EliteXC more like RiggedXC

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EliteXC, and more specifically, Gary Shaw, put on quite a show for its introduction into network TV. The endless hype about Kimbo should have been the first tip off that something was amiss, especially since he is mostly unproven in MMA. 3 fights and a title fight on network tv? Oh, ok.

But first, The girl fight between Gina Carano (what a hotty for such a tough bitch right? Perfect for TV) and Kaitlyn. Ignoring the fact that Kaitlyn shouldn't have even been in the same weight class as her, why did they stop the fight right after Carano began to really slow down from fatigue? Granted, Kaitlyn's eye looked pretty fucked up - but again something amiss.

Then the fight between Lawler and Smith was just a travesty. It was one of the best straight up duke out matches I have seen in a very long while. But then Lawler's fingers 'accidentally' go into Smith's eye. Fine, shit happens in MMA. Then Smith begins to take his 5 minute break that he is entitled too and the doc walks in. First she looks at the completely wrong eye and he goes 'its the other eye', she looks at that eye and asks if he can see. He says 'I can't right now but give me my 5 minutes'. He then repeats that same line asking for his 5 minutes, and the doc (at just over a minute into his 5 minute break) ended the fight. Smith flips out saying no he can see he just wanted his 5 minutes but oh well. Even Shaw was embarrassed by that and gave each fighter their winning salaries.

Now the Kimbo fight. Jesus christ the Kimbo fight. Now don't get me wrong, I love Kimbo Slice, and that man is an absolute beast. I have never seen anyone be put in a choke hold like he was for that long and not tap out. I can only imagine that his neck is so large that JT could not stop stop the blood flow. Then there was the end of round 2 when Kimbo took no less than 20 elbows/punches to the head and his only response was a thumbs up to the ref.

However, there was the extremely sketchy stand up when JT had him in a side hold and was looking to see how he could finish it. And also the glaringly obvious Cauliflower ear that JT walked into the ring with. Why didn't he drain that before that fight, especially going up against an absolute brawler like Kimbo? There really is only one explanation and it is 'if kimbo is losing, go for the ear'. There is also the fact that during round 2, one of the judges scored the round 10-9 Kimbo. What. The. Fuck. Kimbo really should have lost that fight, and against someone with such a glass chin as JT, I'm afraid he may never come close to the hype. Kimbo needs to work on his cardio and grappling, but I'm afraid at his age he will never be a great. EliteXC, however, shamed MMA and Shaw should be dragged out back and beaten.

What do you think?