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Monday, Nov 2

Catchweight Confusion: The Kimbo and Rich divisions

There are currently five weight classes in the UFC. Rich Franklin is not one of them. Neither is Kimbo Slice. Although you’d never know it from the recent trend toward catchweight bouts to accommodate these fighters. Franklin, who has yo-yoed between middleweight and light heavyweight, fo...

Thursday, Oct 29

Houston Alexander vs. Kimbo Slice at the TUF 10 Finale?

The Ultimate Fighter 10 is nearing the halfway point, and the teasers for a Kimbo Slice return to the show have finally stopped. One rumor that will not go away is a suspected December match up between the YouTube brawler and UFC veteran Houston Alexander. The latest piece of the puzzle may ha...

Wednesday, Oct 14

Can Kimbo Slice affect positive change in American MMA?

Kimbo Slice, mixed martial artist, street brawler, entertainer, and family man. Regardless of how you label the man, one thing is for certain, the word “draw” has to be included on your list. Weather you support his efforts to become a complete mixed martial artists, or you desire to see h...

Tuesday, Oct 13

Exclusive: Kimbo Slice vs. Houston Alexander possible for UFC 107

A slugfest between Kimbo Slice and Houston Alexander is looking like a strong possibility for UFC 107. A source close to the situation advised FiveOuncesofPain.com today that although no bout agreements have been sent, at least one of the fighters has been formally approached about the p...

Monday, Oct 5

Gina Carano ESPN The Magazine “Body Issue” Cover

Following in the footsteps of Chuck Liddell and Kimbo Slice, Gina Carano will make her cover debut for ESPN The Magazine. The magazine, set to hit newsstands October 9th, will be the first ever “Body Issue”, featuring some of sports biggest names. The recent buzz surrounding the issue has b...

Thursday, Oct 1

Kimbo Slice: Don’t Believe The Hype

Over two years spent “training” in mixed martial arts and Kimbo Slice has made it painfully obvious during his time spent in The Ultimate Fighter house that he has done little, if anything to address his deficiencies on the ground. I’m tired of hearing about how the time spent at the TUF hous...

Dancing with the Reality Stars: Why Kimbo Slice vs. Chuck Liddell Should Happen

During a recent interview with Greg Savage of Sherdog.com, UFC President Dana White responded to a question about the promotion’s growing number of shows and whether they have enough marquee talent to headline the shows by saying he has plenty of headliners. While the UFC has its fair shar...

Roy Nelson vs. Kimbo Slice: It’s all about how you spin it baby!

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...

Tuesday, Sep 29

Kimbo Slice Confirms UFC Debut in December; Hints at UFC 107

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...

Monday, Sep 28

Reality Check: Roy Nelson vs. Kimbo Slice, and the winner is….

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 [...]

Kimbo Slice on potential Seth Petruzelli rematch: ‘We can do it barenuckle style’

Reverting to his thugged out Youtube roots to some degree during the UFC media call meant to promote this Wednesday evening’s highly anticipated bout between himself and Roy “Big Country” Nelson on The Ultimate Fighter, Kimbo Slice said if it was up to him a rematch between himself and Se...

Thursday, Sep 24

Roy Nelson vs. Kimbo Slice coming next week on The Ultimate Fighter

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...

Thursday, Sep 17

Grappling with Issues: Jon Anik

Will Kimbo Slice win more than one fight on a live broadcast? What can the UFC do to achieve true mainstream recognition? Was Quinton Jackson in the wrong for postponing his showdown with Rashad Evans? Are there any future title-fights in Rich Franklin’s future? Welcome to “Grappling wi...

Sunday, Sep 13

Bas Rutten responds to Kimbo

With the premier of The Ultimate Fighter 10 season coming this week, all eyes have been on Kimbo Slice. The internet sensation turned mixed martial artist will try his luck in the UFC reality series after a notorious stint with EliteXC. He was 3-1 while fighting for Elite XC, and was being tra...

Sunday, Aug 23

Seth Petruzelli returns to action with TKO victory at Art Of Fighting IV

Seth Petruzelli was victorious in his first fight back since his stunning knockout over Kimbo Slice in October of 2008. “The Silverback” dropped his opponent Chris Baten with a big punch midway through the first round. From there the fight was called off following a few more well placed pun...

Thursday, Jul 16

Kimbo Slice: ‘I can’t just come with one dimension; I’ll get smashed’

As the mixed martial arts community prepares itself for the most anticipated season of the highly successful Ultimate Fighter series, much of the attention has been centered around one man. The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights is set to begin airing on September 16 and will feature a bea...

Saturday, Jun 20

Bas Rutten has ‘zero respect’ for Kimbo Slice

Things had been going so well for so long between the two. Bas Rutten had been Kimbo Slice, aka Kevin Ferguson’s number one and most vocal supporter since the very beginning of the former YouTube brawler’s professional fighting career. The divide was formed between the trainer and the stud...

Monday, Jun 15

Kimbo Slice vs. Chuck Liddell Just Makes Sense

Something tells me that deep down Chuck Liddell wants that one last fight. Liddell is the most popular fighter on the planet and a proud former champion to boot, there’s no way a fighter with his mentality is going to walk away on a sour note like his most recent TKO loss to Mauricio “Shogun”...

Sunday, Jun 14

What Goes Around Comes Around for Dana White

Since arriving at FiveOuncesOfPain.com I have written a couple of editorials praising UFC President Dana White’s shrewd business sense, most notably his signing of Kimbo Slice to be on “The Ultimate Fighter 10” this fall. I even saw a few comments from the good folks here at Five Ounces tha...

Wednesday, Aug 20

Kimbo Slice vs. Sean Gannon in October?

SI.com’s Josh Gross certainly seems to think so: Three names keep popping up as the next opponent for Kimbo Slice on Oct. 4: Brett Rogers, Ken Shamrock and … wait for it … Sean Gannon. The feeling among Elite XC execs, however, ...

Wednesday, Feb 27

Report: EliteXC Inks Network Deal With CBS

ProElite Inc., the parent company of Elite Xtreme Combat, is expected to announce a deal with CBS that will put MMA on major network television for the first time. Or maybe I’m just bitter at seeing Bas Rutten in a f’ing ‘Reality Kings’ t-shirt again…

Monday, Feb 18

Opinion: Kelly Pavlik won’t rule out move to MMA but his trainer does

Kimbo Slice vs. Tank Abbott wasn’t the only big fight to take place in combat sports this past weekend. We’d be remiss if we didn’t mention that Kelly Pavlik recorded a unanimous decision victory over Jermain Taylor in a non-title match this past Saturday at the MGM Grand in Vegas.

Friday, Feb 15

Pain Poll: The Staff of 5 Oz. Breaks Down EliteXC: Street Certified

Gary Herman: The way I see it, Kimbo Slice has two ways and Tank has zero ways. Advtange: Kimbo. Kimbo wins if it goes longer than two minutes or by submission. Really, unless Abbott connects with a wild punch very early in the fight, I don’t see how Tank wins. Abbott won’t come to the fight in shape...