Look at all these rumors (Kimbo Slice in the UFC?)

Just who is Kimbo Slice? If you don't know the answer to that question,
you probably don't know what youtube.com is either.

Kimbo Slice grew up in Miami, Florida and was a big part of the underground fight scene. Kimbo, who stands 6'2" and typically carries around about 260lbs of lean bodyweight, has suffered very few documented losses in the streets, his most notable loss to ex-cop Sean Gannon. Many of Kimbo's fights can be seen on youtube.com, and he is, in fact, somewhat of a youtube.com legend.

Seeking legitimacy for his legacy, Kimbo Slice has been training with former UFC heavyweight champion Bas Rutten to make his mark in the MMA world. His next fight in the cage will be against the menacing Tank Abbott, who's fighting style makes him somewhat of a brawler himself. You can catch that fight on February 16, 2008.

As for fighting his way into the UFC, Kimbo is all over it. The skeptics are already talking about it. According to http://www.mmamania.com, Dana White had this to say about Kimbo Slice fighting in the UFC, “Sean Gannon beat him in a street fight. Everyone saw what happened to Sean Gannon when he fought a guy that no one ever heard of (a decisive TKO loss to Branden Lee Hinkle in the UFC). Gannon was in the hospital for three weeks. That’s what would happen to Kimbo Slice if he fought
in the UFC. He would get hurt bad – real bad.”. However, not everyone is a skeptic. Just ask Bas Rutten who said, “I am training Kimbo right now, and I have to say that he is one of the BEST fighters I have EVER trained. He really listens to you and does what you say, do you know how hard that is? If he’s dead tired, and I tell him five more rounds, he looks at me, but doesn’t say anything, he just does it.”.

So no matter which side of the fence you're standing on, nobody can deny that Kimbo Slice would be a major source of entertainment for the UFC. Just watch him on youtube.com and you'll see exactly why. Kimbo may have a long way to go in MMA, but at only 33 years of age, he could have a bright future in the octagon.