POSTED: October 4, 2008 - 11:36 pm
CATEGORIES: MMA
Seth Petruzelli shocked the world Saturday night at EliteXC: Heat on CBS when he KO'd Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson early in the first round following a barrage of punches.
Also on the card, Jake Shields won a hard-fought battle against Muay Thai specialist Paul Daley, submitting the Cage Rage welterweight champion by armbar in the second frame. Shields successfully retained his EliteXC 170-pound crown. Daley showcased far superior standup ability, but Shields' Brazilian jiu-jitsu prowess was the deciding factor in the bout.
Andrei Arlovski survived a first-round onslaught from former IFL heavyweight champion Roy Nelson and won by knockout in the second stanza. Nelson controlled much of the first round with grappling, but Arlovski created some distance in the second and dropped Nelson with a sharp right haymaker.
Gina Carano proved why she is known as "the face of female mixed martial arts" and earned a unanimous decision over Kelly Kobold-Gavin. Carano's takedown defense was outstanding and she created some separation to dominate Kobold with her Muay Thai over three rounds. Judges' scorecards were 29-28, 30-27 and 30-27 for Carano.
In the opening bout on the CBS main card, Benji Radach showed off exceptional power and KO'd Murilo "Ninja" Rua in round two. Radach charged forward from the opening bell and nailed Rua with heavy shots, staggering the Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt.
EliteXC: Heat emanated from the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla.
Here are the quick results from Saturday night's telecast of EliteXC: Heat:
Seth Petruzelli def. Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson via TKO (Strikes) Rd 1.
EXC Welterweight Champ Jake Shields def. Paul Daley via Submission (Armbar) Rd 2.
Andrei Arlovski def. Roy Nelson via Knockout Rd 2.
Gina Carano def. Kelly Kobold via Unanimous Decision
Benji Radach def. Murilo “Ninja” Rua via Knockout Rd 2.
Preliminary Bouts
Cris “Cyborg” Santos def. Yoko Takahashi via Unanimous Decision
Conor Heun def. Edson Berto via TKO (Strikes) Rd 2.
Mikey Gomez def. Lorenzo Borgomeo via Submission (Armbar) Rd 2.
Bryan Hamade def. David Gomez via Submission (Guillotine Choke) Rd 1.
Nicolae Cury def. Jorge Bouchat via Submission (Strikes) Rd 1.
This was the most bullshit fight ive seen in years. No one in the fucking world gets tkoed in 14 seconds. The fucking bullshit official callled the worst fight in mma history. If your going to call tko you should at least let the fight go 30 seconds. But this horrible offcial let it go only 14 seconds. Kimbo clearly flipped on to his back and was beginning to start a defensive position when the dumbass official called the fight. Elite XC lost at least 3 million viewers because of this call. I waited personally an hour and a half to watch this poorly officiated fight. Thank you Elite XC for freeing my future saturday nights.
Good. Opening cheerleading segment is gone, Frank dissing Ken in the opening segment, women's match went three rounds, Fetruzelli steps up last minute and wins, Fedor get advertised. Bad. Kimbo gets knocked out in the opening seconds, Hulk Hogan is the biggest star they can get to sit in the audience. Ugly. The UFC can't let the competition have a show without direct competition. Overall a good show and I hope there are more. Competition at this stage of MMA is a good thing.
I thought overall it was a good show. Petruzelli KO's Kimbo! Anything can happen and that's what I love about MMA. It doesn't say much about Kimbo though. 10 wins 4 losses, people didn't really know who Petruzelli was aside from the hardcores, but now even the casual fans will know him as the 1st guy to KO Kimbo, good for him.
Arlovski and Nelson was ok, I thought it would be a little faster, but I liked the ending.
to K.G.- face it, your boy got dropped with one short right hand. And yeah he was starting a defensive position alright, he wreslled the crap out of the ref's leg until he finally figured out where he was!
to Kurt- quit your bellyaching Kimbo got KTFO so just deal with it. You must be one of those new fans that thinks Kimbo is the shit and that he is invincible. Well my friend, I must tell you that every HW that fought tonight could have beaten kimbo. Kimbo isn't shit. He could be a decent fighter but he is going to have to learn that you just can't run in on everybody in a fight because if you start throwing you can get knocked out too as he found out tonight. Tonight will be a humbling experience for Kimbo and hopefully he rebounds from it. I just can't believe his trainer and legend Bas Rutten hasn't taught Kimbo to slow down a little and relax once the bell rings. He needs to use angles and circle when punching instead of charging at his opponent like a bull waiting to get knocked out.
