"Kick Kimbo Ass" the story by sherdog.net poster "phd in mma":
I would say about 90% of the people were there just to see Kimbo. Around 8:30 elite xc made the announcement that Kimbo wasn't fighting Shamrock but would be fighting Petruzelli instead
I was one of the few who actually knew who Petruzelli was and immediately knew Kimbo was f----d. For the most part the people at the event didn't know shit about mma. I told the people next to me that Ken Shamrock hadn't won a fight since 2004 and lost his last five by tko/ko in the first and they seemed shocked. Right before the Kmbo fight elite xc promoters handed out the signs: "Kick ass Kimbo," Me and about 5 other people in the crowd modified the sign to say
what it was supposed to say, and that is "Kick Kimbo's ass"
The look on everyones faces' was priceless when
Kimbo got thrashed in 14 seconds. There was an eerie silence throughout the whole arena and everyone looked as if they had just witnessed the death of their hero. I jumped up in the air laughing ... and waving my modified sign in everyones faces then gave my friend a hug and yelled "The hype is all over"
Other Moments and Thoughts from EXC Heat
-when I was entering the arena they had all these elite xc guys out front holding huge signs advertising for Kimbo's after party
I asked them "Is Kimbo gonna be there?" they said "yes"
I made a sarcastic remark saying "How do you know Kimbo's gonna be medically cleared after the fight?" to which they had no answer.
-The fight of the night IMO was Cyborg vs. the chinese lady w/ the mohawk, which wasn't even televised. Cyborg put the worst beating I've ever seen anyone dish on this chinese lady who kept pushing foward and never gave up. Cyborg reminded me of henderson the way she cocked her arm back and through wild crazy hooks turning her whole body
-I got my ticketes the day before the event for $32. What EXC didn't tell you is there was a shit load of empty seat, the top deck was completely closed off, and I ended up stealin a seat that was about 100 feet closer than I was suppose to be sitting. The event wasn't even close to be sold out.
Stupid Comments
-"Ohhh Ken Shamrock's a F----n pussy I knew He'd be scared to fight kimbo." I told this idiot that it had nothing to do with Ken it was the athletic commision
-Whenever any fight hit the ground, in the clinch, any form of grappling would result in "BOOOO" I would sarcastically yell out "booo wrestling, booo grappling, booo jui jitsu, we like stand up and punching, that's it" even stupider is the fact that most around me didn't get my obvious sarcasm and agreed with me in a serious manner.
-People next to me during the Jake shields fight: "I hope this fight ends soon so we can see Kimbo." Also "what's this ground shit, they should stand up and fight" while Shields had Daley mounted and was working armbars the whole time.
-There was this black guy w/ gold teeth in the bathroom. He was staring into the mirror saying "I like Kimbo" as in i like kimbo to win. I told him that his hero was gonna get thrashed. He answered " Put yo monay wherah yo mouf i-ah." I told him that "there gonna be fists where kimbo's mouth is pretty soon"
-Best of all was when the Kimbo fight ended Me and my friends gathered the hundreds of abandoned Kimbo signs, held them up in the air for everyone to see as they were walking out all depressed at the destruction of there hero, then ripped the signs into pieces and threw them up in the air like confetti to celebrate.
-I lost my voice from yelling so much during the celebration.
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