Kimbo Will Get Sliced

So we just saw 'The Ultimate Fighter' season 10 finale the other night on Spike, and one of, if not the biggest match that night (supposed to be) was between Kimbo Slice and Houston Alexander. What a disappointment. We all expected to see a slug fest that didn't even last the first round. We got 3 rounds of an improved but still boring Kimbo and an even more boring Alexander. First round was Houston circling the octagon. 2nd round was basically the same thing with a few exchanges thrown in and some kicks by Alexander. 3rd round we almost saw Kimbo cry when Houston dropped him with a vicious leg kick, and we saw some shocking but amazing suplexes by Kimbo earning him the decision.
Now the only thing that this fight pretty much proved, was how bad a fighter Houston Alexander is. Of course we got to see a improved Kimbo which is good, but he is nothing to get excited about. Kimbo seemed ot have the better boxing skills than Houston, which isn't saying much cause without his first round explosiveness like we know him to have, Houston isn't that great when it comes to boxing. Houston has also never gone 3 rounds which lead to him gassing by the third. That certianly didn't help. Kimbo looked a lot better than what we thought he would and he showed that his grappling and wrestling was getting better.

But he still has a weakness.

His weak little legs. On top of his already bad knees Kimbo has without a doubt the smalles weakest legs in the game. Now I know you can work out and build your legs up, but there is not much you can do when it comes to taking a kick form a top contender like Griffin or Shogun. This is what's going to make Kimbo's UFC career short. He isn't going to get many wins unless they are by KO or decision. His ground game is getting better which could help a lot, but I wouldn't count on it. Unless someone gets in the center of the ring and bangs with him, he doesn't have much chance at winning. Against anyone. Why? Cause people are smart. Everyone knows he has heavy hands and one punch KO power so why stand there and throw punches with him. They do know that he has really weak legs and he can't take a kick. So anyone that fights him is just going to chop him down with leg kicks. It would be kind of stupid not to. And since he is apparently dropping down to LHW, there are not many opponents that he has a chance at beating.
Unless they feed him cans. But Kimbo's name draws in money, and no one is going to want ot watch Kimbo beat up no names. So they are goign to have to match him with fighters who have known names. And there are not many known name fighters who Kimbo could take. I would say Stephan Bonnar would be a good match up. He would bang with Kimbo, and his ground game isn't the best, which would give Kimbo a pretty high chance. As quick as Kimbo's wrestling/BJJ is improving I would say Kimbo could easily win that fight.
Another good match over time would be Tito. Kimbo could easily out box Tito which would leave Tito to taking Kimbo to the mat, and since they are pretty equal in size and strength, from my knowledge, it could be pretty even. Hopefully Kimbo will have improved his ground work enough to put up a decent fight. Otherwise Tito is just going to manhandle him and GnP him to victory.

Now I'm not counting Kimbo out, cause I like the guy, but I just can't see him doing very good in the UFC. I could very well be wrong and I hope I am cause I would love to see the guy do good, but I just don't think he will. I see him gogin up against some pretty skilled fighters and getting beat. And while he may be improving the whole time it won't be enough and after a few losses the UFC will cut him. And Kimbomania will be no more. But maybe by then he will have enough skill and experience to go to another company like Strikeforce. And hopefully they won't hype him just for his name alone. Maybe the UFC can let him fight Chuck Liddel and even if Kimbo loses, which I don't see how he wouldn't, people can forgive him for the loss and he can get a few more fights.

Only time will tell.