MJB23

If it's in a street etc and not sanctioned it's a street fight, I don't care how you try to dress it up and make it sound better it's still a street fight. If in fact the fight was a bare knuckle boxing match where the rules made evident to Gannon before the start of the fight? I didn't see any rules being told in the video.

TheNegation

Um, no lol?

Did you think it was a coincidence those guys only fought with their fists and there was a guy there to deliver a 20 count everytime somebody went down?

There were rules, as there were for every fight we have seen Kimbo in. I'll see if I can find the interview in which Gannon talks about them, it's down from Wiki.

MJB23

I've never once seen these rules discussed or displayed in the videos and i've seen every kimbo fight thats on youtube. I'm not saying there arent rules but I have never seen them displayed and so I find it hard to believe they used rules if they didnt say anything about them. Id love for you to find that interview tho.

TheNegation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDph0FFBG4E

Did you miss this one?

Thye rules are pretty obvious if you have watched his fights, boxing only, a count out(usually of 30 seconds). Thats pretty standard BKB, it's not NHB or streetfighting. Trust me there is a difference.

It's impossible to find anything other than what was supposedly the basic rebbuttal of Gannons camp after the fiht in articles about the fight or videos of Kimbo calling Gannon out.

rockybalboa25

First of all James Thompson was knocked out in 43 seconds at Cage Rage 20 on February 10, 2007 by Eric "Butterbean" Esch. How exactly does one cheat in a street fight? I thought that was the most hilarious part of the video. The street fighting champion, kimbo Slice's, people jumping in to enforce the "rules". If Gannon was allowed to fight him with less rules, like a mma match (seriously how does a street fight have more rules than mma?) it would be over quick. As far as guys on the street, there are plenty big cocky guys fresh out of jail in my neighborhood that would tear Kimbo apart.

MJB23

All I saw was Kimbo's guys complaining because Kimbo got knocked down and the guy went in for the kill. Hardly a display of rules. Every fight where Kimbo has been knocked down, in trouble, etc his guys instantly jump in and start saying hey you can't do that. Kimbo is not a BKB he is an organized street fighter.

TheNegation

No, he did not. James Thompson got knocked down, and the fight was stopped prematurely. Clearly you never even saw that fight.

One does not cheat in a street fight, as a street fight doesn't have rules.

I never said that a street fight has more rules than an MMA match.

As for your last point, you are clearly an idiot so I am ending this conversation. I am sure being cocky, big and doing prison time is an adequate substitute for MMA training with Bas Rutten.


Yet you claim to have seen all his fights? Kimbo doesn't hit guys when they go down either, the closest he came was smacking that Adrian guy when they fought on the way down. The reason they jumped in was because hitting a downed opponent is clearly against the rules, and was in all of Kimbos fights excluding the Gannon fight where everything went out the window. The didn't jump in in the Chico fight when he got rocked.

MJB23

What rules? It's a street fight there are no rules. So Kimbo has some class and doesn't hit his opponents on the ground, good for him. Kimbo doesn't need to finish them on the ground because most of them either stay down or get up and 5 seconds later get knocked down and are done. What's your excuse for Kimbo's guys stepping in when Gannon had him in a guillotine? Was that against the "rules" too?

TheNegation

This is like talking to a brick wall.

I'll try doing this in steps.
Are you familiar with the "sport" of Bare Knuckle Boxing and the rules under which it is usually carried out?

MJB23

Do you have any proof to back up your notion that Kimbo is a bare knuckle boxer? Do you have an interview where he states that he is a bare knuckle boxer? Everything ever written about him states he is a street fighter. I have yet to see something that says he is a bare knuckle boxer. Just because the rules may resemble BKB doesn't mean Kimbo is a bare knuckle boxer.