Is this really interesting: Kimbo Slice Knocked Out

Kimbo’s 3rd Professional MMA Fight at Elite XC’s Saturday Night Fights on CBS.

Animation and Cell Phone footage of Suge Knight getting knocked out by Kimbo Slice outside LA Nightclub Shag.

If there is any professional fighter in North American MMA whose popularity is borderline inversely proportional to his achievements in professional competition, the much-ballyhooed former street brawler turned MMA fighter Kimbo Slice tops the ballot.

Kimbo talks about his MMA career.

Should that ability be compromised, Slice could find himself garnering paydays that more accurately represent the meaningfulness of his particular fight rather than his ability to attract fans to the arena or television set.

Animation and Cell Phone footage of Suge Knight getting knocked out by Kimbo Slice.

Unlike the well-rounded and tested finesse of UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre, Slice is generally revered for one talent: dispatching opponents with his irreconcilable might.

Kimbo’s second Pro MMA fight where he takes on UFC veteran Tank Abbott.

In MMA, losses can be forgiven and deft showmanship can carry weight for a fighter with less than world-beater skills.

Liddell has built up positive equity in the bank of image and prestige by scoring major victories over some of the toughest opponents on planet Earth year after year.

Documentary behind Brett Rogers calling out Kimbo.

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Kimbo’s first Pro MMA fight on Showtime’s EliteXC ProElite.

And don’t forget about EliteXC’s July CBS effort, which garnered a 43-percent drop in ratings from the inaugural launch that included Slice this past May.

Economists generally agree that when a bubble the growth of a market into illusory territory unrepresentative of its actual value bursts, the market returns to where it originally started before the bubble grew.

A compilation of Kimbo’s most popular street fights.

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The more dire and realistic consequence would be how Slice’s fall from grace affects the struggling EliteXC promotion and its parent company, ProElite.

Poor guy gets smashed for $100 in this clip from a Money Talks episode.

Slice, like Chuck Liddell following his devastating loss to Rashad Evans at UFC 88, could be forgiven by fans and pundits alike.

While EliteXC is possessive of a valuable if incomplete roster of fighters, none save female superstar Gina Carano are able at all to deliver ratings, DVD purchases or ticket sales.

Kimbo and actress Kaley Cuoco present an award.

Kimbo’s MMA Debut took place on June 23rd, 2007 in Atlantic City, NJ.

That isn’t to say there isn’t blowback when favored sons lose or that there aren’t favored sons at all, but there is enough cushion outside of any one fighter’s career or success to soften virtually any blow.

He has devastating KO power and moves well for a heavyweight.

Worse, that same filing indicated ProElite needed a $3.5 million loan simply to stay in immediate business, but was only able to collect a $1 million loan from Showtime.

There are real justifications for his popularity, to be sure, but there is also valid concern that the architecture that built his success could be shown to be a house of cards under the right pressure.