An alien life form. Christmas ornament. London broil. Whatever you want to call it, the pulsating, throbbing cauliflower ear that James Thompson sported in the cage last night during his fight with Kimbo Slice at Elite XC: “Primetime” was down right hideous. How on Earth does a professional walk into a cage with that? Perhaps more important, how on Earth does his camp let it ...

Here's an old picture of James Thompson - who almost beat Kimbo Slice Saturday night - back when his ear looked much better than it does now. I wrote an item about the MMA card earlier today and will have another one in the newspaper Tuesday, but here is some additional ratings info that I found mildly interesting: The rating in 54 major markets peaked at 4.7 percent of homes from 11:30 ...

Cauliflower ear has never been more popular, so we at Five Ounces of Pain wanted to get a nice pick up here and open the communication lines in reverence of this “alien life form,” as the commentary crew mentioned. Photo courtesy of Sherdog.com and photog Dave Mandel. This is a post-fight ear picture, after Kimbo Slice punched [...]

Ok so Saturdays MMA matchup between the Kimbo Slice and James Thompson wasn’t the flyest fight ever. In fact it was extremely mediocre but theres good news for all of you bloodthirsty people out there. During the final, Kimbo Slice was down but he saw an opportunity with Thompson’s ear looking like a grapefruit, filled with puss and blood, Slice took and swing at it. And out ...

Besides a nasty looking cauliflower ear that happened to explode on national television, the debut of Kimbo Slice and the Elite XC brand of MMA came off with more of a fizzle instead of the the desired bang . The Internet sensation that is Kimbo Slice was exposed as what most MMA experts thought he was — a hard-punching brawler with no discernible ring/octagon skills. His grappling ...

The Indians continue to struggle. Their offense is as pitiful as American Pie 4: The Return to Band Camp. There’s a better chance of Tampa Bay Rays winning the East than the Indians scoring a clutch run. The offense is uglier than James “Colossus” Thompson’s ear (he’s the guy Kimbo Slice fought on Saturday on CBS. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, google him and see his ear.) The ...

I'm not an MMA fan. I don't take any particular joy in watching two people beat the crap out of each other, but I am a Gus Johnson fan so I made sure to be in front of the television Saturday night to give the sport a try. Not bad. I don't know whether it was Gus that made it mildly interesting, or the overhyped Kimbo Slice struggling... or James Thompson's cauliflower ear, but ...

We called it yesterday. BC said that if EliteXC got out of hand it would be the talk of the Internets. Well, thank you very much James Thompson. Dude walked into the ring with the worst case of cauliflower ear you’re likely to ever see and proceeded to have it “popped like a pinata,” according one of the television analysts. Thanks to the3xp.com for the awesome ...

Here’s Round 3 from the Kimbo Slice fight, which aired last night on CBS. It went beyond Round 1, shockingly, and the guy he fought actually was able to get in a few blows in two rounds. It wasn’t the dominating win the Kimbo Slice Party was looking for, it was a win, nonetheless. The hype will continue to get him in the ring with a Chuck Liddell or Rampage Jackson, but ...