Kimbo slice

[Axekick]

Does anyone give this dude a chance of actually being a champion MMA fighter, all he seems to have is heavy hands.
Has any seen or know what his jaw is like?:D

[Bushi]

His jaw was ROCK SOLID till me met up with Scott Gannon (I think that was his name)... his You Tube exploits were crazy...

The "white boy" beat him down...:cool:

[Sonic]

His jaw didn't look real flash against Seth petruzelli, knocked out in less than 10 seconds, might be why he wears that thick beard.

[Voice]

when you mention Kimbo people automatically think of the YouTube backyard beatdown on that other black dude who never actually managed to tag him.
I think he can now officially buy some Mr Sheen for that chin of his as he has been exposed badly and last time I checked the waiting list for granite jaw transplants was off the scales.

In essence, no, I don't think he has much of a fighting career in any form for this reason alone (and perhaps also because I think he would gas very quickly). That said however, I think you will see him making an absolute sqid load for a while yet, at least until the novelty wears off and promoters ditch him. I think he should concentrate strictly on boxing...at least he has a puncher's chance of tagging his opponent, unlike the other forms he has been trying.

[Russ]

what was he before his youtube fame? was he a pro footballer or something, or just a thug?

[redneck]

what was he before his youtube fame? was he a pro footballer or something, or just a thug?


When his original backyard brawl video first appeared on the net, there was much speculation and rumour that he was an ex-con, and also that he was a top college football player who almost made it into the NFL. The prison rumours were soon proven to be incorrect, but I believe that he was a pretty good footballer in his younger days. Before his rise to notoriety as a brawler, he was actually the heavy for a porn producer in Florida. I believe it was the guys who make 'Milf Hunter'. There are loads of pictures of Kimbo with scantily clad porn queens, floating around the net.

I don't think that Kimbo will ever be a great MMA fighter, I do however think that the UFC recognise his drawing power and marketing potential. I expect to see them milk him for everything that he's worth, before they let him go.

The thing about Kimbo though is that he's already become a huge success through his unique style of self-promotion. He's become more well known to many people than real MMA fighters, or Kickboxers. He has received mega-bucks to fight the likes of Tank Abbott and James Thompson. He's the star of the latest TUF reality TV show, and he is now breaking into Hollywood. Check out his role as a prison thug in the movie 'Blood and Bone'.

If Kimbo never wins another fight again, he has already made it.

[Sonic]

It'll be good to see how he goes on TUF 10, he's definitely not scared to mix it, some of those boys are BIG !!

[Beast]

Apparently his first fight on TUF he got KTFO. Just a little rumour i heard a little while ago. Kimbo is a douche and a pain in the ass. He should stick to backyard brawling.

[scottya]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADs8vsgZsOs
First esp is on the net if you know were to look

[Beast]

Thats not the first episode, its a preview.

[scottya]

Thats not the first episode, its a preview.

Your kidden me
Is that why under the HL i posted this
"First esp is on the net if you know were to look" ?

[rydah]

Apparently his first fight on TUF he got KTFO. Just a little rumour i heard a little while ago. Kimbo is a douche and a pain in the ass. He should stick to backyard brawling.


DONT POST ANY RESULTS!!!!!!!!

[Sonic]

Yeah that irked me as well, probably wasn't intentional but obviously we know we're not watching it live so if we wanted spoilers we could of easily looked it up.

[Beast]

sorry guys, may not be true though, its just a rumour i heard.

[14miket]

A pack of wolves waited for Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson when he entered the flagship gym of American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Fla., on Thursday.

Position to position, hour to hour, Thiago Alves, Luis Cane, Mike Brown, Yves Edwards, Jorge Santiago, and Dan Cramer drilled Kimbo in jiu-jitsu. The hardened veterans didn't hold back. Boxing coach Howard Davis got a little time, but striking took a back seat to the mat.

Kimbo, a longtime resident of Miami, came to the gym two years ago and left in a rage after a fighter caught him in a painful armbar. This was his first time back since then.

Ricardo Liborio, founder of American Top Team, has sent Kimbo back to school to learn the basics.

“Right now, what we can see is a big, hardened guy with a fight mentality and a lot of heart,” Liborio told MMAWeekly.com. “It’s just a guy who knows how to punch and is very heavy handed, but has a long way to go with the grappling and the wrestling stuff.”

After cutting his teeth with Bas Rutten and Randy Khatami in a rush from YouTube brawler to mixed martial artist, Kimbo this week signed a training contract with American Top Team and plans to stay there for the foreseeable future.

Liborio’s goal for Kimbo is to stay upright long enough to use his heavy hands.

“Don’t engage in an exchange of wrestling that you’re not prepared for,” says Liborio.

What Kimbo lacks, by his accord, is the muscle memory that comes with years of dedicated practice. Jiu-jitsu black belt Liborio and American Top Team are there to fill the gap.

“I think I’m still there... working on my ground game,” said Kimbo. “You’re gonna learn a lot, but you’re not going to master anything in two years. The more you roll, the more you learn, just like as long as you live, you gonna learn as you live. It’s not something that you say okay, you’ve learned it, you’ve got it, you’re good, you can go kick someone’s ass now. No, no, no. That’s something that you have to continue to do.”

Nowhere was Kimbo’s lack of seasoning more evident than in his most recent televised fight against Roy Nelson on the tenth season of “The Ultimate Fighter.” As soon as the former streetfighter let his hands go, Nelson swarmed and took him down. Kimbo floundered as Nelson passed his guard and twice pinned his body and arms in a crucifix, the second of which brought the fight to an end.

Many of Kimbo’s castmates were surprised by his humility in asking for help on the ground, particularly Nelson, who was his roommate in the fighter house and broke down his victory step by step afterwards.

And well-rounded fighter or not, Kimbo is still ratings gold. Fueled by legions of YouTube fans, the Wednesday broadcast broke records in viewership for Spike TV. He has now participated in three of the four most watched fights in U.S. MMA history.

After three days of twice-a-day sessions with his bearded pupil, Kimbo has lived up to some of Liborio’s expectations and confounded others.

“Let’s put it this way: he’s exactly where I thought he would be in skill level, but he’s way more acceptable in terms of learning and mentality,” he said.

The idea is not to let Kimbo get ahead of himself.

“Number one: ABC’s, you know what I’m saying?” said Liborio. “You’ve got to go back to basics. There’s no way to get a solid foundation, sort of jumping over positions and try to do something that’s acrobatic and crazy. He’s not at that level of skills right now. He‘s gotta go through the fundamentals of grappling and ground and takedowns. Very basic stuff; foot positions, and hand position.”

The good news, says Liborio, is that Slice is a sponge for learning, an observation backed by his camera time on TUF.

“Maybe two days is too early to say something, but it’s been easy to work with him,” he said. “He’s very coachable. If he keeps the way he’s doing right now, it’s going to pick up fast.”

Kimbo all but confirmed he is set to fight on the show’s season finale Dec. 5 in Las Vegas, and says he is currently “in camp.” UFC president Dana White has declined to confirm his participation in the finals or elsewhere, but it’s clear that the company has big plans for Kimbo down the line.

Liborio, meanwhile, hopes this week is the beginning of a constructive partnership.

“The plan is, win or lose, to keep the guy in the family,” he said.

[Beast]

The stuff that Liborio is saying completely contradicts what Bas Rutten had to say about Kimbo. Bas said that he had a falling out with Kimbo around the time of the Seth Petruzelli fight because he would never listen in training and just thought he was unbeatable. Maybe the Petruzelli fight grounded him a bit and he realised he's not that great and he does need help.