Are you blind to what Kimbo was living off of? The reputation? Hype? Any of it? There is no overreacting to this loss to Kimbo's career.
Exactly, I don't think it's over reacting at all. Kimbo drew because he was marketed heavily as abad ass mother fucker who could knock someone out with on punch, and not get knocked out. He was humiliated tonight, by nothing that looked like a heavy knock out punch. The reputation and the hype was just destroyed, thus his drawing power. To use another wrestling analogy, it would have been like Hogan going out and just hitting Goldberg with a big boot, legdrop and pinning him in 13 seconds on Nitro back in the day. Goldberg would have been fucked.
Everyone complained about how Elite XC had been booking around Kimbo's weaknesses and padding his record, but tonight they booked themselves into the ground really. If Petruzelli goes out and loses to Joe Schmoe his next fight, the entire company looks like shit.
EDIT: And I know wrestling is a totally different ballgame, but still you have to say that tonight hurt his drawing power. You also have made a great point in your post above HttK, so maybe I am jumping to a bit of a conclusion. I just feel for Kimbo.