Kimbo's Trainer Bas Rutten ADMITS Kimbo should have lost in Round 2

[real4life]

Longtime MMA fighter and broadcaster Bas Rutten, who's also the trainer for Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson and the main reason the heavyweight has garnered any sense of credibility within the sport, says that Saturday's win will be good for the fighter.

However, he also admits that the fight should have been stopped in the second round when Ferguson was tagged with nearly a full minute of unanswered ground and pound.

Rutten discussed Saturday's controversial CBS "EliteXC: PRIMETIME" main event between Ferguson and James Thompson, in depth, on his personal website.

More than anything, Rutten said that fight was good for Ferguson because he needed to be tested, especially since he's only been in MMA for a year. Ferguson's previous three fights (two pro bouts and an exhibition fight) lasted an average of just 46 seconds.

"I have to say that I am very happy with [Kimbo's] fight and his performance and that this fight made him way stronger for next time," Rutten wrote. "When you get caught in training by something, whether it's a submission or strike, you learn from that, but there is nothing like learning it the hard way in a fight."

After a back-and-forth battle through the first two rounds, Ferguson earned the TKO stoppage just 38 seconds into the third round. The stoppage has been heavily criticized, largely because Thompson was still standing at the time. Rutten wrote that he would have liked the fight to continue, but he felt the referee's stoppage was justified considering the amount of damage the British fighter and PRIDE veteran suffered.

"He finished with hitting Thompson with a four-punch combination with the last one of those being a hard right upper cut," Rutten wrote. "Thompson staggered back, and the referee stopped the fight. Was it too soon? I thought it would be great to see a few more shots just so that he was down for real. But I guess the referee had the two or three times that Thompson was hurt in the earlier rounds in his head, plus than he also got hit on his cauliflower ear that busted open, and he had a different look in his eyes."

However, in a post script to his column, Rutten also addressed the heavily discussed ending to the second round. After failing to secure a submission attempt, Ferguson was on his back, and Thompson rained down dozens of elbows and punches from the sidemount position. Ferguson did little to nothing to defend the blows, especially as Thompson locked in a crucifix position. However, whenever the referee threatened to stop the bout, Ferguson either gave the thumbs-up or tried to control the wrists of Thompson. He survived for the third round.

Rutten, though, admits that the fight should have been stopped in the second when taking into account the current state of MMA rules.

"People ask me if the fight should have been stopped at the end in the second round," Rutten wrote. "I say 'yes' because those are the rules. It should have been stopped because Kimbo didn't do anything to improve his situation. But I think what made the ref not do it was the fact that Kimbo was giving his thumbs-up the whole time to let the referee know that he was OK."

However, according to Rutten, any criticism over the stoppage should not be directed at Ferguson himself.

"This was the ref's decision, not Kimbo's," Rutten wrote.

http://mmajunkie.com/news/4498/train...-justified.mma


See man even Kimbo's own people know the fight should have been stopped Round 2 and Kimbo lost.

[STR8DIMEZ]

BUT HE DIDN'T, HE WON :th_jackson:.

Didn't read the article by the way.

[DopeBoyMagic218]

Originally Posted by STR8DIMEZ

BUT HE DIDN'T, HE WON :th_jackson:.

Didn't read the article by the way.

but true

[MalcolmMeX]

doesn't really matter what the trainer said...what matters is the outcome of the fight.

dude got his ear destroyed. lmao

[swagger]

kimbo won.. its over... haters is

[In$anity]

Originally Posted by YoungCapo

kimbo won.. its over... haters is

co sign

Kimbo fought a better fight imo... he's a tough cookie

[Lil Infamous]

Originally Posted by STR8DIMEZ

BUT HE DIDN'T, HE WON :th_jackson:.

Didn't read the article by the way.

co-sign

[d3koms]

kimbo won..

[real4life]

Originally Posted by iamGalactus

doesn't really matter what the trainer said...what matters is the outcome of the fight.

dude got his ear destroyed. lmao

The thing is Bas Rutten is the ONLY reason kimbo is even in MMA. Cause MMA respects Bas Rutten because he is a legend so they allowed Kimbo in. The REAL outcome of the fight is Kimbo lost in Round 2. The fixed and bullshit part of the fight is Kimbo won. Kimbo got his ass beat andybody who sa wthe fight saw that.

How did he get his ear destroyed? He already had cauliflower and it got popped. In simpler terms Kimbo basically just popped a pimple on Thompson's ear and they called it a TKO.

The fight was stopped for no reason at all. The fact is Kimbo got his ass beat and lost by a horribly wack fighter.

Thompson has one of the weakest jaws in MMA. Kimbo kept hitting it and gave it his all and Kimbo couldn't even knock out a fighter with a very weak jaw. Kimbo is weak.

[LBRK2]

kimbo aint shit and this fight proved it, ittl be his first and last big payday