I had to rub my eyes to make sure they weren’t playing tricks on me. Hulk Hogan and Kimbo Slice are teaming up for a kids flick currently titled “Kung-Fu U”. A concept so horrible that it sounds more like a fake trailer in front of Tropic Thunder instead of an actual real movie.
You all know who Hulk Hogan is, however some of you may not know the name Kimbo Slice. Kimbo is a legendary street fighter who got famous off of people putting his back yard brawls on YouTube and then someone offered him an MMA (Mixed Martial Arts… think UFC) contract, and now he’s a big star in the sport (even though he sucks and couldn’t go 30 seconds with a real MMA fighter… they just keep putting him in with total stiffs to make him look good).
Did you ever think you’d see the day where Hulk Hogan would be in a movie… and HE’D be the most experienced actor? Not good news.
The plot for the film sounds pretty standard. A bunch of well off nerd kids get sent to a special boarding school by their parents where Kimbo and Hulk are the self defense instructors who will teach them to kick ass. I bet you’d be shocked to find out that by the end of the movie they kick all sorts of ass and even have to save their instructors too! Wow.
To make the news even BETTER (please note sarcasm) it looks like they’re aiming to make the movie 3D, so dust off those new Oakley 3D glasses of yours for the fall of 2009. Oh I’m just counting down the days!
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In one word i would rate kimbo slice as a average to pathetic fighter. even before he entered into the mma his record was spotty, when he wasnt beating up on people half his size he was getting his a$$ kicked. for instance( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjsdPyn4nX0 ) in this fight he’s fighting a slightly overweight fighter that doesnt succumb to the typical kimbo street beat down that we have all come to enjoy laughing at. but not only that his crew jumps in and is shoving the other fighter out of the way and shielding kimbo whenever it looks like he is getting his own. this kind of behavior aparently carried over into his professional career. the fight against tank abbot, who didnt see that coming? i may not have faith in kimbo slice but tank abbot is over the hill, over weight and currently holds 9 – 14 – 0 (Win – Loss – Draw)
for his professional record. and the fight against bo cantrell don’t make me laugh the man holds about the same status as kimbo in the professional fights. he lost 4 straight fights before kimbo got ahold of him and he was shielded for most of his early professional career. when he actually got to fighting some of the names he started losing that simple. and the reputation of james thompson has already been stated. the one decent fight that kevin fergusen has had was against seth petruzelli and kimbo went down in a staggering 14 seconds after while landing only one clumsy blow on seth. but thats what happens when a man with a big head and internet fueled ego fights a mma legend/veteran.
lol
not only is hogan past his prime but he already made a few terrible movies some years back
Kimbo slice, sounds like something an anime character would say before shooting a ball of energy from their hands. KIMBO SLICE!!!! KAMEHAMEHA!!!!!!
Kimbo + Hogan + kids = fookin shite
pffff
you can all go fuck yourself :P
kimbo is da man ^^
Kimbo’s cardio is just horrible. He was quoted as saying “He quit smoking for this fight”. JUST FOR THIS FIGHT?!?
He does have some heavy hands but MMA is no longer UFC 1 and you have to have an all around game. Bas Rutten is the fucking man and I think with time (1-2 years) Kimbo under Rutten’s teaching can be a servicable Heavyweight. But he may be too old now, can’t teach an old dog new tricks, etc.
EliteXC will be very careful in picking his fights since they don’t want their cash cow to get beaten live on CBS.
That being said, I can see Kimbo playing the heavy against Hulks good guy, say your prayer and eat your vitamins hulkmaniacs hero.
I usually don’t comment, but I have to commend you John on picking up for my beloved sport of MMA. Kimbo is a joke, the dude is being shielded so a upstart organization can get a fanbase.(Yes, I do realise he only has three professional fights, so therefore EliteXC shouldn’t bill him as The Best IN The World and thus would avoud all the kimbo hate form purists such as myself.)
not to mention the image Kimbo and his crew give MMA.
This movie will flop. I predict 40$ worldwide, with the only tickets being sold to TOWNES and Kathan.
haha, I wonder if the WWE and Reality Kings are collaborating for this project which should be a sure nod for picture of the year?!
