On October 4, Seth Petruzelli knocked out Kimbo Slice in 14 seconds, and in the fallout from the fight, the mixed martial arts promotion EliteXC went out of business.But another MMA promotion might want to put Petruzelli and Kimbo back into the ring together: The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports that a Kimbo-Petruzelli rematch could take place at the annual K-1 Dynamite MMA and kickboxing show in Japan on New Year's Eve.
Zach Arnold of FightOpinion.com writes that Petruzelli wouldn't be a draw in Japan, but that Kimbo has the kind of outsized persona that Japanese fans love. And Petruzelli, who has worked for the K-1 organization before, including once fighting the Kimbo-like Bob Sapp, has said he's open to fighting there again.
Neither Kimbo nor Petruzelli is a big name in Japan, but a fight between the two of them would be a big draw for HDNet, which has the American TV rights and might be willing to pay more to get Kimbo-Petruzelli 2 on its network.
The problem, of course, is that there's no reason at all to believe that the result of a second Kimbo-Petruzelli fight would be any different from the first: Petruzelli, who unlike Kimbo is actually a skilled martial artist, would likely knock Kimbo out easily, again. Still, it would be a quick KO that would draw a big audience.
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kimbo needs to go back to street fighting
Why is everyone so down on Kimbo? It has happened to ALOT of really great fighters, quick KO's, that is. The punch that ended that fight was right on the button and when nerve endings get zapped like that, you're going down, regardless of who you are. Also, he didn't get knocked out cold, he was just stunned enough to lose coherence. I'm excited about a rematch!
hey m.d.s, please spare the predictions. and since when is petruzelli
"skilled"? quick lesson for the journalists who claim to know a thing
or two about a thing or two. what took place in the cage between kimbo
and petruzelli displayed no mma whatsoever. it was a fluke punch. it
is realy hard to display mma in under 15 seconds. if kimbo is not a
skilled mma fighter, then what is he? and if petruzelli is a skilled
mma fighter, then explain why he is at the bottom of the mma food
chain.
I think Kimbo would loose badly to many of the top MMA fighters. Seth simply let everyone see this. So you don't need to get defensive for the reporter writing the obvious. With that said I will also watch the rematch.
Whats up with Dana White gonna offer Kimbo a place on the Ultimate Fighter?he should so Kimbo could get some skills cause hes not skilled enough to hang with top heavyweights right now maybe in two or three years he could but not now....OH AND IT WASN'T A FLUKE..You dont gotta be skilled to beat or knock someone out he just clippen him on the button..
all I can say is, I HOPE NOT.
http://www.fromthecage.com
Seth knocked Bob Sapp out before with the same exact punch. The full setup is a mid-kick followed by fake kick and a straight to the face.
Flukes are in the world of double KO and flying overheads. You cant fluke a straight right to the face.
Kimbo is an MMA fighter now like it or not, deal with it.
I don't know who is more stupid ... the people putting this fight together, or me for wanting to see it again. It's like watching a train wreck!
Petruzelli will win again, it will take a few minutes and probably go to the ground.
holysh%t! i didnt know that Petruzelli k.o.ed Bob Sapp.Sapp is a beast!I would like to see kimbo and seth rematch,kimbo is a hard worker and trains hard,I would like to see him on TUF might be a wise career move cuz hes no spring chicken.
I hope they pay him good to throw this fight also.. becausde if they are promising some bs and Kmbo throws this stupid fight, it's over for him.
His only alternative to looking like seth is paid to take a dive.. is to break something. He needs Suge Knight sponsoring him.