25. chuck’s a ten-one favorite hands down.
April 29th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
#9 Fight Fan
I wouldn’t pay to watch Justin and Brittany square off because I’m pretty sure that Brittany would kick his ass within the first two minutes. Aren’t she and Kimbo both from Florida?
April 29th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
#9 vince carter is from florida do want him to fight, how about oranges ,they come from florida too, should they fight , what does coming from florida have to do with anything, and i think brittney is from alabama anywhey.
April 29th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
sorry #9 redirect that to #16 , my fault.
April 29th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
I don’t get this. I am an avid reader of several MMA sites. I never hear of Kimbo coming out saying he is the shit. I’ve seen him twice on Inside MMA and he never came off that way then either. I’ve never seen so many people hate a guy because people who don’t understand MMA think he is the best. Who cares? Idiots think he is the toughest fighter in the world. Who cares? I’ve never heard him self-promote that he is the best in the world, so why would I hate on him? He can’t control the phenomenon that is Kimbo Slice. It’s not his fault that he is more of a household name than everyone in the UFC minus maybe Chuck. Is he the best in the world? Absolutely not! Does he think he is the best in the world? Absolutely not! So stop bashing him. That goes for you too Mr Iceman. If he is so terrible then why do you concern yourself with it? Let people think what they want to think and stop taking shit personal. If Kimbo is a fraud, then it will come out eventually… But until Kimbo says I am the best in the world, let him be people. He has done nothing wrong.
April 29th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Kimbo was just doing his job minding his own business in his orginization and Chuck from the UFC made some high profile negative comments about him. Of course Kimbo should feel free to respond in pretty much any manner he chooses. Kimbo choose to call out Chuck for a private sparing session away from the powers that be, that would not grant such a fight… ‘very cool Kimbo’
Kimbo will and should fight a guy a notch up each time… he’s ready for someone to take him into the 2nd round. I hope his promoters don’t drag him down by continuing to feed him “tomato cans”.
May 6th, 2008 at 7:54 am
Kimbo would kill him….go on youtube and look at what he can do.
May 8th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Kimbo is Ok, but seriously it’s retarded for random people on the streets to say kimbo is the best mma fighter when they only got into the sport 1 day ago. Kimbo is an average fighter at best.
Gary shaw is an ashole, I’m not a hater I just have an opinion , why you all want us to step in Line and say KIMBO is legit?
KImbo is not a TOP ten HEavyweight he fought cans. BO cantrel and Tank abbot have LOSING records.
Now elitexc Gives him a guy like thompson WHO IS WIDELY KNOWN TO HAVE A GLASS CHIN.
so Kimbo beats thompson then what? we have more retards saying kimbo is the best fighter.
That’s like watching football for the first time and saying yep the raiders are the best team…they proved it by fighting cans.
Fact is he has to FIGHT top tier opponents for people to actually respect him. With the fame comes less fame. US So called haters are the less fame he is getting.
Here are the top tier he has to beat in order to be acepted as a legit contendor
1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
3. Randy Couture
4. Tim Sylvia
5. Andrei Arlovski
6. Fabricio Werdum
7. Gabriel Gonzaga
8. Cheick Kongo
9. Mirko Filipovic
10. Ben Rothwell
those guys up top are heavies fight heavies KImbo not LW’s
once he beats them then i will respect him.
IF not he will be KNOWN throughout the UNITED STATES AND mma as “KIMBO beat up D class fighters ferguson.”