I give Kimbo a pass cause he's new to the sport but JT should be ashamed of himself, his standup is atrocious and he's lost on the ground, wonder what he does each day to train for fights.
Eh, every time something bad happens in MMA people say it will set the sport 5 years back, and it never seems to. You're overreacting.
Was the televised event good? No, not really. There were 2 fights of the 5 that showed high-level technique and were exciting. One of them ended in an unfortunate stoppage. The main event was a technical abomination on the ground, and ended with controversy. Other 2 televised fights were average.
It was bad, but not that bad.
Oh but I was getting really annoyed when Gus called every sweep a scissors sweep. I didn't see one throughout the whole night.
Kimbo's ground game wasn't bad or exceptionally good for someone with his level of experience.
To me it seemed obvious that under the pressure and heat of the moment he simply doesn't have the muscle memory down to have all the proper positioning and basics down. Clearly he is thinking about the ground game in his head, but moreso about escaping or subbing rather than letting his opponent gain better positioning.
and as for "Cut kicks", i kept hearing "Cupcakes".
let's face it....he's only done grappling for less than 2 years, give the poor guy a break
But that's not 2 years like the rest of us with jobs and families and such, that's 2 years where his JOB has been to learn MMA. You're telling me that he couldn't get to be a solid blue or purple in 2 years of 2-4 hours a day/5-6 days a week of private/semi-private classes with a legit instructor? It's not like the guy doesn't have any athleticism like some of the guys you see starting the sport. That's what baffles me.
I didn't see the match, but setting it back 5 years? I'm sorry, but I don't remember MMA being so horible 5 years ago. Heck, in some ways I liked it better.
i agree that the ground work was pretty horrible. What annoyed me was the announcer during the other fights calling all leg kicks, "cut kicks". He has no clue wtf "cut kicks" are. I also laughed when they didn't have a clue when the hot chick had the gogo.
anyways. i thought that the kimbo fight was stopped early. But when that califlower ear went "pop"...man..that made me cringe.
I think that Elite stopped every fight pre mature whenever the blood got too much. Probably due to people watching on regular tv. I think that if that habit continues, the high calibur fighters won't enter their cage to fight just to have it stopped due to a bad cut or excessive blood.
what i did like was the "production value". the fighters have a better entrance than UFC. it reminded me of "Pride".