Kimbo Slice - The Real Deal or Over-Hyped?
They call him a YouTube Legend, owner of over 100 clips on YouTube and of those, 19 have already been viewed over a million times. If you haven’t seen any of these, you at least need to see a few to understand all the hype. Kimbo, real name Kevin Ferguson, is about to fight a professional Mixed Martial Arts fight on CBS, it’s debute of showing MMA fights, on May 31st. It will only be his 4th professional MMA fight and will be paid 6-figures for the fight. How can that be? He hasn’t proven anything, hasn’t fought anyone! This must irk the elite fighters of MMA. Many have lashed out on him too. Claiming he would get badly hurt if he fights anyone with some skills. No one has lasted beyond a minute with him so far. But it will take an elite MMA fighter to take him down and see what Kimbo is made of on the floor. It’s one thing to throw and take punches, it is a whole different game on the floor avoiding submissions and elbows. As an MMA fan, I will see his fight on May 31st (CBS), knowing it will not last long against James “The Colusses” Thompson (6′5″, 270-lbr), who is considered a crazy fighter with a glass chin. I know CBS did this on purpose to elevate Kimbo’s popularity even more. But I can’t wait until he fights someone with some serious MMA skills. That will prove Kimbo’s YouTube Legendary status or his Over-Hypeness.
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