Matt Mitrione is still training to fight Kimbo Slice
Posted on March 6, 2010, 04:06 PM by Anton GurevichThe Ultimate Fighter 10 participant Matt Mitrione revealed in his interview for Las Vegas Sun that he is still seeking for a fight against Kimbo Slice at UFC 113. According to the reports, Slice removed from the UFC 113 fight card to fight the Boxing Champion James Toney on April 17th (Strikeforce counter-program), but it looks like the fight is still on for Mitrione:
"I texted Joe Silva on Thursday night and asked what was happening, if there was any danger of this being cancelled. His response was basically that nothing was official and that I should keep preparing – that I’m still fighting in Montreal."
Matt Mitrione surprised everyone by knocking out the intimidating Marcus Jones at the Ultimate Fighter Finale, three months ago. Mitrione understand that a victory over Kimbo just in the second fight if his career will prove everyone that Illinois-native is a legit Heavyweight:
"I’m still preparing for Kimbo, and I firmly feel I would knock him out. Once I turn his chin and put him to sleep, that would be a great amount of exposure and a great stepping stone for my career.If it doesn't happen, it's not up to me to get pissed about it. It's not like I'm five days out of the fight, I still have a full camp ahead of me. But I would like to know so I can sit back and re-evaluate how I'm preparing."
It looks like the Ultimate Fighting Championship will pick a much more attractive Kimbo-Toney option, rather than giving the opportunity for Mitrione, who reached the semi-fnals of TUF 10 after defeating the experienced Scott Junk and James McSweeney. Stay tuned to LowKick.com for further developments in the situation.
Comments
scerw that ill be watching strikeforce on cbs 4 free ill watch the ufc fights here
too mad they don't post fights here anymore. Lowkick has gone legit- go to mma-core.com to get all the events only a couple hours after they air.
1. the UFC fights are supposed to be on SPIKE so you should be able to watch them free too
2. Lowkick still posts fights
i cant see this fight happening, the UFC see things from a money point of view and james toney v kimbo slice, will mean much more $$$$ than kimbo v mitrione. i think kimbo will end up fighting toney
yeah true but there just taking a little money from strikeforce if they have it on a different night they would make a alot more dana is just a punk always trying to **** strikeforce
UFC event will be on Spike TV for free: real fans will be watching both.
Ain't that the truth
yeah since everybody has 2 TVs right next to each other.
I watching Strikeforce because the card is insane. If the UFC is planning to put up a card on a month's notice, expect it to be mediocre. Would you rather see Swick vs Serra/Kimbo vs Toney or Strikeforce's card with 3 insane championship matches.
My people have this cool thing that allows them to change channels from their seat.
I hate these articles from people who dont know what there talking about. It says Mitrione defeated Mcsweeny and that is B.S. Mitrione LOST to Mcsweeny
Any zuffa contractor who fights april 17 is a worthless scab.
By the way, new to your site: way too much zuffa coverage. You're giving people the impression that zuffa is worth giveing attention to.
kill zuffa 2010
You don't have to watch the major league fights if you don't want to. You can watch jokes stumble around like Lashley with no drug testing if that's your thing. I prefer real competition myself.
They will replace Kimbo with some hw that will be slightly favored in the fight if this is their main or co main event it will be a crap card
I am not a Meathead fan. Marcus was the shit, and I was pissed he got KOed. I hope he gets KOed by anybody.