I bet Shamrock is kicking himself for not being the one to take out Kimo, but thats ok by me, Ken is a load.
seth is a very solid fighter who capitalized on the moment, i remember him on tuf his stand up is very solid he koed bob sapp.... the rest of the fights were great it was a very impressive show. kimbo will be back, everybody loses and finding out your fihgting a different guy hours before is tough, my hats off to both of them for going at it anyway. the ufc scraps fights weeks ahead of time when there is a injury, i like to see real fighters fight what happens happens kimbo will olny get better from this.
someone can't be tko'd in 14 seconds? Um...look here champ...it happens all the time in mixed martial arts. Actually, there are many that have lasted shorter than that. You can't blame the ref for that stuff, get a clue.
All the O faces in the front row were my highlight!
Never been here before, thank god for that, but I see alot of people deeply dissapointed that Kimbo got KOed, as if that was an improbability. Your ignorance is noted. The end of Proelite as we know it. And to think it took all of 14 seconds to bring down this promotion. Not sure if you people seen Skalla aka douchebag almost pull out all of his hair, with a half-bald Hulk Hogan sitting right behind him. It's sad that the best celeb EXC can get is 60 year old Hulk Hogan. That look on Skalla's face was priceless. It was the look of despair, and heartbreak. He just seen his cashcow get put out to pastor. Good Nite Elite XC. It was nice to know you.
Hails, ProElite, Kimbo is the most over rated fighter in the history of mma, and I was glad to see his ass waxed for the second time!!!! And I'm sure all of those poor souls on the internet that felt his wrath feel some since of clarity, and closer. Nick Diaz is the best, Proelite, use that!!!
I read a comment about how poorly the Kimbo/Petruzelli fight was officiated, and i must agree. With all the fans, money, and support that EliteXc has been recieving in the past year, i think they should be trying to grab the best officials in the sport. Ufc, pretty much has the best turn outs, so if their trying to stay affloat they need to start pleasing their fans, and the way to do that is to let their fighter's fight, thats 2 shows so far, and that pissed off alot of fans, to be realistic, Kimbo shouldn't even fought. Think about it!
i cant beleive that kimbo would let down all his fans like that by purposely losing to seth just to probably make seth famous or probably to get some kinda bribe out of this. anyone with eyes could clearly see that kimbo was fine when he hit the ground and was never unconsious or even winded at any point of the fight, it was clear that kimbo also did not have any grease on the top left side of his forehead on purpose so that he could get purposely cut and let that fool win for whatever reason..... thanks for letting your fans down kimbo slice and elite xc......
Simply put! Kimbo Sllice has finally entered MMA. Welcome Kimbo to MMA! How does a 200 pounder knockout a 240 pounder meat head. That pretty much says go home Kimbo. Keep making those silly low budget fights in Florida. Keep fighting small short fat guys. Because your soo bad A**! Right? LOL
this was the best thing that could have happened to EliteXC. They would have been in worse shape today if it was Shamrock who knocked Kimbo out. Now they can have a re-match with Kimbo now claiming that he wasn't ready for an fighter like Petruzelli. If Kimbo wins, Elite is back on track. If Seth wins, they can promote the new superstar. If Shamrock won, what would we have? Ken vs. Frank? What a train wreck that would be. Eventually, this was going to happen to Kimbo so hopefully EliteXC can make a rematch. As for these pro wrestling fans complaining about the officiating, the basic rule of thumb is that if the fighter is unable to properly defend himself, they have to step in. Radich's apponent couldn't defend himself, fight stopped. Roy Nelson couldn't defend himself, fight stopped. By the time kimbo realized where he was, he was trying to take the ref down with a leg lock while Petruzelli was getting interviewed. The safety of the fighters has to be the only priority. If you wanted to see someone get killed you should have been watching the boxing card on TSN at the same time. Two welterweights were in a 10 rounder and 1 guy was getting brutally pummelled. Jim Lampley and Lennox Lewis were calling the fight and were pleading for the fight to be stopped from the eigth round to its conclusion. the boxer was taking way, way too many head shots and they were really afraid of a death. They made reference to recent casualties in the ring and the effect it had on the fighters who laid the beating, referring back as far as Boom Boom Mancini. MMA has always prided it self on fighter safety. Good job by the refs. Overall, I would have to give this card a 7 out of 10 and hope they come back with more.
