Kimbo Slice injury in MMA

Kevin Ferguson (born February 8, 1974), better known as Kimbo Slice, is a Bahamian-American boxer, former mixed martial artist and occasional actor. He became famous for street fights which were spread on the Internet, leading Rolling Stone to call him “The King of the Web Brawlers”.

Slice left the underground fighting scene and signed a professional contract with EliteXC in 2007. After EliteXC declared bankruptcy in 2008, Slice became a free agent. Slice competed in The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights, where he lost in his first fight to veteran fighter, and eventual series winner, Roy Nelson. In his UFC debut, Slice defeated Houston Alexander in the The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights finale, but lost in his second UFC fight to Matt Mitrione at UFC 113.

Ferguson started working as bouncer for a strip club until high school friend and current manager, Mike Ember, offered him a job as limousine driver and bodyguard for RK Netmedia, better known as Reality Kings, a Miami-based pornography production/promotion company responsible for a number of popular adult subscription websites.  Kimbo still maintains close ties with Reality Kings who now accompany him, as his fight entourage, under the name Team Kimbo.

In 2002, he was charged for carrying a concealed weapon and in 2003, he began his career in unsanctioned street fights. They were distributed through the Internet, mainly through the adult website Sublime Directory and YouTube. In his first taped fight against a man named Big D, Ferguson left because of a large cut on his opponent’s right eye which led Internet fans to call him Slice, becoming the last name to his already popular childhood nickname, Kimbo.

His only on-tape street fight loss was against Sean Gannon, a former Boston police officer who also trains in MMA. The popularity of the fight propelled both men into the MMA spotlight.

In Kimbo’s last couple of MMA fights his knees proved to be is weak link, he finally realized he wasn’t going to be able to achieve his goal of holding a championship belt.

Kimo Slice has now move on to a boxing career and in his first professional fight, Kimbo took just 10 seconds to defeat another up coming fighter James Wade.

Some information taken from a wikipedia website.

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