Kimbo Slice overrated, man threatened with arrest for wearing Transformers shirt and more (6/2)

A few things I'd like to touch on.

It was rigged ...

Kimbo Slice, the former pitfighter turned MMA "sensation" (the term is used loosely here, folks), fought Saturday against James "Megapunk" Thompson during EliteXC's PRIMETIME event on CBS.

Gotta admit -- Kimbo, who was 2-0 going into the fight, is going to get destroyed when he actually faces decent competition.

Why?

The guy's a brawler. A hack. He belongs on the street, not in a ring. He's not classically trained in anything other than what it takes to survive.

But it's not just about his lack of professional training. He's got no stamina and no command over a ground game.

Kimbo took about 30 elbows to the head in the second round. One of the key rules of MMA is that if you aren't defending yourself, the fight's over. It's not about favoritism; it's about keeping fighters safe.

Not so Saturday. Kimbo, unresponsive, took 'em -- he could barely stand as the round came to a close.

Did upper management let the fight go on to make sure EliteXC's new golden boy didn't lose on national TV? Probable.

But it doesn't stop there.

In case you didn't see the fight, Thompson came into the event with one heck of a cauliflower ear. Kimbo ruptured the festering boil in round three, leading up to a few punches and abrupt ref stoppage.

I'll concede that Thompson took some damage, but the ref must've got the cue from his bosses to call the fight when he did. Pathetic. Even the announcers were on his case.

Thompson has dropped seven of his last nine fights.

Man threatened with arrest for wearing Transformers shirt

Post 9-11, America has gone into desperation mode when it comes to security.

Despite flying still being the safest form of travel, you'd think by all the rules, regulations and stigmas surrounding it that you're surely going to perish by the time the in-flight movie's credits roll.

As for airport security, I can kinda understand issues with a briefcase-toting man wearing a trenchcoat who seems hesitant to walk through metal detectors.

But what about a 30-year-old wearing a Transformers t-shirt? In Britain?

According to London Lite, a security guard threatened to arrest Brad Jayakody, an IT consultant, because of his "offensive" t-shirt, which featured a 40-foot-tall cartoon robot holding a gun.

A spokesman for Heathrow operator BAA told London Lite, "If a T-shirt had a rude word or a bomb on it, for example, a passenger may be asked to remove it."

I'll remember that next time I wear my Tom & Jerry merchandise. I wonder if British airlines have issues with mallets and anvils?