Tonight was one of the most nerve racking nights for me as a MMA fan. At Adrenaline IV Tim Sylvia took on Jason Riley in what was basically an old fashion WWF career match. It was pretty simple really, If Tim lost he was done, he was in a way fighting one of the biggest matches of his career.  Most of you know by now I am friends with Tim, and am constantly defending his character. So to watch a person who I am not only a fan of, but a good friend to, go through this career downfall...it's been pretty rough. I just wanted to express how personally excited I was to see him get back in the win column. Now I know there will be those of you who will say that it isn't a big deal because Riley was a nobody, but to Tim and his fans it is a big deal. Anytime we as humans are at the bottom of the moutain all we can do is go up. Tim took his first step back up tonight with a KO victory! I would love to see him get a few wins in a row and get into the mix in Stikeforce's HW division. The picture I have included is of Tim and I, feel free to make fun. =-)

via www.eastsideboxing.com

I found an interested story over at MMASCOOPS.COM:

(Boothwyn, PA) - Rodney King is known throughout the world as the man who pleaded with the nation, "Can’t we all get along?" Recently his sobriety was put to the test on "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew" on VH1, where the gentle giant owned up to his addiction and sought extensive treatment in order to save his life and become a better father for his children. Now, he is ready for a new challenge; he’s stepping into the boxing ring in order to face some challenging opponents.

"It’s time now. And, I’m ready!" King exclaimed. "I’m ready to put my gloves on and face my challengers in the boxing ring." King has always been an athlete and looks forward to his foray into celebrity boxing.

Upon being approached to fight with the Celebrity Boxing Federation (CBF), King issued a challenge to all comers and will be the headliner on the card of the upcoming Celebrity Boxing 11, presented by the CBF.

The event will take place on Saturday, September 12 at 8:00 p.m. at the Maple Zone Sports & Fitness Center in Boothwyn, PA.

"It doesn’t even bother me, not knowing who I’ll fight yet, because the result is a done deal," Kings says with supreme confidence. "I’m winning. Period."

King, who stands 6-foot-4 and weighs 250 pounds, will take on a to-be-determined celebrity challenger��"as long as he weighs at least 200 pounds.

Those who deem themselves worthy of stepping into the ring against King are being asked to send an e-mail to celebrityboxing@gmail.com.

Rodney King knows a little about street fighting, having grown up and spending portions of his life in tough, urban areas around California. That kind of personal experience gives him the ability to face his opponent head on as he enters the world of celebrity boxing.

For ticket information, contact Center Stage Tickets at 800-677-8499, or Maple Zone Sports & Fitness Center at 610-358-5500.

"I’ve seen it all, man," King says. "Going into that ring doesn’t scare me a bit."

King has decided to present Boys & Girls Clubs of America with a portion of his celebrity boxing pay-per-view proceeds in order to support, inspire and help young people realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens. For more information about BGCA, visit www.bgca.org.

 

The possiblities of opponents are endless, but I'll put a few I think could happen in a poll. Feel free to add more suggestions in the comments.

via subko.files.wordpress.com

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To the up & coming fighters… July 25th, 2009 | by Rampage

 

My bad if I don’t watch all the fights out there. I apologize for not knowing a lot of you up & coming fighters. I noticed that I met some of you guys in the past & I didn’t recognize who you are.. but honestly I don’t watch fighting that much. I don’t want people to take it the wrong way but I wasn’t a fan of the sport before I started fighting.

Now this punk ass dude named King Mo is all butthurt because I don’t know who the hell he is. Straight up, if you’re not one of my friends or fighting one of my friends, or a potential later opponent.. I might not get a chance to watch your fight. So… I didn’t know who the hell King Mo was & now he crying like a little girl saying that he met me a long time ago when I was fighting at KOTC & he said I shined him cause I was talking to four people when he introduced himself. Now this guy running his mouth, but if I was him I would shut the hell up cause he seriously don’t want none.

People straight up.. if you guys ever bump into me, treat me as a normal guy or the way you would like to be treated. If I’m talking to people, or in the club dancing with a hot chick, or with my kids, or eating, or in the restroom with my dick in my hand pissing… it’s probably a bad time to talk to me or ask for a picture. Other than that, you’ll see I’m just like everybody else & I like to be treated like that. & if you’re a up & coming fighter, don’t assume that I know you or seen you fight. Let me know that you’re a fighter so we won’t have the same problems like King Mo over here. Cause King Mo would be half cool if he didn’t have those gay ass nipple rings & didn’t talk so much!!

 In case you missed it you can watch it HERE

Note from the BloodyElbow staff: This is a rumor that was happily proved to be false.

Some unfortunate bad news being reported over at the UG by Reggie Warren Sr:

Greg Wilson of Newport BJJ Academy just called to give me the terrible news

BJJ Black Belt and UFC, Pride, K-1, Shoot Box, and WFA veteran Kimo Leopaldo died from complications from a heart attack earlier tonight at St Fancis Hospital in Costa Rica 

He was 41 years old and a good friend and instructor to Greg.

To MMA fans he was an old school veteran that showed the world Royce Gracie was beatable.

Kimo fought some of the who's who of early NHB:

Royce Gracie
Ken Shamrock
Tank Abbott
Tim Lajick
Wes Sims
Dan Severn
Brian Johnston
Bam Bam Bigalow (no joke)
Kazushi Sakuraba
Paul Varelens
Pat Smith
and one hell of a cocaine habit

And through it all did his best to spread the message of Jesus Christ from his NHB platform and touched a lot of lives in and out of MMA



R.I.P. Kimo

 

This sad news is CONFIRMED HERE

All I can say is wow...that's not much older than me. RIP KIMO