At first, Slice was training exclusively for street boxing, focusing on bare-knuckle techniques, dirty boxing from the clinch, and elbows - but then he began to develop an interest for MMA. In 2005, Slice started training in martial arts at the Freestyle Fighting Academy under Marcos Avellan and David Avellan. In his first taped fight against a man named Big D, Ferguson left a large cut on his opponent's right eye which led Internet fans to call him Slice, becoming the last name to his already popular childhood nickname, Kimbo. They were distributed through the Internet, mainly through the adult website SublimeDirectory and various other video platforms. In 2002, he was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and in 2003, he began his career in unsanctioned mutual combat street fights. Ferguson maintained close ties with Reality Kings throughout the rest of his life company representatives accompanied him, as his fight entourage, under the name Team Kimbo.
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Early career įerguson started working as a bouncer for a strip club until high school friend and career-long manager, Mike Imber, offered him a job as a limousine driver and bodyguard for RK Netmedia, better known as Reality Kings, a Miami-based pornography production/promotion company responsible for a number of popular adult subscription websites. Slice's cousin is United States judoka Rhadi Ferguson. In 1997, he had a tryout with the Miami Dolphins and was part of the pre-season squad but was unable to secure a spot on the first team. įor college, Ferguson attended both Bethune-Cookman University and the University of Miami, where he held an athletic scholarship and studied criminal justice. In 1992, his house in Perrine, Florida was destroyed by Hurricane Andrew, forcing him to live in his 1987 Nissan Pathfinder for a month. He attended Miami Palmetto High School, where he was the star middle linebacker. Ferguson continued his studies at Cutler Ridge Middle School and later attended Richmond Heights Middle School.
He went to Bel-Air Elementary School, where he was reportedly involved in his first fight with fellow student Dominic Sauer at the age of 13 as he tried to defend a friend. He was raised with his brother Devon and sister Renea by his mother Rosemary Clarke. as a child and grew up in Cutler Ridge, Florida. Kimbo Slice was born Kevin Ferguson in Nassau on February 8, 1974.
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“One of the most popular MMA fighters ever, Kimbo was a charismatic, larger-than-life personality that transcended the sport. “We are all shocked and saddened by the devastating and untimely loss of Kimbo Slice, a beloved member of the Bellator family,” Bellator President Scott Coker said in a statement. Mixed martial artist, actor and street-fight superstar Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson has passed away at the age of 42, Bellator MMA announced late Monday.
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