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QUALITY!!!!

This is gonna be superb!

Now lets see how good this Kimbo is! A good street fighter he might be, but MMA fighter? well I cant wait to see how he does!

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Street fighting is so different to the ring. Can only be good stuff

Kimbo was way overpaid for his fights in EliteXC and his willingness to effectively go back to the drawing board by fighting for a UFC contract in The Ultimate Fighter is a testimony to his dedication to proving himself as a mixed martial artists.

It's a no lose for Dana and the UFC, the ratings for the show will be through the roof whether Kimbo wins or loses; if he wins he will generate millions (we'll get told by Dana how much he improved on TUF) and if he loses it will be a case of "we told you so".

I'm looking forward to it. I doubt he will ever be a top level fighter but if he looks half decent in TUF they'll probably sign him up for a few fights and it could lead to some interesting match ups. They'd certainly look to re-sign Seth Petruzelli and there's a lot of fading fighters who would love the big pay day that kind of fight could offer them.

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The oddsmakers at Sportsbook.com have given Kimbo Slice even longer odds of winning the 10th season of Ultimate Fighter.

Sportsbook.com opened Kimbo Slice as a -325 favorite NOT to make the Ultimate Fighter finale and a +450 longshot to get in. Needless-to-say, Gambling911.com likes those odds since the payout would be $250 for evry $100 bet. But Sportsbook.com just made Kimbo a -500 favorite NOT to make the finale and will now pay $300 for every $100 bet should he make it.

The UFC announced Tuesday that the 35-year-old heavyweight would be a fighter in their reality show, ‘The Ultimate Fighter'.

After making a name for himself in southern Florida backyard brawls, Kimbo took his raw skills and menacing looks to the now defunct Elite XC. After accumulating a 3-0 record, Kimbo was knocked out by a jab just 14 seconds into his fight with MMA journeyman Seth Petruzelli last October.

That Petruzelli jab put the Elite XC down for the count in addition to raising questions as to whether or not Kimbo would ever enter the octagon/cage again.

Enter the UFC's President Dan White. Never one to hide his true feelings, White has thrown plenty of verbal jabs at Kimbo in the past. A couple of words White used to describe Slice in the past include "bum" and "joke".
A marketing genius, White realizes that adding Kimbo to his TV show will bring big ratings.

"No matter what you think of Kimbo as a fighter, he's one of those people you just have to watch," explained Sportsbook.com Spokesman Dave Staley.

Source: Gamblin911

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