MMA Legend Kimo Leopoldo Passes. Just kidding, he's fine.

[SRock]

**EDIT** Perhaps Kimo is still alive!?!?**

UPDATE SEE POST 17!

Kimo Leopoldo (http://www.cagewarriors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40179) has apparently passed on from complications of a heart attack.

More links here (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=kimo+leopoldo+heart+attack&aq=f&oq=&aqi=) and here (http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Kimo-Leopoldo-43).

I know we have some MMA fans here so I thought I'd share this sad news. He lived a troubled life and despite his own shortcomings he tried in every way to share God's word.

For those who don't recognize the name Kimo fought a who's who of MMA and was a veteran of the early UFC events:

Royce Gracie
Ken Shamrock
Tank Abbott
Tim Lajick
Wes Sims
Dan Severn
Brian Johnston
Bam Bam Bigalow (no joke)
Kazushi Sakuraba
Paul Varelens
Pat Smith

[bearbear]

RIP kimo.

[JBLAZE725]

Wow I didn't know about this. He was a beast. Very religious from what I undersand as well. It seems so many well known people are passing now it's crazy. RIP to yet another.

[Kratos]

I had the opportunity to meet Kimo. Good guy. May he sleep well...

[Fnord5]

Heart attack at 41?:eek:
Was he known for steroid use? Just seems so unlikely that it was natural.

[TimmyBoston]

Kimo nearly beat Royce Gracie in UFC 3, if it hadn't been for Gracie hanging on Kimo's hair (which is now illegal) Kimo would have won. Even though Gracie won the bout, he was so exhausted he was forced to pull out from the tournament.

[JBLAZE725]

Kimo nearly beat Royce Gracie in UFC 3, if it hadn't been for Gracie hanging on Kimo's hair (which is now illegal) Kimo would have won. Even though Gracie won the bout, he was so exhausted he was forced to pull out from the tournament.

I remember that. Classic fight. The ponytail was his downfall.

[Walter Sobchak]

Kimo nearly beat Royce Gracie in UFC 3, if it hadn't been for Gracie hanging on Kimo's hair (which is now illegal) Kimo would have won. Even though Gracie won the bout, he was so exhausted he was forced to pull out from the tournament.

I remember that, too. He was a beast.

[citizensoldierny]

Heart attack at 41?:eek:
Was he known for steroid use? Just seems so unlikely that it was natural.

Nope, I believe I saw somewhere that methamphetamine is/was his drug of choice.

[The Nid Hog]

The Daily News, perhaps not a paragon of journalistic accuracy, says he was a steroid user. Regardless, very sad. Forty-one is way too young.

[TimmyBoston]

I remember that. Classic fight. The ponytail was his downfall.


I remember that, too. He was a beast.

It's because of that I've always hated Royce Gracie. The fact that he had to pull hair like a girl to win a sporting competition.

[Groundhog]

Now his attorney is saying he's still alive.....weird...
http://www.canada.com/sports/Early+star+Kimo+Leopoldo+still+alive+says+attorney/1813251/story.html

[TimmyBoston]

Now his attorney is saying he's still alive.....weird...
http://www.canada.com/sports/Early+star+Kimo+Leopoldo+still+alive+says+attorney/1813251/story.html

Very weird, we'll have to watch this story.

[JBLAZE725]

It's because of that I've always hated Royce Gracie. The fact that he had to pull hair like a girl to win a sporting competition.

I don't like Royce either, but I hate most of the Gracie clan.

[The Nid Hog]

Ah, the Gracies do have their bad points. Their arrogance is probably only equaled by their contributions to contemporary martial arts. But those are some serious contributions. And a lot of their talk is just hype--they are businessmen as much as they are jiujitsuro and they know what sells. On the other hand, everybody who I know who trains in Gracie jiu jitsu has nothing but good things to say about them.

[SRock]

Nope, I believe I saw somewhere that methamphetamine is/was his drug of choice.

He had a cocaine habit that allegedly he had kicked. He was only recently busted for testing positive for Stanazol (a banned steroid).

So either way illicit drugs+steroids= bad.

It could have been many things.

[bunchoffives]

http://www.canada.com/entertainment/celebrity/Early+star+Kimo+Leopoldo+still+alive+just/1813251/story.html

According to Kimo, he's still alive.

[SRock]

http://www.canada.com/entertainment/celebrity/Early+star+Kimo+Leopoldo+still+alive+just/1813251/story.html

According to Kimo, he's still alive.

Thank you very much for this update! Strange indeed!

[Kratos]

Looks like he has made some bad choices as of late. People must be caught up in some sort of frenzy with all the famous people dying before their time recently.

[slcsteve]

“I knew I wasn’t dead”

(at least I was fairly sure)

[Sullybob]

Wow, strange news indeed. I also remember the fight where Royce pulled his hair. I don't look at it as Royce was fighting like a girl, it was a tactical advantage.

[Walter Sobchak]

Wow, strange news indeed. I also remember the fight where Royce pulled his hair. I don't look at it as Royce was fighting like a girl, it was a tactical advantage.

+1 Gotta fight to win.

