Kimbo Is The Real De- errr... Maybe Not

Well, that was a bust.

Just when I thought things couldn't get worse for Elite XC, they have lightning strike them and totally fuck up their world.

The first bit of bad news came in the form of a text message informing me that Ken Shamrock had his head busted open while "warming up" for his fight with Kimbo. He required stitches to close the wound and no doctor would clear him to fight, effectively killing the highly-hyped showdown that EXC was counting on to save their collective asses. Now, why Shammy was having that kind of training on the day of the fight is another story altogether.

The second bit of bad news was the total scramble to fill the spot in the Main Event. Apparently Frank Shamrock was considered but the ultimate decision was made to promote former The Ultimate Fighter contestant Seth Petruzelli off the non-televised undercard into the Main Event - a decision apparently that did not sit well with Kimbo and his camp. This decision wasn't even announced to the arena crowd until ten minutes before they went on the air on CBS. That's just bad business no matter how you try to spin it.

The show itself was okay. A couple decent fights that failed to make absolutely any impact on me to the point where I can't even remember who was in them less than 24 hours later. The women's fight was fun. Gina had a decent showing and set herself up nicely for the big fight with Cyborg at some point in the future. Of course, the show also ran long again. Their time management is atrocious. They can't even manage to cut their video promos when they realize they're running long so of course, my DVR cut out before the Main Event which meant I had to catch all 14 seconds of it on YouTube.

Kimbo gets KTFO in absolutely no time flat.

Where does EXC go from there?

You have to book Kimbo vs Seth II and hype the shit out of it and pray that Kimbo dominates a rematch. There's money in a rematch but if Kimbo loses twice, his days as a cash cow are likely over.

Simple, huh?

My money's on the EXC fucking it up.