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Seth Petruzzi vs. Kimbo SliceOk. Regular readers know that I LOVE MMA fights. And when Jimbeau told me that Kimbo got “knocked-the-f” out in 18 seconds I couldn’t believe it! In fact, I think my exact response was, “Show me.”

Well, Jimbeau proceeded to produce the following video, which I must have watched 5 times in disbelief.



There are a lot of things that are impressive here, but to me the most interesting thing is that Petruzelli was a major, major underdog. And he is also much smaller than Kimbo:

Kimbo Slice
234.5 pounds
6′ 2″
78″
Fighter
Weight
Height
Reach
Seth Petruzelli
205.5 pounds
6′ 0″
74″

Now, since the fight, it’s been the talk of the entire MMA community. And a lot of the hype is coming from some of the comments that Petruzelli made on a radio station interview when he said that he was paid extra to stand and trade punches with Kimbo.

The promoters kinda hinted to me and they gave me the money to stand and throw with him, they didn’t want me to take him down. Let’s just put it that way. It was worth my while to try and stand up punch him.

Here is Petruzelli’s comment:

A few hours later, in a follow-up interview with MMA website FiveOuncesofPain.com he retracted his previous statement:

What was meant to be said was that I wanted to keep the fight standing for myself because I knew that was what the crowd, the promoters, and everyone wanted to see because that’s more exciting than just taking someone to the ground.

That was my thing only. I wanted to keep it exciting so I decided to keep it standing. It had nothing to do with anybody else. That was all me.

Yeah. Uh huh. Let’s take a listen to the entire interview, shall we?

For those of you who didn’t know who Kimbo was, he’s famous on the Internet for street-fighting. Here are a couple of things to give you the general idea.

WARNING: THESE ARE BRUTAL! Kids, women and people with weak constitutions should NOT watch them.

Here is a guy who was paid $100 to let Kimbo tackle him in full football gear:

And here is a brutal street fight with Kimbo that pretty much shows why he’s feared by many:

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