UFC star Kimbo Slice gets the ax

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Kimbo Slice has been diced out of the UFC.

Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White confirmed to the Los Angeles Times that the popular MMA fighter was cut by the organization. The news comes a day after Slice lost in a second-round TKO to former NFL lineman Matt Mitrione at UFC 113.

The move wasn't a surprise after remarks from White following the bout on Saturday night.

"That's probably Kimbo's last fight in the UFC," White said. "I got nothing but respect for him."

Slice, whose real name is Kevin Ferguson, first gained attention when clips of him street fighting hit the Internet. He was signed by EliteXC in 2007 and fought for the organization until it declared bankrupcy in 2008.

He also made an appearance on UFC's "The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweight" reality show.

Slice won in his debut with the UFC at The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale in a 215 lb. catchweight battle against Houston Alexander. His second UFC fight was Saturday's loss to Mitrione. It was his first -- and only -- heavyweight fight in the UFC.

 

[Jon88]

No surprise here.

He's a street fighter with no martial arts skills.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

yeah I watched the PC after the fights so I knew he was going to do that. Slice had his chance. He went through TUF to get there and did what he could. He's just too old, and too far behind, to really step into the world of MMA and make any serious noise.

 

[Ren]

He'll sign somewhere, i kinda like the guy he's the ultimate underdog and has a great attitude about it, we'll see him on a strikeforce card before the end of the year

 

[Jon88]

He'll sign somewhere, i kinda like the guy he's the ultimate underdog and has a great attitude about it, we'll see him on a strikeforce card before the end of the year

EliteXC (now out of business) compared him to Tiger Woods :laugh2:

He'll sign somewhere, maybe.

 

[Ren]

EliteXC (now out of business) compared him to Tiger Woods :laugh2:

He'll sign somewhere, maybe.

There's not much maybe about it, the guy is a huge draw

 

[TellerMorrow34]

I think he'll wind up fighting over in Japan or something. He's got a great attitude, and wants to get better, i just think he found it too late to really be very successful at it.

 

[DemonBlood]

Poor Kimbo.

There's no way he is 36 years old. He can't be only 8 years older then me.

 

[QT]

Problem with Kimbo is he gets tired too fast. He tried to slam Matt a few times and used all his energy.

Kimbo can do what Bob Sapp did in Japan. Bob is a star in Japan.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

Problem with Kimbo is he gets tired too fast. He tried to slam Matt a few times and used all his energy.

Kimbo can do what Bob Sapp did in Japan. Bob is a star in Japan.

He tires quickly and I believe that the internet videos, and internet fans of him, over hyped the power in his punches. Then of course they give him over the hill, never was worth much, Tank Abbott and people suddenly think he really does have this mythical punching power.

He's shown since doing things within the UFC that his punching power isn't quite as mythical as a lot of people wanted to believe. He's got great power when punching average joe schmoes on the streets but not the kind of KO power to routinely KO quality MMA fighters.

 

[Hostile]

I thought he was a very boring fighter. Never lived up to the hype.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

I thought he was a very boring fighter. Never lived up to the hype.

He never was going to live up to the hype. It wasn't possible cause he was hyped by Youtube video fans as a legit force for MMA cause of the way he could knock out JAGS in his street fight videos.

Anyone who actually is a big fan of MMA knew, right from the start, that Kimbo wasn't going to be impressive in MMA and likely wouldn't do much at all in the big leagues of it.

Now the guy gave it his best shot, and props to him for staying humble and wanting to work hard, but he simply was too far behind the sport to ever catch up with the guys in the bigger promotions.