Kimbo Slice, we thought we knew ya.

We saw your Mr. T looks, the homeless man's beard that looked like it could house a flock of birds and the intimidating gaze from your steely brown eyes, and we thought you were one bad dude.

You scared the jeepers out of us.

But we were fooled.

It was mixed martial farce.

Because of you, Mr. Slice, the little credibility the sport had is lost.

Good gosh, Kimbo, a guy named Seth Petruzelli beat you.

Aguy who looked like a refugee from the Backstreet Boys pounded you.

A guy who owns a Smoothie King franchise iced you.

A guy who has pictures of himself dressed in drag circulating the Internet faster than a brushfire walloped you in 14 seconds.

Fourteen seconds! That's how long the "Jeopardy" theme lasts.

Another three seconds and you would have made it through "Happy Birthday."

Instead, pundits are playing "Taps" for you.

But, Kimbo, you don't seem too upset about your 15 minutes of fame running out 14 minutes and 46 seconds early.

"It's all good," Slice said. "It was unexpected, but it's all good."

Good, huh?

Try not so good.

It came out Monday that your handlers offered to throw a little more coin at the Smoothie King if he fought to

your strengths instead of his.It still didn't matter.That revelation is a bigger black eye for you and your sport than the one currently on your face, big fellah.I'm sure this is not the last we'll hear from you.Everyone loves a comeback. People will be clamoring to see if that fight was just a fluke.So, you'll get another shot in the octagon if you want it. Maybe you will do battle with Butterbean or Brock Lesnar or Mike Tyson or perhaps even Ken Shamrock, the guy you were supposed to fight before Seth, the forgotten member of N'Synch, stepped in to clobber you.Then there's always Kip Dynamite, who at last check was still training to be a cage fighter.Until then, you are a caricature of yourself, a larger-than-life figure who couldn't match the hype machine that created you.Kimbo, you simply collapsed under the weight of your own expectations.It's a shame, too. People really want to watch other people punch other people in the face.Boxing used to be an outlet for that. But that sport is sinking faster than Countrywide stock.So, a society hungry for knuckle sandwiches slowly turned to MMA.We liked the brutality of it. We liked the colorful characters. We liked the blood and gore.And then, Kimbo, you went down in 14 seconds. No blood. No gore. Just giggles at the Mr. T wannabe slapped down by JoeyMcIntyre.Perhaps you and the sport can rebound.Slice, just don't get diced again.