Kimbo Slice

Kevin Ferguson, better known as Kimbo Slice, went from backyard brawls on viral YouTube videos to headlining network television. The Bahamas-born bare-knuckle legend signed with EliteXC, beat Tank Abbott and James Thompson, and drew huge CBS audiences before Seth Petruzelli’s 14-second knockout in 2008 exposed him and brought the promotion down with it.

Kimbo then went on The Ultimate Fighter in 2009, beat Houston Alexander at the finale, tried boxing, and returned in Bellator to knock out Ken Shamrock and fight Dada 5000 in one of the strangest bouts ever aired. He died in June 2016 at 42. CagePotato followed every stage of the Kimbo phenomenon.

Kimbo Slice fact file
Full nameKevin Ferguson
NicknameKimbo Slice
Date of birth
Place of birthNassau, Bahamas
Organisations fought in
  • EliteXC
  • UFC
  • Bellator
  • Cage Fury Fighting Championships
Accolades
  • Headlined EliteXC on CBS, the first MMA event on US prime-time network television (2008)
  • The Ultimate Fighter 10 cast member (2009)
  • Rolling Stone’s “King of the Web Brawlers”

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