Kevin Ferguson, better known as the Youtube star Kimbo Slice, captured another win for his Ultimate Fighting championship career stats on Saturday night at the Prudential Center in New Jersey. Touted by Rolling Stone as the "King of the Web Brawlers", the now MMA (mixed martial arts) fighter is 3-0 in his fights vs Ray Mercer, David "Tank" Abbott, and James Thompson.
Born in the Bahammas in 1976, Kimbo has promoted himself through online Youtube videos of his streetfights. He has been referred to as one of the closest things to Mike Tyson that's been seen in a while. At 6'2" 240 lbs, Kimbo is pure muscle. Through sites like Youtube, he has gathered something of an underground following. His streetfights are watched by thousands (if not millions) every week.
From Wikipedia: "On May 31, 2008, Kimbo fought in the main event of the first ever mixed martial arts event shown on prime time network television, EliteXC: Primetime. Kimbo's opponent James Thompson won the first two rounds on total points[8] [9] [10], although one judge had each fighter winning a round and even points, by repeatedly taking down Slice and grounding and pounding. In the opening seconds of the third round, Kimbo threw a haymaker to Thompson's left ear, ruptured his cauliflower ear. This was soon followed by three unanswered punches to a standing Thompson, which led to a referee stoppage."
Currently Slice lives in Miami, has 6 kids, and is engaged.
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