‘Human cockfighting’ on CBS and locally
May 27th, 2008 at 08:43am Georgette Braun
At 8 p.m. Saturday, CBS will start a new mixed martial arts series, “CBS EliteXC Saturday Night Fights.”
“Kimbo Slice” is the big draw. (Photo courtesy of ProElite.com and EliteXC). 
It’s a first for MMA on prime-time network TV. Critics call MMA “human cockfighting.” But it sure is popular, as evidenced by Spike TV’s “The Ultimate Fighter.” And the house was full at the Victory Sports Complex in Loves Park April 26 for Rumble in the Park, an MMA fight night.
I met Randy Couture, a former MMA champ, in Las Vegas at a motorcycle event a few years ago, and that piqued my interest in watching the fights on TV for awhile. I admit to having to put my hand in front of my face (like I do when I see surgeons operating on TV) at times because the fighting was too intense.
What do you think about MMA, and such fights being broadcast in prime time on network TV?
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1. hokumboy | May 27th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
It doesn’t bother me in the least. Let the networks show it.
It doesn’t interest me so I just won’t watch it. So, as i said, it doesn’t bother me in the least.
2. Georgette Braun | May 27th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
hokumboy: that’s the live-and-let-live spirit.
3. thedudeabides | May 29th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Why aren’t you asking the same question about CSI, Law & Order, or one of their myriad spin offs? They’re as violent and graphic as anything else on TV, and they are on every single night.
Kimbo is a bad, bad man. His face appears to be made of stone.
4. thedudeabides | June 1st, 2008 at 7:39 pm
So, I watched it last night. Can’t believe the beating that guy took. Then Kimbo exploded the other guy’s cauliflower ear. It was disgusting. Almost threw up.
5. Georgette Braun | June 2nd, 2008 at 11:38 am
thedude: cuz csi ain’t real, that’s why it doesn’t bother me.
i just saw the exploding cauliflower ear at http://youtube.com/watch?v=JX2ChQCnL6c&feature=related
yuck.
6. Lawrence Gregory Clarkson | June 2nd, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Geo: This is a place to come ask questions, right?
So, do you think could Mike DeDoncker take Kimbo Slice?
How might we go about setting up such a competition?
7. Robert Satan | June 3rd, 2008 at 7:31 am
Could Iron Mike DeDoncker beat Kimbo Slice in MMA?
8. Robert Satan | June 3rd, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Ha. Funny Lawrence. I asked the same thing.
9. Lawrence Gregory Clarkson | June 5th, 2008 at 12:14 am
Geo - what do you think about Iron Mike versus Kimbo?
I wish I had seen that dude’s ear explode. That would have been awesome.
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