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By Mitch Ciccarelli Wrestling Nelson on the other-hand, is certainly an excellent grappler in his own right, but he is not an overwhelming wrestler. There is a big difference between taking Kimbo Slice down, and trying to out-wrestle a Greco-Roman champ. Jiu-Jitsu

By Kid Nate Then that's when he came back with the Kimbo comment, saying I wasn't that spectacular. And then I came back with, "Well, for the last nine seasons, that's what you've told every fighter on the show to do, is just get the 'W' and make sure you don't get hurt. I was doing what I was told the last nine...

By Kris Karkoski Kimbo Slice Eliminated by Roy Nelson on Episode 3Abe Wagner Eliminated by Justin Wren on Episode 5Scott Junk Eliminated by James McSweeny on Episode 2Marcus JonesZak Jensen Eliminated by Darrill Schoonover on Episode 6 Click here for more The Ultimate Fighter 10 coverage.

By MMAjunkie.com Staff [mmajunkie-staff] Prior to his (taped) fight with Roy Nelson on the Sept. 30 episode of "The Ultimate Fight 10" on Spike TV, Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson ventured to New York City for a media tour, and one appearance proved the drawing power of the heavyweight fighter.

By ben Last night's episode of The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights opened with some analysis of the Kimbo Slice vs. Roy Nelson fight, which was described rather generously as a "classic striker vs. wrestler/grappler matchup" by Scott Junk, who gives props to Slice for not gassing out. Titties Sc...

By MMAjunkie.com Staff [mmajunkie-staff] The fourth episode of "The Ultimate Fighter 10: Heavyweights" airs tonight on Spike TV at 10 p.m. ET/PT. This will serve as tonight's discussion thread for the episode, which features the fallout from last week's Roy Nelson vs. Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson fight, as well as a new opening-rou...

By Kris Karkoski The fourth episode of The Ultimate Fighter 10: Heavyweights airs tonight on Spike TV. After Kimbo Slice was eliminated from the competition last week following a loss to Roy Nelson, a preview for tonight’s epsiode teases that Slice could be called on to replace an injured teammate.

By Kris Karkoski A Spike TV-record 6.1 million viewers tuned in to The Ultimate Fighter 10 on Wednesday to watch the anticipated matchup between Kimbo Slice and Roy Nelson, according to a press release issued on Thursday by the cable network: The Ultimate Fighter 10 Coverage Pictured: Kimbo Slice

By MMAmania UFC President Dana White made a revised prediction that episode three of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 10, which featured a heavyweight showdown between Roy Nelson and Kimbo Slice, would attract a staggering 6 million viewers on Spike TV.

By Josh Nason We knew a plenty of people were going to watch Wednesday's "The Ultimate Fighter" match between Kimbo Slice and Roy Nelson, but early ratings show that Slice is even more of a ratings phenomenon then some experts gave him credit for.

By news@sherdog.com (news@sherdog.com) A record-setting 6.1 million viewers tuned in to watch Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson enter the Octagon with Roy Nelson, who earned a second-round technical knockout over the Internet backyard brawler Wednesday on “The Ultimate Fighter 10,” according to a press release from Spike TV. A re...

By John Morgan [kingofabuelos] After Episode No. 1 of "The Ultimate Fighter 10: Heavyweights" set a slew of Spike TV ratings records, Wednesday night's Episode No. 3 set the bars even higher. According to Spike TV, 6.1 million viewers tuned in to watch the elimination bout between Roy Nelson and Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguso...

By Kid Nate Reports are that last night's episode of The Ultimate Fighter: The Heavyweights featuring Kimbo Slice vs Roy Nelson broke all records for MMA on Spike TV with an average of 5.3 million viewers for the whole episode and 6.1 million views for the fight itself.

By John Morgan [kingofabuelos] Former IFL heavyweight champion and current "The Ultimate Fighter 10" cast member Roy Nelson has never been one to hide his true feelings. And one day after his win over Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson was broadcast to the world, "Big Country" is no different.

For better or worse, Roy Nelson and Kimbo Slice are the current talk of the MMA world.read more

We all know that Kimbo Slice needs to get much, much better on the ground if he's ever going to win a fight in the UFC. But if you want to try to quantify just how much better Roy Nelson was than Kimbo when they fought on Wednesday's Ultimate Fighter, take a look at the CompuStrike stats: Nelson la...

By Jesse Holland Props: USA Today Quoteworthy: “I could have stayed in mount and finished him there with elbows and punches, but my game plan was to get to the crucifix, and once I got to the crucifix, finish the fight there. First round was 44 punches to the face, and then (referee) Herb Dean doesn’t know how t...

