| The Fight Site’s Farewell To (UFC Legend) Kalib Starnes |
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| Posted by Sam Wilson | |
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My petition to rid MMA of Kalib Starnes was clearly short lived, as Dana White needed no one else, to emphasise the fact that Starnes is not UFC material, and will never be close to what they need. To the huge relief of MMA fans across the globe Starnes can now be forgotten as just another fighter that didn’t make it. But for humours sake, let’s take a look back at the illustrious career of the fighter that never really fought. It all began on the Ultimate Fighter Three show where Kalib first for Ken Shamrocks team, dispatched of the immense talent of a guy whose name I can’t care to remember (lucky for Kalib the guy couldn’t fight). But well done Kalib through to the semis, and an early favourite for the show. Following that Kalib trained as if he had tied up the contract already, and wearing those ridiculous glasses, was just a number of things that showed he was ready for UFC combat (a tad of sarcasm). It showed in the semi final against Kendall Groves as Kalib tapped out verbally at the beginning of the second round; the cause was a pain in his ribs, a pain I say! Any real warrior would have done the same surely. In the shows finale Kalib stepped up against an outstanding character of Danny Abbadi, in an all out war, Kalib battled another Ultimate Fighter reject, and finished emphatically proving to all he was championship material…. which championship is hard to say. After this fight Kalib really showed his true colours coming into his own with a TKO loss to Okami and a lay and pray victory against Chris Leben. After that monumental victory Dana challenged Starnes with Belcher, who made Kalib look like a laughing stock, but luckily for our hero he was able to escape the fight early due to a cut on the top of his head. Thanks to this cut, Kalib still got his comeback shot against Quarry at UFC 83. Kalib, who loves to test his fans patience to his true warrior ability, took it to unbelievable levels displaying his stamina and running abilities in a fascinating display of fear for his safety. After the fight Starnes decided he had conquered the MMA world and had proved all he had needed. So what now for Starnes I for one have thought of a number of job opportunities for the UFC legend (or not). Job 1: Marathon Runner As Nate Quarry will tell you Kalib is an amazing athlete, he can run away from anything, if you tell Starnes he has Chuck Liddell behind him ready to knock him out, my money is on him to take the race by a country mile. Job 2: Pro Wrestler Kalib could actually be the most successful pro wrestler around, he could actually use his skills of not actually doing any damage to an opponent could be effective in the pretend wrestling scene. He could actually then use his ‘heavy’ hands, missing and causing no pain would make him a fan favourite. Job 3: Banker I don’t know about this one yet, but without a job now, Starnes is going to have to learn to be very good with his money, start counting your pennies and you could find yourself behind a till Kalib. There just a few of our ideas, Kalib has several options so good luck to him. From the world of MMA, let’s thank Dana White for stopping Kalib Starnes from fighting anymore in the UFC.              |
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