Preliminary CBS ratings for Strikeforce: ‘Fedor vs Rogers’ averages 3.79 million viewers

Considering this card was promoted exclusively around the main event between Brett Rogers and Fedor Emelianenko, it’s not unreasonable to think these numbers could spike for the main event, effectively raising the overall totals like it did for the previous CBS/MMA offering by Elite...

Strikeforce: ‘Fedor vs Rogers’ predictions, preview and analysis

Betting lines (as of November 6): Prediction: Emelianenko via submission Betting lines (as of November 6): Betting lines (as of November 6): Prediction: Mousasi via submission Silva: Betting lines (as of November 6): Silva: +140 ((Bet Now))

TUF 10 ratings fall for week four — but still strong enough to outdraw MLB playoffs

Season 10 of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF), as expected, delivered a ratings bonanza when it finally managed to get former YouTube brawler and Elite XC star Kimbo Slice inside the Octagon on episode three. And, as expected, the ratings took a significant hit once Slice was knocked out of the c...

Kimbo Slice, Aoki-Hansen and more on ESPNs ‘MMA Live’ (Video)

Kimbo Slice vs Roy Nelson Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 10 ratings are ’staggering’

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.

Roy Nelson: Referee Herb Dean was afraid to stop the Kimbo fight and lose his job

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...

Kimbo Slice: I’ll beat Roy Nelson next time around

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...

TUF 10 video preview teases possible return of Kimbo Slice (Episode 4)

Is there a chance Kimbo fights again? Is there a chance you’re still interested? Is there a chance Kimbo fights again? Is there a chance you’re still interested?

The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 10: Episode 3 recap and discussion

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

World Championship Fighting (WCF) 8 quick results for Sept. 26 Wilmington event

Mike Campbell def. Mike Medrano via TKO (Strikes) 3:12 R1 Josh LeBerge def. Dan Bonnell via TKO (Strikes) 1:20 R1 Josh Key def. Luis Felix via TKO (Strikes) 0:51 R3 John Ortolani def. Travis Lerchen via TKO (Punches) 2:16 R1 Lev Kamenetski def. Joel Ty via TKO (Punches) 2:22 R1

The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 10: Episode 2 recap and discussion

Team Rampage gets excited by Kimbo’s progress during a crash course in grappling, apparently forgetting that Bas Rutten already tried to teach him a ground game that went Colonel Braddock during his fight with James Thompson back in Elite XC.

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker no longer in the Kimbo Slice business

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker talks about passing on the contract of former EliteXC heavyweight Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson. The San Jose-based promotion, which recently purchased select Pro Elite assets (including the contract of Ferguson) appeared to be somewhat interested in kee...

Former heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman looking to transition from boxing to MMA

Sandros Gelke, agent for former heavyweight boxing champion Hasim Rahman, talks about her client transitioning to MMA at the ripe old age of 36. “The Rock” is coming off a TKO loss to current title holder Wladimir Klitschko on December 13 and may see a career in MMA as a path of least resistan...

Strikeforce on Kimbo: It’s not his fault

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker talks about Elite XC’s questionable handling and marketing of heavyweight Kimbo Slice. He feels that the YoutTube.com bareknuckle brawler was rushed into the spotlight, headlining two major mixed martial arts shows on CBS with virtually no experience on th...

Podcast: Seth Petruzelli: Elite XC ‘didn’t want me to take’ Kimbo Slice down

Not like it matters now, but Elite XC fighter Seth Petruzelli talks about the promotion “hinting” to keep his fight against Kimbo Slice this past Saturday night standing rather than to try and take the street brawler to the ground. He ended up ending the fight standing in just 14 seconds. “Th...

Kimbo Slice vs Ken Shamrock Elite XC fight preview and prediction

Fighter backgrounds: He made his mixed martial arts debut on June 23, 2007, at Cage Fury Fighting Championships 5 against former heavyweight boxing champion Ray Mercer. Slice surprised many by taking the fight to the ground and pulling off a first round guillotine choke submission.

David Blaine ‘Dive of Death’ ABC episode to feature Kimbo Slice

One of the stunts Blaine has on tape that will be part of the broadcast will be him showing off his ability to absorb a punch to the stomach from Elite XC heavyweight fighter Kimbo Slice. The stunt is designed as a tribute to Blaine’s hero Harry Houdini, who died from injuries inflicted from pu...

Elite XC results ‘Shamrock vs Slice’ October 4 on CBS LIVE!

Elite XC: “Heat” is set go off LIVE from the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla., on October 4. In the main event of the evening, Elite XC will put its money-maker, Kimbo Slice, in front of his hometown fans for the second time when he faces perhaps the most difficult challenge of his career in...

Buyer’s remorse? CBS rethinks EliteXC, flirts with UFC

The debut of EliteXC’s ‘Saturday Night Fights’ on May 31, the first-ever mixed martial arts event to air on network television, was a ratings success thanks largely in part to the mainstream popularity of Kimbo Slice. Which is why October 4, when Slice faces UFC hall-of-famer Ken Shamroc...

Podcast: Previewing UFC 87 with Jesse Holland from MMAmania.com

Jesse Holland back again and this time I’m previewing UFC 87 with bodybuilding and mixed martial arts expert Larry Pepe for Episode #9 of his stellar new show Pro MMA Radio. Larry is the main MMA writer for Flex magazine and mega-site Bodybuilding.com.