By John Morgan [kingofabuelos] The Ultimate Fighter 10" cast member Roy Nelson, who defeated "Kimbo Slice" on Episode No. 3, as well as MMAjunkie.com "TUF 10" blogger Brendan Schaub, are guests on today's edition of MMAjunkie.com. Additionally, mixed martial arts promoter Joe Kelly will call in to discuss the details of...

By Jesse Holland On the heels of his Episode 3 elimination from The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) Season 10, special attraction Kimbo Slice reflects on the mistakes he made in his losing effort against Roy Nelson and how a second encounter would yield very different results. Can Slice, who was dropped by trainer...

By Kris Karkoski Despite losing to Roy Nelson last night on The Ultimate Fighter 10, Kimbo Slice will get another opportunity to fight in the UFC, with MMAjunkie reporting today that Slice is likely to fight at The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale on December 5 in Las Vegas.

By Mark Chalifoux It was billed as the biggest fight in the history of The Ultimate Fighter and one fighter was less than impressive. And that fighter was Roy “Big Country” Nelson. As predicted, Roy Nelson took out Kimbo Slice. But it was... It was billed as the biggest fight in the history of The Ultimate Fighter an...

By Anton Tabuena First round was 44 punches to the face, and then (referee) Herb Dean doesn't know how to ref, but we've seen that before. And then the next round was 22 punches... You could even see me yelling at Herb Dean, "Come on, ref". But the thing is, there's a lot of people; there's a lot of money. Kimbo's the on...

Facing the first test of his UFC tenure, Kimbo Slice on Wednesday night lost to former IFL champion Roy Nelson, but he may be back sooner rather than later...

By Cory Brady For whatever reason, Roy “Big Country” Nelson being understandably excited after dominating Kimbo Slice during the tenth season of The Ultimate Fighter seemed to rub UFC President Dana White the wrong way, as he would go on to say, “This guy’s acting like the whole world should be blown a...

We knew heading into this season of The Ultimate Fighter that Roy Nelson is bigger, stronger and more skillful than Kimbo Slice, and that Kimbo needs to get better on the ground. So in one respect, Nelson's second-round TKO victory over Kimbo on Wednesday night's episode of the UFC's reali...

By Josh Nason What made Slice so likable was they simply portrayed him as a normal guy honestly trying to learn and absorb everything he can about the sport. What EliteXC and CBS/Showtime failed to really hit home, TUF got over in 45 minutes. Perhaps Slice has changed since then, but it's amazing what comp...

By news@sherdog.com (news@sherdog.com) Both men started thoughtfully. Nelson kept Slice at bay with a pumping left jab Roy Nelson capitalized on his opponent’s inexperience to earn a second-round technical knockout over Kimbo Slice on the third episode of “The Ultimate Fighter 10” Wednesday. Both men started thoughtfully. Ne...

By Kris Karkoski Round 2 opens with tentative punching from both fighters. Kimbo connects with some big punches and Nelson immediately scores another takedown into side control. There’s little action on the ground as Nelson lays on top of Slice, but Nelson eventually manages to create an opening and thro...

Roy Nelson stopped Kimbo Slice in the second round via ground and pound punches on the third episode of The Ultimate Fighter 10: Heavyweights. Here's how it went down: read more

By Jesse Holland Could we be seeing the softer side of Kimbo? Weigh-ins! Slice and Nelson hit the scales and it’s 230 for Kimbo and 264 for Nelly. Heavyweight elimination fight #3: Roy Nelson (13-4) vs. Kimbo Slice (3-1) Roy Nelson defeats Kimbo Slice via TKO

By MMAjunkie.com Staff [mmajunkie-staff] The third episode of "The Ultimate Fighter 10: Heavyweights" airs tonight on Spike TV at 10 p.m. ET/PT. This one's a big one as two of the show's biggest names - former EliteXC headliner Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson and IFL heavyweight champion Roy Nelson - square off in a highly anticipated o...

By Kris Karkoski Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s live coverage of tonight’s episode of The Ultimate Fighter 10, which features the highly-anticipated heavyweight matchup between Kimbo Slice and Roy Nelson. Roy Nelson def. Kimbo Slice via TKO (strikes) — Round 2

By Kris Karkoski Dana White predicts 6 million viewers will watch tonight’s episode of The Ultimate Fighter 10 featuring Kimbo Slice vs. Roy Nelson.Slice let it slip during a Monday conference call that he’d likely be fighting in December at UFC 107, not The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale as had been rumored. If...

By MMAjunkie.com Staff [mmajunkie-staff] The long-awaited fight is finally here. On tonight's new episode of "The Ultimate Fighter 10," final IFL heavyweight champion Roy Nelson welcomes Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson to the UFC octagon for the first time.

