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Bellator announces the signing of Kimbo Slice during Bellator 132

Jason Floyd

Bellator made it official during Friday night’s Bellator 132 broadcast that Kimbo Slice has signed an exclusive multi-fight deal with the promotion.Kimbo

Slice (4-2 MMA, 7-0 Boxing) entered MMA back in 2007 and scored three straight victories against Bo Cantrell, Tank Abbott, and James Thompson.

He was scheduled to face Ken Shamrock at Elite XC: Heat on October 4, 2008 but Shamrock pulled out of the fight card on the day of the event and he ended up facing Seth Petruzelli, who defeated him in 14 seconds.

He would end up going on The Ultimate Fighter 10 and was a member of Team Rampage. He would be eliminated in the opening round of the tournament by Roy Nelson and won his official UFC debut against Houston Alexander in the live finale. Following the bout against Alexander, he faced fellow Ultimate Fighter cast member Matt Mitrione and lost by TKO at UFC 113.

He was released by the UFC after that fight and he turned to boxing in 2011. His last boxing fight took place at the beginning of 2013 in Australia and defeated Shane Tilyard by knockout in the second round.

“Anyone who has been to a Kimbo Slice fight has felt a thick, electric, tension in the air,” said Bellator President Scott Coker. “The man has a proven knack for evoking excitement every time he steps inside a cage, and that fits perfectly with the kind of fights we aim to put together.”

Bellator commentator Jimmy Smith interviewed Slice on the Bellator 132 broadcast and check out what the fighter had to say in the video below.

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  1. How about Cro Cop vs Kimbo?! Or Kimbo vs Lavar/ Kimbo vs Charles/ Kimbo vs Dieckmann, ect.. Kimbo vs Thompson 2 is what I really wanna see. Also Kongo vs Kimbo.

    1. Bellator has to be smart in who they put Kimbo against. In my opinion, Thompson and Kongo are not good matchups for him.

  2. Or Manhoef vs Kimbo at 205 lbs? What do you think of Scott trying to sign Cro Cop next? Also when I said Viacom should offer Brock 10 million dollars I meant over 2 yrs. 5 mil a yr and let’s say 5 fights. Add a hunting show on CMT and I think they can convince him to jump ship.

        1. Why do they release good fighters to make room for these bigger names that are in their late 30’s/ early 40’s. They pay big money to them instead of their own fighters. It’s BS, but all they care about is ratings not have top fighters who can actually fight.

  3. Do you think Everlast will now sponsor the UFC and supply the power lock gloves for them?

        1. And Ik that Kongo’s next fight is against Tony Johnson bc you didn’t say anything when I asked if it was him.

      1. He’s a small hw just like Fedor. Don’t you think he would be a lot faster/ better if he was a lhw?

      1. Replay of past UFC event. I doubt they’d do another live card vs Bellator bc of the lawsuit. Or do you think they won’t do either?

        1. Depends on when Kimbo fights and if Fox Sports 1 will have a live sporting event already on the schedule.

        2. Don’t you think Spike will chose a day where they know there’s not that much other competition? If that is on a Saturday. They don’t really care how much competition is on Friday which is weird.

        3. There is always going to be competition, no matter what month it is. Honestly, best month would be June or July.

        4. Usually UFC does a really good job in picking which day and time to have their events. They pick days when there’s usually nothing on. Bellator goes up against NBA on ESPN/ Hawaii five o/ Blue Bloods/ 20/20/ Shark Tank/ sometimes MLB playoffs, ect. I don’t get why they don’t have Bellator on Saturdays once a month. I thought there are 12 Saturdays where there isn’t a UFC event. Or at least have it 10-12 est. Don’t they want good ratings? Bc to me it feels like they don’t give a shit.

        5. If you think Spike TV “do not want good ratings,” I do not know what to say to you. Of course they want good ratings.

        6. Ik they do, but Friday is the worst day of the week to have Bellator and esp at 9-11pm est. UFC tried Friday a long time ago and then never went back to it. Except to counter program Bellator last yr. Also the only two times they had over a million viewers were on a Saturday, not Friday.

        8. And I don’t why they release exciting fighters who can actually fight. They sign guys way past their prime on losing streaks. I get it they want ratings. But you could also keep these young up n comers ya know. I wanna see the best fight the best everywhere not just the UFC. Bellator is so different which is a good thing, but sometimes it’s different in bad ways.

    1. I doubt it happens that quick. I think he gets the finish at some point in the first round.

  8. And btw what’s wrong with the MMA media covering the NFL Championship games?? Also what do you think about Mendes vs Lamas/ Faber vs Assuncao II? I think the winners of these 2 fights should get next title shot.

    1. If you want to cover it, do you always cover it? You either cover it all year or not at all. MMA sites do it for Wrestlemania but will not pay attention the rest of the year. Also, that site is only covering the NFC game and not the AFC game. It’s a way to get cheap web clicks. If MMA in your web address, you should only cover MMA.

