ESPN the Magazine has a story on him this week... played a little college football then was living out of his car (down by the river, I believe) and started bouncing at a bar, then was the muscle at some porn film place (I don't know why he ever got out of that gig), then got in some alley fights, which were videotaped and put on the Tube, and started doing this. He has four or five fights, but there are serious questions about how good he really is. This must be like a minor-league of cage fighting. The UFC (or is it UCF?) guys questioned the piss out of him in the article. He claims his kids are his guiding light. If I remember right, the guy he fights tonight was KOd in a couple of minutes by Butterbean--now there was fighter.
2 pro fights and one amateur fight. He is undefeated but the amateur one was against a very old former boxer with no MMA experience. The first pro fight was against Bo Cantrell and it looked like a fix as sure as I've ever seen. The guy got hit once by a glancing elbow, went to the ground, and tapped out. Never even took damage. The last fight was legit but it was against Tank Abbott who is way past his prime and out of shape and Kimbo beat him easily. James Thompson is a slight step up in competition but gets knocked out all the time and never takes the fight to the ground so he's the perfect matchup for Kimbo to get the win.
He lost to some cop from Chicago or Detroit in a underground MMA fight.
Sorry, I didn't mean destroyed but Gannon took it to him until Kimbo had nothing left. I'm sorry guys but I've watched about 10 Kimbo videos and I'm not impressed at all with him. If he takes a shot to the jaw and goes down to the ground against an experienced fighter he's done.