ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - The world heavyweight champion and “baddest man on the planet" has always been crowned in the squared ring dating back to the 1800s. That distinction has been blurred recently with the rise of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). Truth be told, it all started with bare-knuckle fighting, two men meeting at a random location with money exchanged between supporters in a winner-take-all brawl. On June 23 Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. presents CFFC 5, the “Present World,” former world heavyweight boxing champion Ray Mercer, fighting the “Old World,” underground bare-knuckle legend Kimbo Slice, in the “New World” environment – The Cage, in an MMA bout at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, live on pay-per-view. [details (http://www.boxingscene.com/mma/?m=show&id=786)]

No way can Kimbo ko Mercer, look at Wlad Klitschko the current world champion hit Mercer with everything, Kimbo doesnt have an ounce of the power klitschko throws, he will have to take it to the ground.
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No way can Kimbo ko Mercer, look at Wlad Klitschko the current world champion hit Mercer with everything, Kimbo doesnt have an ounce of the power klitschko throws, he will have to take it to the ground.
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That was such a brutal fight. I kept hoping Mercer would just go down or the ref to stop it way before he did.

thanks that was a good video...kinda wierd cause I just started watching Kimbo's fights right before it was announced. This was one of my favorites.

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Old fight but the popeye was nasty at the end.

To say the Kimbo is "nightmarishly skilled" is to loose all credibility. The man is simply not skilled. Watch the man fight one of his many internet scraps and, like everybody else, you'll see a guy bangin' on guys with limited skills and ability, which makes Kimbo look pretty good.

In reality, the MMA includes many truly mightmarish guys, who would walk staright through Mr. Slice. Mercer is not one of these guys and that's why Slice is ready to do this fight.

My expectation is that it remains an upright fight and Kimbo will be surprised by Ray's jab, which will slide through Kimbo's peek-a-boo. Then, when Kimbo decides to do his standard lunge and swing wide upstairs, Mercer catches him hard and down goes the Slice Man. Kimbo will want to keep the fight a stand-up affair, but will get tired of being tagged and will go for the takedown. Then it's either man's game. Hope it doesn't go there.

Kimbo...... wow.

Thread forthcoming, but I don't wanna dojo-storm this one. I like where Moon's goin.