Now, if he had some weird, blinding powdery stuff like Bolo in Bloodsport, then I would hate him.:biggrin:

[The Nid Hog]

Wow, strange news indeed. I also remember the fight where Royce pulled his hair. I don't look at it as Royce was fighting like a girl, it was a tactical advantage.

In fact, didn't Bruce Lee yank out a chunk of Chuck Norris' chest carpet in Return of the Dragon? If you leave it hanging out there, you're just asking to have it pulled.

[Sullybob]

In fact, didn't Bruce Lee yank out a chunk of Chuck Norris' chest carpet in Return of the Dragon? If you leave it hanging out there, you're just asking to have it pulled.

Your forgot the most important part of that fight. He then blew the chest hair back at Chuck Norris :eek::w00t::lol::lol::lol:

[Kratos]

That's another good reason to be bald. If you want to try and pull MY hair, you had better bring a plunger.

[Sullybob]

That's another good reason to be bald. If you want to try and pull MY hair, you had better bring a plunger.

I had a good post about pulling the hair of the other varity and the fact that hitting below the belt was allowed in the early UFC's, but It wasn't very gentlemanly so I deleted it. :lol::lol:

[The Nid Hog]

Your forgot the most important part of that fight. He then blew the chest hair back at Chuck Norris :eek::w00t::lol::lol::lol:

I'll have to go back and watch that again. I haven't seen it since high school.

[JBLAZE725]

Ah, the Gracies do have their bad points. Their arrogance is probably only equaled by their contributions to contemporary martial arts. But those are some serious contributions. And a lot of their talk is just hype--they are businessmen as much as they are jiujitsuro and they know what sells. On the other hand, everybody who I know who trains in Gracie jiu jitsu has nothing but good things to say about them.

Their arrogance is only a part of it. I hate the fact that they all tend to hold submissions way longer than necessary. An opponent will tap and the ref will end the fight and they will hold on a while longer. Very unnecessary.

[Kratos]

I had a good post about pulling the hair of the other varity and the fact that hitting below the belt was allowed in the early UFC's, but It wasn't very gentlemanly so I deleted it. :lol::lol:

Yeah, I remember the only rules were no Wing Tsun and no eye-gouging. That round-robin business must have been rough.

[Sullybob]

Yeah, I remember the only rules were no Wing Tsun and no eye-gouging. That round-robin business must have been rough.

Wing Tsun?

I agree, round-robin MMA, not for the out of shape. Can you imagine boxing doing a round robin tournament?

[JBLAZE725]

Yeah, I remember the only rules were no Wing Tsun and no eye-gouging. That round-robin business must have been rough.


Wing Tsun?

I agree, round-robin MMA, not for the out of shape. Can you imagine boxing doing a round robin tournament?

I don't know of any promotions that still do round robins, but tournaments are still popular outside the UFC. More than 1 MMA fight in a night is just torture. You have to be in insane shape as well as take very little damage in your early fights or you're in for it.

[Fnord5]

Wing Tsun?

I agree, round-robin MMA, not for the out of shape. Can you imagine boxing doing a round robin tournament?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iMYCAICTao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6oPgV0tJrM

[TimmyBoston]

Just so everyone knows, Kimo isn't dead.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,534314,00.html?test=latestnews

[Kratos]

Wing Tsun?

I agree, round-robin MMA, not for the out of shape. Can you imagine boxing doing a round robin tournament?

They wouldn't allow Wing stylists to enter the tournaments. Eye-gouging is popular in that style; I guess that's why.

Round-robin boxing would be insane. If the fights were 1, maybe 2 rounds, it wouldn't be so bad. You would have to be in insane condition for MMA today.

[burnwood]

Well if Kimo says he is alive then I for one will believe him.

[The Nid Hog]

Maybe SlagleRock's original post meant that he passed guard, not passed away? I could see that.

[SRock]

In fact, didn't Bruce Lee yank out a chunk of Chuck Norris' chest carpet in Return of the Dragon? If you leave it hanging out there, you're just asking to have it pulled.

Indeed he did. Great movie and Chuck had it coming. I mean what was he thinking wearing that bear suit to a fight? :lol:


Your forgot the most important part of that fight. He then blew the chest hair back at Chuck Norris :eek::w00t::lol::lol::lol:

Awesome, arrogant, awesome! :w00t::w00t:


Yeah, I remember the only rules were no Wing Tsun and no eye-gouging. That round-robin business must have been rough.

That would have been insane. That's why the varying states that allow MMA won't allow that style of tournament anymore.


Just so everyone knows, Kimo isn't dead.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,534314,00.html?test=latestnews

We got the update in post #17 and I changed the title/edited my original post to reflect it. It's interesting how crappy reporting spreads so fast. Thanks for the additional link Tim! :cool:


Maybe SlagleRock's original post meant that he passed guard, not passed away? I could see that.

Yeah, that's it, passed guard.... :biggrin:

Needless to say several media outlets have a little egg on their face at the moment.

[TimmyBoston]

We got the update in post #17 and I changed the title/edited my original post to reflect it. It's interesting how crappy reporting spreads so fast. Thanks for the additional link Tim! :cool:


Now the title's edited.

[SRock]

Now the title's edited.

Thanks Brother, I changed what I could.