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Tempers were flaring at the EliteXC post-fight press conference. According to MMA News desk.com, Brett Rogers, who won in 61 seconds earlier in the night, called Kimbo's performance "garbage" and said it was "unacceptable" to give that performance to the fans. When Kimbo showed up at the press conference, asked Rogers to elaborate on what he meant.

Elite XC Post Fight Controversy: Kimbo Slice and Brett Rogers (Image: Wenn)

He was much clearer this time, saying that Kimbo tapped out when Thompson had him down on the ground during the second round of their match. Kimbo jumped up from his chair and asked if that was a challenge. After a few tense minutes with everyone imaginable standing in between the two fighters, Kimbo ended up leaving.


AOL Fan House reports that from my vantage point at cageside, I didn't see Slice tap out. There was discussion along press row about a tapout but everyone seemed to say they heard someone else say it first. Thompson said he didn't and Slice obviously denied it so either Rogers saw something different or he's a savvy marketer who knows how to put himself in position to fight the league's big dog. Promoter Gary Shaw said the next CBS show would be in August at the earliest, perhaps he found himself his main event?

Dave Doyle of Yahoo!Sports reported Kimbo's buzz had largely been fueled by the clips of his YouTube fights, where he had mainly crushed unsuspecting rubes in a matter of seconds. Saturday night's promotion heavily leaned on Slice, leading viewers to believe another quick KO was on the way.


"We've put a tremendous burden on Kimbo Slice," said Elite XC President Gary Shaw. "We've set the bar so high that anything other than a tremendous performance is going to seem like a letdown."

"It was a tough-ass fight," Kimbo humbly admitted, " I never underesimtated James. He used his weight well, had a good little minute it on the ground. He had a good little ground and pound." As for the undefeated Rogers's claim that Kimbo tapped, the Internet Sensation said "Not one time did I tap. I didn't make any gesture of tapping. If he got me into a submission, he would have had to break something, because tapping isn't in my repertoire." See more here at MMA News Desk on the fight and the controversy surrounding Kimbo Slice and Brett Rogers.