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By Leland Roling Last night's The Ultimate Fighter season 10 episode went as expected for much of the MMA fanbase. Kimbo Slice showed a near non-existent ground game as he was unable to decipher the tactics that Roy Nelson used in order to gain mount and easily gain a crucifix position twice within the fight....

By Cory Brady As mixed martial arts fans all over the world lick their chops in anticipation of the biggest show in the history of The Ultimate Fighter, Kimbo Slice took some time out to speak with the media recently to share his thoughts on his tomorrow evening’s  showdown with Roy Nelson. The most revea...

By Kid Nate After a pretty packed summer for heavyweight action, the best on tap in the near future is tonight's Kimbo Slice vs #21 Roy Nelson on The Ultimate Fighter. 12 Alistair Overeem is the Strikeforce heavyweight champ and he may or may not return to defend it at some point soon.

By John Morgan [kingofabuelos] As the MMA world anxiously awaits the Wednesday debut of "The Ultimate Fighter 10" bout between Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson (3-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) and former IFL champ Roy Nelson (13-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC), the question most often heard is, "How will Kimbo do?"

By Kris Karkoski During a Monday conference call with media, UFC heavyweight Kimbo Slice, a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 10 whose opening round fight against Roy Nelson, billed as “the biggest in Ultimate Fighter history”, airs on Wednesday, talked about the fight and commented on a potential re...

By MMAjunkie.com Staff [mmajunkie-staff] To help bolster ratings for Wednesday's highly anticipated third episode of "The Ultimate Fighter 10," cast member Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson joined "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" on Monday. Ferguson's opening-round fight with final IFL heavyweight champion Roy Nelson is feature...

By Tommy Messano On Wednesday September 30, Roy Nelson will take on Kimbo Slice in what may be the most highly anticipated fight in the 10 season history of the Ultimate Fighter reality show. 6’1 Signature win: December 29, 2007 KO win vs. Antoine Jaoude to capture the IFL heavyweight title

By Michael Rome There have been rumors for days about putting Kimbo against a standup fighter in December to give him a chance to get a knockout.  Maybe it will work.  But Kimbo will never be a competitive UFC fighter; he's too old to catch up in the wrestling and jiu-jitsu departments.

By Nick Thomas Bout report by Kid Nate: Just as all the participating Bloody Elbow staff members predicted, Roy Nelson beat Kimbo Slice by TKO on tonight's episode of The Ultimate Fighter. Regardless it was very reminiscent of Dan Miragliotta's failure to stop the fight on Kimbo's EliteXC CBS debut aga...

By Poindexter UFC and Spike TV media conference call with "The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights" cast member Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson. Kimbo talks about his experience on "The Ultimate Fighter" and previews his bout with Roy Nelson which premieres Wednesday, September 30th on Spike TV.

By MMAjunkie.com Staff [mmajunkie-staff] The Ultimate Fighter 10" cast member and MMA notable Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson is a guest on tonight's edition of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" on NBC. On the late-night talk show, Ferguson discusses his fight with Roy Nelson, which airs as part of Wednesday's new episode of "TUF 10" on...

By David Andrest Kimbo Slice, those two words evoke such emotion among MMA fans, that this weeks episode of The Ultimate Fighter is expected the highest rated in the series ten seasons. Despite how you may personally feel about the man, Kimbo equals cash, and this weeks fight with Roy Nelson is a no lose [...]

UFC fans will finally see Kimbo Slice step into the Octagon on Wednesday night when his fight with Roy Nelson airs on The Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV, and when Kimbo spoke with the media on Monday, he said he was pleased with how he did. read more

By Brent Brookhouse Luke Thomas: According to our rankings with USA Today, Nelson is ranked 20th in the world among professional heavyweights. Nelson's talents? He's strong, mostly durable, by Kimbo's standards a phenomenal grappler and has meaningful experience. And Kimbo Slice? He punches really hard....

By Anton Tabuena In the next episode of the Ultimate Fighter, Kimbo Slice will face the former IFL heavyweight champion, Roy Nelson. Fans still don't know who won the fight and the management have been tight-lipped on the results, but for what it's worth, they seem to be pretty impressed with Kimbo's per...

Roy Nelson and Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson are the two biggest names on The Ultimate Fighter 10, and on the next episode the two square off in an elimination bout.

By Mark Chalifoux It’s tough, it really is. I’m trying like crazy to avoid all the reports and stories about this fight Wednesday night on The Ultimate Fighter. Roy Nelson is taking on Kimbo Slice in what’s supposed to be one of the... It’s tough, it really is. I’m trying like crazy to avoid all the reports and storie...