BWAAHAAAHAAAAHAHHHAAAHHHAAHHAA!!! All day long, a niggaz got ta eat. Well eat this bitch! Go back to Bum Fights Bimbo!!! Buh bye over-hyped one dimensional fighter of bums in KFC parking lots.
Elite XC can use his lack of experience as the reason to bring him back at least once more for another test, possibly even in a main event fight. He'll have lost some of his drawing power, but Kimbo isn't dead in the water...that's assuming Elite XC can survive that long.
Wowwwwwwwwwww!!! I'm so proud and happy about that little petruzelli! Fans of kimbo who talkshit about petruzelli are in the wrong way... Kimbo"the big ugly gorilla" slice has been knocked and i got to say that i'm so happy about that. It prove that nobody is a machine and that everyone can be beat. So ...I'm excited to see what Kimbo will do... Maybe he will say to his crew to kick petruzelli's ass cause he don't accept the defeat. One thing is sure, I love petruzelli !
Come kimbo got his ass handed to him,he knows now that he can not just overpower people,this guy has some athletic ability and may bounce back to be a half decent fighter. As far as saying it was fixed no i don't think so but lets face it there has been fixing before in mma. Did anybody really think elite xc was going to be direct competition for the ufc but i do agree that there needs to be some competition and hopefully people can realize there is a lot of fighting organizations out there so watch them all and you may learn something instead of just being one of dana's little cult followers.
I dont understand how people say the kimbo loss was a upset. This was the first real fight for kimbo you cant really count his privious fights tank abbot is 100 years old and the other guys were bums and the kimbos first fight had to be the most staged fight ive ever seen. no doubt kimbo is tough but he is no MMA fighter. If they countinue to match him up with real fighters he will countinue to loose. If kimbo was on the UFC tough enough show he would get killed. KIMBO HAD HIS 15 MINS AND NOW ITS OVER !!!!!!! Elite EX will prob give him a ouple of bums to fight or someone like buterbean and than when they give him a real fighter he will get destroyed again. Kimbo is a thug and cant be compared to the men who have trained since they were boys and actually had to work to get to mainstream fighting. KIMBO will never be anything more than a side show!!!!!!He should go back to you tube or get a job as a walmart security gaurd....The only bigger fraud in MMA is Ken shamrock but at least hes a 100 years old and was at one time great he just has figured hes to old
One thing is for sure Kimbo has no chin, it was a short right to his chin that took him down,and the rest is history
This is why I love MMA...it's always anyones game. Seth is great fighter, and took it to Kimbo. I don't think Kimbo's done though. He is being trained by Bas, one the greatest MMA fighters ever, and am sure he'll learn from the experience. Gina's fight was highlight of the night for me...
you win some you lose some. kimbo was not ready for seth but he will be back. anyway NON of these heavyweaght bums, on this card or in the ufc would last 2 rounds with fedor. gina looked good, ninga suprised me, shields needs to keep working.
I think kg must have been drinking last night. lying on your back with your arms out to the side is not a defensive position. if youve been paying attention there have been fights called as early as 8 seconds. elite needs to bring in a real fighter for their main event. Someone who has taken martial arts , boxing and wrestling, and who has real cardio. slice doesnt have any ground game and would be submiited quickly against a heavy weight with good ju-jitsu. some are saying he was ready for seth........well seth wasnt ready for him, and was slice prepared for any of his street oppenents? move on slice ..youre a one trick pony in a race that requires many tricks......
Way to go Seth. They have been putting Kimbo against a bunch of paid losers. Knew as soon as he face a good fighter he would be done. First loss in a string of many!!!!!!
I cant beleive I missed it, kimbo got beat and i had to hear it from my brother, but what happened to Shamrock ? Was he really scared?
I enjoyed the event over all, but I don't like the propoganda:
it's sad that all those really good fighters: like Andrei Arlovski, Jake Shields, Benji Radach,... got second billing to Kevin Ferguson (who we all know is an overhyped sideshow with limited MMA potential).
yes Kimbo will be back, but at age 34 with almost no ground game and with a bull-ish unprofessional stand-up game, he better get cracking.
