Andrei Arlovski's knock out victory over Roy Nelson was arguably the best mens bout of the night. The IFL champ fell to the ground at 3:14 in the second round after showing Arlovski excellent ground game in the first. The fight seems to be over shadowed by Seth Petruzelli's (10-4) shocking destruction of Kimbo Slice (3-1).The question that now arrives is whether EliteXC can convince CBS to keep them on board and whether the company even can see a future without Kimbo Slice being the headline attraction. Will it even be worth it or should we see an Affliction takeover? The future for EliteXC may see some uncertainty at this point however if they are able to lock Tito Ortiz to a contract, as Ortiz claimed during his broadcast interview, they just might have a suitable replacement for Kimbo. Only time will tell how this ends up.
Numerous Affliction commercials for Andrei Arlovski and the return of Fedor Emelianenko were shown during the broadcast. Affliction was also painted on the canvas within the cage and was listed as a top sponsor during matches.
2 comments:
I don't think Kimbo losing means the end of EliteXC. That's like saying early on in Liddell's career that the UFC would've ended if Liddell lost since he's there poster boy.
You could tell Kimbo wasn't in the right mind set and he took the fight on about an hour and a half notice. Like Mauro said I think Kimbo gets a mulligan for this fight.
You have to remember that when people talk about the end of elite xc, what they're really saying is "we want to kill it."
MMA needs smarter fans. Some people really think it's about the promoters.
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