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Kimbo Slice vs. Bo Cantrell Round 1

Crowd popping huge for Kimbo. Cantrell looks scared and I don’t blame him. Spinning back fist attempt by Cantrell but nothing doing. Kimbo closing the distance. HOLY SHIT!! Kimbo knocked Cantrell out cold with one punch. Like he’s not going to be a huge star in this sport. You can see the imprint of Kimbo’s fist on Cantrell’s forehead. Utterly devastating. I’m not crazy–Kimbo ain’t ready for Couture or Fedor but this man is no joke. With that kind of insane natural power, that fearsome persona plus the training of Bas Rutten his potential is unlimited….to paraphrase what Larry Merchant said about George Foreman as he entered the ring to fight Michael Moorer for the heavyweight title “there are many fighters, but few stars”. Like it or not, Kimbo has serious star power. If he keeps progressing he’s going to be the Mike Tyson of MMA and could take the sport to the next level of mainstream popularity. Whoever is doing color commentary hit the nail on the head when he said that Cantrell was “looking into the eyes of a demon”. Can’t wait to see Bill Goldberg interview K. Slice…..man, you forget what a big dude Goldberg is. He’s makes Kimbo look small. Kimbo gives a quick “thank my Lord Jesus Christ promo”. Jesus hits a riff on the turntables to show his pleasure at getting props from Kimbo. I sure wish they wouldn’t denegrate Kimbo’s win over Mercer…..Goldberg trying to steal Kimbo’s spotlight was also very WCW-esque. MMA announcers sure are dense–they recognize the popularity of Kimbo with the live crowd but don’t seem to get just how big he could potentially be. Look for the first rap artist dropping a Kimbo reference in a song within the next two months. KJ Noons/Nick “Ganja” Diaz coming up next…

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