I thought I was a whore. This is a bad idea for so many reasons.
Hogan never a good actor but a great wrestler.
Slice is nothing more than an attempt to make MMA like the WWE.
With all the bad movies the WWE has turned out this one has the smell of Vince Mcmahon all over it.
Kimbo won’t last 0.5 second with Fedor. Make that 0.1 second.
Hey Townes
Kimbo Slice is a joke,
He beat Tank Abbot who was about 12 years past his prime as a fighter, hasn’t won a fight in ages and was about 40+ pounds overweight.
He actually lost his last fight, but the ref never saw him tap and for some reasons refused to stop the fight when James was raining 30 unanswered elbows down on his head… only to have the ref stop for the fight for Kimbo while James was still on his feet.
There is a reason they haven’t had Kimbo fight anyone.
Shit, Brock Lessner comes into the UFC and they make him fight the former Heavyweight champion Frank Mir. Kimbo has been fighting stiffs, and barely winning.
Put Kimbo in with Brock… HAHAHA… Brock would destroy him in about 15 seconds. Brock would take him down at will and pound him into a meaty paste.
well hahaa im going to say this i know tons of of cats in mma and lots of real martial artists and these guys are neither
It kills me to watch people talk about crap they know nothing about…. Tank ADAMS? Are you serious? He beat Tank ABBOT… who was 43 and had lost 9 of his last 10 fights when they fought. He almost got beat by James Thompson who got KO’d by a 40+ yr old Butterbean. Give Kimbo a couple years and he may be a viable contender, but right now he’s not. Do some research… Randy Couture, Fedor, Noguiera, Cro Cop, Arlovski, Barnett, Gonzaga…. all those guys would make a fool out of Kimbo in less than a minute. Those guys are the REAL heavyweights of the sport.
who the hell is kimbo and wtf mma is.. just buy a gun and shot anyone you don’t like.. end of problem.
o no!
even here i have to deal with kimbo “the can beater”slice!!!
no i know the world is going down!
The image on the left is very disturbing to look at before going to bed.
You know brother!…Calling Kimbo Slice a legend is a JOKE and a insult to the real legends out there like my 24 inch pythons. So to all my little Hulkamaniacs, say your prayers, take your vitamins and you will never go wrong.
Kimbo Slice, or Kevin Ferguson which is his real name, at least deserves credit for actually taking the sport seriously. Fighting in a ring is much better than fighting in the streets. He can’t be blamed for Pro Elite shielding him though.
He will be revealed as a mediocre mixed martial artist soon enough, so why not move into movies? Probably more money there than in MMA at this time anyway, although he probably is EliteXC’s best paid fighter.
And the fact that he beat “Tank” Abbott is not that impressive, and he almost succumb to James Thompson, who also is a highly mediocre mixed martial artist.
that thompson guy should of won that fight, kimbo slice is so overrated its a joke. he wouldn’t last past the first round against a decent mma fighter.
go watch the gannon fight again, gannon would of won that in the first 3 mins if kimbos crew didn’t jump in to save him… then kimbo punches gannon while hes down. so whose really unfair?
watch his other street fighting videos, he only fights guys with no chance… the one guy who is sort of a mma guy he loses to. on top of fighting guys hes pretty assured of beating, he only fought by his rules giving him the advantage from the start. the fact that he is getting a movie is a bigger joke, he is a fad and he needs to go away asap.
I still say he Gannon, the guy was fucked up after the fight, Kimbo didnt have a mark on him
Kimbo beat the hell out of tank adams that guy is a legend. Also how do you he suck’s if he only been in with Stiffs, that hes beaten?
wtf John?
Kimbo Slice IS a legend!
what do you mean by
“even though he sucks and couldn’t go 30 seconds with a real MMA fighter”
he impressively won all his 4 MMA fights; he simply lost one (unfair ;)) fight against a police officer Sean Gannon in 2004.
and he really is a nice guy, check out some interviews^^
so i think ill watch that shitty flick just because of him ;)
lol
not only is hogan past his prime but he already made a few terrible movies some years back
which genious though of making this movie?