Kimbo

This week was the season finale of the ultimate fighter, which as you know is one of my most favorite shows. For every season finale the ultimate fighter has a free fight card which they air on TV and the main event is always the final fight to crown the ultimate fighter and give them a six figure contract in the UFC. This was a very good finale because the undercard was pretty cool and the main event had my fighter which I thought was going to win from the beginning of the season.
The undercard featured ex street brawler Kimbo Slice who was featured on this season of the ultimate fighter. Kimbo lost early in the season and was therefore eliminated but he impressed all season with his training and his improvement as a fighter so Dana White decided to give him a fight against Houston Alexander who is a proven fighter. Most UFC fans did not want Kimbo to win because of his negative image and his attitude toward fighting but as the season went on and as I really got to know Kimbo my impression of him changed. He really showed me that he wanted to be a fighter and that he was willing to put in the time and effort and training to accomplish it.
The fight started off slow and was pretty boring through the whole first round. Kimbo took the middle of the octagon and Houston just circled around the ring waiting for Kimbo to close so he could land a leg kick and possibly catch him off guard. This strategy was fairly boring to watch and occasionally Houston would kick or Kimbo would get a decent head shot. I could not really decide who won that round it was not really intense and not very many points were scored.
The second round was definitely the best round of the whole fight. Kimbo started to get frustrated and he really exploded and started to tee off with Houston. They were going back and forth and just landing some heavy shots. Kimbo then went into the grapple with Houston and surprised everyone by judo throwing him on the ground into full mount position. Clearly Kimbo has seriously improved his ground game and his take downs. Kimbo then began to bring a relentless ground and pound and almost TKO’d Houston but he was not doing enough damage for the fight to be called then and there.
The next round was pretty crazy because it all came down to the third round seeing as the first round almost didn’t matter but might have gone Houston Alexander’s way and the second round was clearly Kimbo’s. the third round Houston realized he needed to do something quick to help him win the fight so he came at Kimbo strong and started to go toe to toe with him. They fought pretty hard and Kimbo stood his ground and landed some heavy blows but Houston got a good leg kick and dropped Kimbo but he shot right back up and continued to fight. The fight when on like this for the whole round and Kimbo got a good take down and landed some good punches but I still wasn’t too sure about the outcome of the fight.
The judges then made their decision and had to score the fight in favor of one of the fighters. This was a really hard thing to do because it was such a close fight and both fighters showed tremendous skill and left everything in the ring. The judges finally came to a decision and ruled that Kimbo had won in a unanimous decision. This was absolutely incredible because this was Kimbo’s first ever UFC fight and he has improved so much since his days of street brawling. I used to really dislike Kimbo and I thought it would be absolutely terrible if he became a good UFC fighter because of his lack of skill and technique but I really feel like he has grown into such a great fighter and am pleased to see him in the UFC and I hope he continues to be victorious. Also, I am very excited for Kimbo as a fighter because Brock Lesnar is the Heavy Weight Champion and Brock Lesnar is everything I hate about a UFC fighter. He is tremendously cocky and he is more of a tyrant than a skilled fighter. If Kimbo continues to improve as a fighter and become great in the heavy weight division he will possibly be able to defeat Brock and I would be much more delighted to see Kimbo Slice as the heavy weight champion over Brock.
Another great fight from Saturday was the Jon “Bones” Jones fight against Matt Hamil. Jon Jones is a promising young fighter with tremendous skill and a huge reach and he took this fight to display his skills and expand his fan base. In this fight he really showed how quick and powerful he was and how dominate his ground game was. Jon Jones was really destroying Matt Hamil but the judges called a stop to the fight because Jones was striking directly down onto Hamil’s head with his elbow. This is against the rules in the UFC so the judges where going to deduct one point for every downward strike so Jones would only lose a few points but would probably win by TKO. When the ref attempted to restart the fight however Hamil was not able to continue because of the beating Jones put on him. Because of this they gave the fight to Hamil because Jones was disqualified. This was a pretty bad decision to me because clearly Jones was winning the fight and the downward strikes were not improving his chances of victory considering he was almost certainly going to win anyway. The worst thing about this decision is that it made Jones undefeated record tainted. He has never lost a fight but now his record will show that he has a loss.