      1. Maybe it’s bc the championship game/ SB are only worth covering bc it’s a big deal. Just like all the MMA media has UFC all over their websites and only talk/ praise it bc ppl are only interested in the best.

        1. NFL web traffic is great year round. Reason UFC content is all over MMA websites is because that is the stories that people click and want to read. That is a fact and web traffic analytics prove that.

  9. Do you know what happened with John Fox and the broncos? Did Peyton want him gone to start from scratch or what?

    1. I think Peyton is prolly gonna retire. Also do you know anymore details of Kimbo’s contract like for ex how much it is for and if he’ll box on Spike?

      1. I have been working on finding details. Should have an update on this week’s podcast with Caplan.

  10. I think they will sign Cro Cop real soon. Who do you think his 1st opponent should be if he does sign with Bellator?

    1. That is something we can discuss if he signs with Bellator. Until then, I am not going to speculate.

  11. I really wanna see Kimbo vs Butterbean in a boxing fight. Or what do you think about Butterbean being his 1st fight in Bellator? That would do big ratings. Maybe not that much in MMA as it would boxing fight.

      1. I doubt his first fight in Bellator would be Butterbean, but if Spike TV really are gonna have boxing then I’d think Kimbo vs Buttterbean will happen.

  12. I was right about Mendes vs Lamas. But instead it’s a main event not co- main. I thought they’d announce Faber vs Assuncao II on last nights broadcast too. Also will Bellator announce some fights this week?

  13. I think last night they said it’s the most attendance they’ve ever got at the TD Garden. But that’s not true. FN 26 was more than FN 59.

  15. Prolly Bellator’s 3rd tent pole event will be in June. I hope these fights will happen then: Pitbull vs Karakhanyan II/ Kimbo vs Thompson II/ Tito vs Mo/ Carmont vs Manhoef!!! Those 4 fights on Spike TV would be siiick. What do you think of my matchmaking? I think Tito vs Mo would be main event. I wouldn’t put that fight as main event tho bc anyway the ratings would be off the roof whoever is main eventing it. It would do maybe 2.5 million veiwers.

  16. Do you know if Blagoi Ivanov asked for his Bellator release or what really happened? Is he retired? Ivanov is better than half their roster and was their top 3 hw. I’d put Minakov/ Volkov ahead of him, but that’s it.

  17. Also former Bellator Russian fighter Michail Tsarev is fighting for the KSW ww title. Brett Cooper will prolly fight for the mw title at KSW 31.

  18. Now that Karakhanyan is fighting Pitbull for the fw belt do you think that Pitbull will resign with Bellator? He has 1 fight left on his current deal. I bet Bellator really wants to make Pitbull vs Curran III and Pitbull vs Straus III. Maybe even Pitbull vs Karakhanyan III.

        2. Do you know the exact number of fights? Also does that mean he extended his contract to multiple fights?

        6. He has multiple fights left on his deal, which means more than 1. I will leave it at that

  19. Why do you think Lesnar will sign with the UFC if he comes back to MMA and not Bellator/ Viacom? I think If Viacom can offer him the most money and let’s say a package deal he’d consider it. Maybe even take it. I don’t think Brock wants to fight top 5/10 guys anymore and get embarressed.

        1. They could, but there is more money for Brock to make on a UFC PPV than Bellator PPV. Let’s see what happens when his WWE deal is up in April. Viacom will have their opportunity.

  20. Do you think Francis Carmont will make his Bellator debut at the next tent pole event in April?

  21. UFC blocked Cro Cop from signing with Bellator and instead they signed him. UFC is so fucking corrupt. I really hope Viacom offers Lesnar an offer he can’t refuse. Those dirty fucks. This should be added to that lawsuit. doesn’t UFC know about that. It feels like they think they will win easily or that it’s not a big deal.

      1. I read that Cro Cop was really close to signing with Bellator, but UFC didn’t want him to go there so they offered him more money. They don’t want to see Bellator have good ratings on Spike with him. UFC didn’t want him until Bellator was interested.

        3. Again, what is wrong with a fighter getting more money? Cro Cop is an independent contractor. To get the most money, you need more than one company bidding for your services. His camp leveraged Bellator to other promotions to see if they can get more money. This is what happens in business. For me, I just want to see fighters make the most money they can. This is what Cro Cop’s team did. They did what was best for their client.

        4. Also the UFC blocked Bellator from going to the Honda Center. And counter programmed them in CT on September 5th. Just to fuck with their ratings like they always do.

  22. Ariel was reading a little bit of the Bloody Elbow article on Cro cop returning to the UFC. He then stopped reading bc he’s a UFC cocksucker.. He works for them and doesn’t like saying anything negative about the UFC. I hate the UFC media..

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