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Damn, Kimbo!! You gonna take that?

Apparently the great action from EliteXC’s Saturday Night Fights didn’t end with the now infamous exploding ear. Turns out that Brett Rogers, who was also victorious at the event, called out Kimbo Slice during the post fight press conference, setting up a mini Mike Tyson episode and a ~~possible~~ almost definite brawl between the two in the near future.

Kimbo got exposed big time during his fight with James Thompson, but we still don’t know how smart it was for Rogers to do that. Sure, it will elevate his name from a nobody in the fight game, but at what cost? While we all know Slice’s brawling style won’t be successful forever inside the cage, for now, his punching power is unmatched and when he starts throwing combos then it is nighty-night for his opponents.

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[phillyBurbs.com]: Kimbo Slice gets punked out

Over five years later and we’re still not talkin’ bout the game

In our opinion, it was one of the single greatest moments in the history of sports. It’s a clip that gets played with regularity around here and it takes us back to a time that will never be recreated again. So, what are we talking about? You got it, we’re talkin’ bout practice.

You might be wondering why we’re bringing this up right now; well, it turns out that AI wishes he had never said it. What you talkin’ bout Allen?!

It was just being young and definitely immature. I wish it wouldn’t have ever happened,” he says during an appearance on Fox SportNet’s “Best Damn Sports Show Period.”

The interview, which took place Wednesday, will air tonight.

“But you learn from experiences like that . . . I think it sent the wrong message, especially to kids. You can’t be a scoring champion and an MVP and an All-Star and all of that without practice . . . I didn’t want kids to get the message that you don’t need to practice because when you’re not practicing, someone else is out there practicing, getting better.

C’mon, man, don’t be so hard on yourself. That’s like saying that MLK should have never had a dream or that JFK shouldn’t have requested that we ask what we can do for our country. Maybe we should just forget all about how the Beastie Boys told us to fight for our right to party too.

Embrace your history AI. No matter what you say, you will always be that loudmouth, coach-hating, scoring machine to us. And we will always be talkin’ bout practice.

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[Philly.com]: Iverson regrets bad talkin’ bout practice, bad talkin’ bout practice