Kevin Ferguson, better known as Kimbo Slice, was a Bahamian mixed martial artist, boxer, professional wrestler and occasional actor. He became noted for mutual combat street fights which were spread across the Internet, leading Rolling Stone to call him ‘The King of the Web Brawlers’ Slice competed in The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights, where he lost in his first fight to series winner Roy Nelson. Ferguson was born in Nassau, Bahamas, but moved to the United States as a child.
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Kevin Ferguson, better known as Kimbo Slice, was a Bahamian mixed martial artist, boxer, professional wrestler and occasional actor. He became noted for mutual combat street fights which were spread across the Internet, leading Rolling Stone to call him ‘The King of the Web Brawlers’ Slice competed in The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights, where he lost in his first fight to series winner Roy Nelson. From January 2015 until his death in June 2016, Slice was under contract with Bellator MMA. Ferguson was born in Nassau, Bahamas, but moved to the United States as a child, growing up in Cutler Ridge, Florida. In May of 1994, Kimbo married L. Shontae Ferguson the mother of RaeChelle, Kevin II and Kevinah his children. He also has three grandsons Kevin III, Akieno and Kimbo-Legasy as well as one granddaughter Isis. Slice made his MMA debut against former WBO Heavyweight champion and Olympic gold-medalist boxer Ray Mercer at Cage Fury Fighting Championships 5, in Atlantic City on June 23, 2007. The match was scheduled as a three-round exhibition utilizing all professional rules of MMA combat. In a post-fight interview Slice stated that he would like to fight David Abbott, who was a spectator for the match. He was originally set to make his professional debut against Bour Bour Bour on October 11, 2007, but the event was canceled due to a promotion dispute.
He then signed a professional contract with EliteXC on November 10, 2007 and would make his debut on October 12, 2007 against Mike Bour Bour. He defeated Mercer with a guillotine choke at 1: 12 into the first round. In his first taped fight against a man named Big D, Ferguson left a large cut on his opponent’s right eye which led Internet fans to name him ‘Slice’, becoming the last name to his already popular childhood nickname ‘Kimbo’ In 2002, he was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and in 2003, he began his career in unsanctioned mutualcombat street fights. In 2005, he started training in martial arts at the Freestyle Fighting Academy under Marcos Avellan and David Avellan. In 1997, he had a tryout with the Miami Dolphins and was part of the pre-season squad but was unable to secure a spot on the first team. For college, he attended both Bethune-Cookman University and the University of Miami where he held an athletic scholarship and studied criminal justice. In 2007, he switched camps and was trained by retired MMA fighter Bas Rutten and boxing instructor Randy Khatami at Rutten’s school, EliteMMA, in Thousand Oaks, California. In October of that year, he made his pro debut against ex-Olympic gold medalist Ray Mercer. He won the fight with a second-round TKO in the second round of the third round of Cage Fury fighting Championships 5.
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