Only reason people discuss Kimbo so much is because of the huge hype he has surrounding him when he first got into it. NOONE has ever stepped into the cage with more hype prior than Kimbo. I dont think people are necassarely rooting for him, they just all wanted him to do what he did in the youtube videos.
Iv never been a fan of Kimbo. I wont lie like 5 years ago I was showin hella people his video of fuckin dudes up. But I would never consider myself a fan of Kimbo. I knew he wouldnt do shit when he got to UFC. Everyone I showed those vids to, were always like man this dude needs to try out for UFC! And I was like umm no, he wont do shit. They were like noooo u see him knock these dudes out, he will kill in UFC! And again I had to explain, its alot different from fighting some big black dude in a back yard who dont know shit, to fighting a trained mixed martial arts fighter who actually learns how to defend, take down, tap out and counter punch. Kimbo NEVER fought someone like that before UFC.
It should be no surprise to anyone of the way his career has gone so far in UFC. Look at Brock Lesnar, he didnt know shit about ground game or takedowns or defending himself. He just went in against Frank Mir and just wanted to take his head off and then got tapped out. Trained for 2 years on his ground game and destroyed Mir. This is what Kimbo needs to do. I aint rootin for him, but if he wants to make it he needs to train for a while and stop fighting.
And by the way I heard last night he was in porn before joining UFC is this fuckin true? I really hope not!!!!