CBS Wins By A Questionable TKO

May 31, 2008 8pmCST

"Saturday Night Fights" made its debut on CBS in their attempt to be apart of today's sporting culture by being the first network to bring professional MMA to network television. For the first time in history of television, fans did not need cable, premium channels, or purchase a pay per view to see the action.......

Action.......

I caught the program during the explanation of the rules. Frank Shamrock explained the 3 ways in which a match could be won. 1 of these, of course, was the TKO- defined by EliteXC as when a judgement call is made by either a ref or doctor that the fight cannot go on due to the inability of a fighter to defend or counter a series of blows and techniques..........

So just by looking at the numbers, we were able to witness 4 KOs out of 5 matches.

Ok, ok, ok........ we stop the bullshit now.

The first 2 fights were first round KO's so we'll skip ahead a little bit.

Gina Carano -def- Kaitlin Young by TKO

The women's division is what I believe is one of the key factors in the CBS/EliteXC deal. This was one for the main matches that was aim to satisfy. I was loving everything about this match, being the first that made it into a second round and had the most action at this point. This match also served as example of what EliteXC considers a TKO......

Or it could have shown what CBS considers a TKO.....

Gina Carano unleashed a fury of strikes toward the end of round 2 that cause Kaitlin Young's left eye to swell up in the same fashion of your favorite carton character's misfortune with a baseball bat or falling anvil. I don't think that the eye swelling would have deflated enough for Katlin to finish the last round, so at this point I suspect nothing.

Robbie Lawler and Scott Smith's No Contest

First of all, the crowd's spoiled asses boo the hell out of this fight because Robbie and Scott spent the greater time in the first round sizing each other up. When they finally started mixing it up, this was on point to be an instant classic. It was what we expected a title fight to be......

So Robbie pokes Scott in the eye and they call time and tell Robbie he has 5 minutes to recoup, which occurred about 30 seconds before they called a no contest, exclaiming that Scott saying "I can't see" 2 times in a row meant he was legally blind enough to not be able to continue the fight.

C'mon.........

How many fouls do you call in a NBA playoff game?

How many penalties do you call in the Super Bowl?

We have all experienced a finger in the eye..... and been ok about 5 minutes later. Now in no way am I looking forward to seeing an eyeball pop out on the mat, he didn't even have any swelling, or a scar, did not blink one time during the post fight interview, and not one drop of blood...........
In what we already know to be the bloodiest sport in existence, a title match was ruled no contest due to a potential eye injury that show no signs of injury, including BLOOD!!!

They both were awarded their winning bonuses, as some means to compensate for something.......

Kimbo Slice def James Thompson by TKO(?)

First off, just let me go on record for saying that what Kimbo dod to win this fight was the right thing to do. Attack the ear in the third round and force the decision. Great job by his corner staff because that is exactly what he needed to do.

Because, Kimbo got his ass whooped.....

I saw James Thompson take every haymaker Kimbo threw and where he may have not taken them well, there wasn't one honest KO punch that connected.

No it wasn't

No it wasn't

Ok then tell me this: a TKO is when basically a fighter is taking hits and not defending himself, right?

Right? Ok then.... James took 4 more punches after the ear thing on his feet when they rules TKO in favor of Kimbo, but there was nothing to say about the 2+ minutes Kimbo was on his back taking elbows and pounds in a clear position to counter and just sat there waiting the round out.
If you are sitting there taking hits with no defense waiting for the bell, you basically gave up and you should get the TKO bell.

At least, by EliteXC standards.......

or is it by CBS standards.....

See here is when you call into question the media's blatant disregard for human intelligence. We are fans of the sport, getting the best camera angles and video clarity in this generation. We have several ways to get our facts and express our opinions about these sporting events. To turn around and play us like we don't understand what's really going on is absurd.

To anybody who knew nothing about MMA, EliteXC, UFC, Pride Fighting, etc... before today, please be advised that the CBS version was a misrepresentation of what fans of the sport know to be MMA competition.

And really, the fights could have been boring.

Or we as fans could have had high expectations.

But, I feel that the only thing that ruined the telecast was the interference on a level that is out of the comfort zone of the sport as a whole, but more specifically the fighters and the fans.

Sorry CBS, but I don't think I can help you out on the ratings on this one in the future.