Kimbos headlining any card is an insult to the sport. His look is used as a marketing tool he is nothing more than a glorified streetfighter. This was not a upset seth has a decent record and if you really no the sport would not be surprized kimbo got smashed. imagine what a real headliner like orloski,iceman,fedor.or even silvia would do to him infact even anderson silva who is 40-50 lbs lighter would tap him out. Shame on XC for insulting real MMA fans intelligence by making kimbo out as a real fighter he sucks!!! He should call Vince Mcman and get a job as a wrestler may be they could tag team him up with mr T .
I for one, am glad that the kimbo hype train has come to a crashing end. Personally, I was getting sick of all the attention this guy was getting. I know I'm not alone in this, everyone enjoys freak show fights. Just look at Bob Sapp. It was funny and quaint what he was doing in japan, but when you look at kimbo I just flat out couldnt believe it.
The most embarrassing thing out of all of this, a season 2 TUFer knocked him on his ass with a 1 legged jab. I mean, not only did he get his ass absolutely mauled in 14 seconds... but by a 1 legged jab... wow. Dana White must still be laughing. EliteXC will probably just ride the Tito Ortiz money train from now on.
Hey, it's all good, EXC as a promotion needs this level of attention right now. If Kimbo smashed Shamrock....what good is that? Now Petruzzeli knocking Kimbo's block off is the talk of the MMA world, EXC created this buzz by taking a risk with Kimbo rather than protecting him. Even if this promotion go's down in flames because of this.........dont blame Kimbo, blame has no place here. Kimbo ran into a fighter who is faster and more skilled period.
I want to fuck Gina Carano in the ass.
"She had man-legs....................legs of a man"
Hey 'yall, I is back in the mutha-fuckin' house! Petruzzelli is a crazy-ass frosted pink tipped mutha-fucka man. Kimbo's ass got mutha-fuckin' lit the fuck up by that Silverback-callin' his-self mutha-fucka mutha-fuckaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa's!!! Ya heard!!! Bird's da mutha-fuckin' word!!! I'm oh-u- tee. Peace.
Pit Fight Redux is what Kimbo had a taste of. Oh yea, fuck you D.G.
I know what you were trying to do Mauro but Petruzelli knocking out Kimbo was the most shocking KO in the history of MMA?????????? Yeah and when Serra knocked out GSP that was expected right?
Oh and i agree with BigManonCampus, except it doesn't have to bee the ass, i'd put it anywhere i could! Gina's Hot!
Fight was officiated well
kimbo still has a lot to learn
Jake shields needs more well rounded opponents
I'd pay good money to lick Gina's bullet wound.
Zen Master Mass...Your postings, are like the ramblings of the madmen. Pointless, lacking direction, and without merrit. This sampi NOW understands why you loathe your nemisis D.G. so much! He is the complete anthesis of yourself. Educated, enlightened, and informative. Your dark ways will never cast a shadow over his legacy! Only when you move your temple from the trailer park to the hills of Japan, will you acquire his knowledge!
This is the greatest internet rivalry ever. Free speech is great.
Sweet heart, get off that Internet, get upstairs and brush your teeth......it's bedtime!! The Circus leaves town tomorow good and early so get on up there an' get to bed! You need your rest 'cause your the main attraction........."The Brainless, Dickless Boy".
Very creative boy's! Wow, this D.G. guy really get's under peoples skin......keep it up! This is some funny shit man. Shamrock dishonored his family.....off with his head! Kimbo and Seth have true fighting spirit, much respect for the Martial Arts. But I must raise the question.....if Seth destroyed Kimbo, what would "The Grim"....do to to him?
Man, all 'yall forgot Benji Radach man! This mu-fucka can bang man! Shit! 'Yall up on Kimbo dog's. Benji ko'd a mutha-fucka man....that shit was mu-fuckin' 'ill dog's. Mu-fucka tuned a mu-fucka like a mu-fucking piano mutha-fuckaaaaaaaaaaa's!!!! I also say it's time for that sweet pie Gina Carano to steps up and fight that "Fem-bot" bitch! Ken mu-fuckin' Slamcock should retire his old washed up ass, K.Slice needs opponents like mu-fuckin' Kimo, or Dan Severn or some stupid shit, and Jake Sheilds should shut his mu-fuckin' ass up about fighting mu-fuckin' GSP and shit. Mu-fucka would get his dumb-ass lit the fuck up man! Fo-Real dog!

