![]() ![]() The winner will be dubbed the “BMF” – “Baddest Mother(Expletive)” – something that Masvidal certainly has that old South Florida brawling experience with.Ĭheck out the video above to hear more from “Baby Slice” on Masvidal ahead of UFC 244. The welterweight fight isn’t for a UFC title, but a special belt was created just for the event. MMA fighter Slice, real name Kevin Ferguson, was admitted to hospital in Coral Springs, Florida, with police reportedly. He spent years and years in back yard bare knuckle fights that made him a. (Getty) Kimbo Slice has died at the age of 42, it has been confirmed. Many would argue that this was what made Slice such a dangerous man. He won seven out of all seven officially sanctioned MMA fights and countless others outside of the octagon. On Saturday, Masvidal (34-13 MMA, 11-6 UFC) might have some of those old street fights in the corner of his mind when he takes on Nate Diaz (20-11 MMA, 15-9 UFC) in the UFC 244 main event at Madison Square Garden in New York. Kimbo Slice was faster, but Butterbean is tough as nails and can bang. By 2008, Kimbo Slice had transitioned to MMA and, incredibly, fetched up on the cover of ESPN the Magazine, stroking his hirsute chin like a Rodin sculpture.ESPN’s Dan Le Batard unearthed his. In terms of impressive records, few can argue with the statistics associated with Kimbo Slice. The first the world saw of the fighter now known as Gamebred came to light back in the primitive days of. But I would’ve loved to do a bare-knuckle fight – that would’ve been pretty cool.” It’s worth remembering, here on the day after the biggest victory of his career, that Jorge Masvidal got his start on the same South Florida backyard bareknuckle circuit that produced the late, legendary Kimbo Slice. “I was watching it like, ‘My turn – when can I fight?’ But my dad always told me not to do a street fight. His real name being Kevin Ferguson, Slice died at the age of. Instead, Kimbo told him if he was going to fight, make sure he got paid. World Boxing News reflects on the death of Kimbo Slice six and a half years after the heavyweight fighting icon’s untimely death. To say he was unknown to all but hardcore fans would be giving. ![]() No adults tried to steer him away from it, necessarily. That was Seth Petruzelli before he was called upon to fight Internet sensation Kevin Kimbo Slice Ferguson on Oct. Besides Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz, who are the 10 other 'BMFs' in the UFC?įerguson said when he was 9 and 10 years old, watching grown men fight in his backyard, he had no fear. ![]()
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