By funnytiger We've already seen that Team Rashad has had their hands full with the veteran fighter and it appears that Roy Nelson is having a hard time being a coach-able student. Will his stubbornness be his downfall and give Kimbo the opportunity to surprise the MMA community by defeating the former I...

By Cory Brady Roy “Big Country” Nelson will be facing off with none other than Kimbo Slice (aka Kevin Ferguson) on the third episode of the tenth season of The Ultimate Fighter. The highly anticipated match-up will be airing next Wednesday at it’s normal place and time on Spike TV. The announcement came o...

By Larry Vollmer Millions of YouTube views later, Slice transitioned into mixed martial arts in order to provide for his fiancée and six children. He fought for the now-defunct EliteXC, headlining the first ever mixed martial arts card on broadcast television. He compiled a 3-0 record before losing to Se...

By Kris Karkoski

UFC fans will finally see Kimbo Slice inside the Octagon on the September 30 edition of The Ultimate Fighter, and when Spike shows Kimbo taking on former International Fight League heavyweight champion Roy Nelson, it will be one of the most-watched fights in the history of mixed martial...

By Mark Chalifoux A forgettable episode of The Ultimate Fighter really served to set the stage for the Roy Nelson vs. Kimbo Slice fight on next week’s episode. Rashad seems to have this whole “coaching” thing figured out, which... The end of Kimbo Slice? Kimbo vs. Mirko Cro Cop.  Here's why:

By Kris Karkoski James McSweeney def. Wes Shivers via majority decision (19-19, 20-18, 20-18) The episode closes with Rashad Evans choosing Team Rampage’s Kimbo Slice to fight former IFL champ Roy Nelson in the next opening round bout. Stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com each Wednesday for a recap of The Ultimate...

By John Chandler Even if you didn’t watch last night’s episode of “The Ultimate Fighter 10”, you’ve probably heard about it anyway. Former EliteXC star Kimbo Slice will step into the UFC’s Octagon for the first time to face former IFL heavyweight champion and “TUF 10” tournament favorite Roy Nelson on nex...

By Justin “The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights” features top light heavyweights Quinton Jackson and Rashad Evans as coaches. The roster of fighter vying for the title of “The Ultimate Fighter” includes notable veteran Roy Nelson, internet sensation Kimbo Slice, as well as a handful of former NF...

By Kris Karkoski The Ultimate Fighter 10: Heavyweights debuted on Wednesday following UFC Fight Night 19, and the 16 fighter cast that includes street fighter Kimbo Slice, former IFL champ Roy Nelson, and four ex-NFLers was introduced to light heavyweight rivals and opposing coaches Quinton “Rampag...

By E. Spencer Kyte While former IFL champion Roy Nelson is the early favorite heading into Season 10 of The Ultimate Fighter, all eyes will be on the man born Kevin Ferguson. By the time the weekend is over, the UFC welterweight division could become a Mixed Martial Arts version of the classic Abbott and Coste...

By Kid Nate Another factor is the resurgence of the UFC heavyweight division. With the rise of Brock Lesnar and the crop of new talent coming up in his wake -- Shane Carwin, Cain Velasquez, Junior dos Santos -- the UFC heavies are compelling for the first time in years. The fact that Randy Couture and Fran...

By Nick Thomas The new Ultimate Fighter cast in full: John Madsen (3-0) Defeated Brock Lesnar in a high school wrestling match Roy Nelson (14-4) Former IFL Heavyweight Champion Kimbo Slice (3-1) Former EliteXC heavyweight contender and YouTube sensation Fighter breakdown at Sherdog.com

According to mmamadness.com, former IFL Heavyweight Champion Roy Nelson (13-4) and Wes Sims (22-12, 0-3 in the UFC) are also a part of the Ultimate Fighter Season 10 Cast. They join Kimbo Slice, and former NFL players Marcus Jones, Matt Mitrione, ...

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 NY If anything, with casual fans, I think it might have hurt, because all the controversy, with Seth Petruzelli and Kimbo Slice, that kind of tainted it a little bit. What did you make of the whole Kimbo-Seth debacle? Kimbo was never a real fighter to ...

The third installment of CBS’s primetime MMA event, CBS ELITEXC SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS, will be broadcast live from the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla. on Saturday, Oct. 4 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. CBS ELITEXC SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS will be produced by SHOW...

By yacman1 EliteXC with a side of Affliction? Former UFC champion Andrei Arlovski (13-5) and IFL kingpin Roy Nelson (13-2) have been offered a heavyweight bout at EliteXC “Heat” Oct. 4 at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla. (Read full write up here)

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins by discussing the beating received this past Friday by former Chris Byrd in his ESPN2 bout with Shaun George. Byrd, a former heavyweight champion, was fighting at light heavyweight, and was stopped in the ninth round after look...