KIMBO SLICE DESTROYS OPPONENT ON SHOWTIME: A STAR IS BORN?

by The Prophet, ProphetFighting

I know that most of you people don't understand this, but its not easy ahead of the curve. Actually, my EC homeboy Liston knows what its like being this far ahead of the masses, but very few of the rest of you get it. It was like this when I was in high school. I'd get into some new band and all of the boring mainstream kids would heckle me..."that band sucks"..."you're lame"..."disco/Styx/Journey/Air Supply rules!". Then said band would blow up and all of the lame people who were heckling me the month before would be rolling in "that band's" gear and listening to their tunes on their boom boxes. By this time I'd be on to something else, of course, and the process would begin anew.

I haven't been partaking of the Kimbo Slice kool-aid all along--I originally thought it was a joke that he was being allowed to fight a former world heavyweight boxing champion. Then he destroyed Ray Mercer using a fight plan that was more Randy Couture than YouTube street fighter and I started to pay attention. I'm big enough to admit when I'm wrong and I issued an emotional "mea culpa" on my Internationally acclaimed boxing/MMA website, ProphetFighting.com. Oh yeah, here's an explanation of what "Mea Culpa" means for the less clever of you out there...

So once again I'm ahead of the curve but I'm giving you the opportunity to hop on the Kimbo Slice bandwagon now. If he continues to progress as a legit fighter he very well could become the Mike Tyson of MMA and be the catalyst for even more mainstream acceptance for the sport. He didn't get to show his skills tonight--he ended things early with a devastating uppercut that actually LEFT AN IMPRINT OF HIS FIST ON HIS OPPONENT'S FOREHEAD. His hapless opponent, Bo Cantrell, was out cold and the ref mercifully stepped in before Kimbo could administer more punishment and likely tea bag the fallen fighter. Cantrell looked terrified from the get-go, but to his credit didn't lay prone on the mat at the sight of Kimbo which is what I would have done.

Anyway, this is your opportunity to possibly be ahead of the curve. Assuming that Kimbo continues to work hard and learn from trainer Bas Ruten he could be headed for Mike Tyson-like celebrity status. So before every rapper starts giving shoutouts to Kimbo in their songs and every mainstream dweeb starts wearing his t-shirts take my advice and get on the Kimbo bandwagon....

FOR FURTHER READING:

A story I wrote about Kimbo's insane Internet popularity here...

My live blogging play by play of Kimbo's fight as it appeared on ProphetFighting.com earlier tonight is here...

A funny Photoshop of a Kimbo Slice "Magic:The Gathering" card here...