Kimbo Slice on The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights

Dana White once said that the only way Kimbo Slice could fight in the UFC, was if he fought his way through as a cast member on Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter. Kimbo is now ready to take that opportunity on the next season of the UFC's flagship show. Season Ten will begin filming very shorty and will feature former light heavyweight champs Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and "Suga" Rashad Evans as competing coaches.

EliteXC folded after investing too much money into Kimbo - then having 6.5 million viewers witness a relatively unknown Seth Petruzelli knock him out in seconds. Kimbo said in the post fight interview "It's all good". Of course it's all good... Kimbo was homeless and was fighting fools in the street for $100. Now he has a multi-million dollar contract!

Kevin Ferguson aka Kimbo Slice was given an opportunity to make lots of money and he took full advantage of it. Who can blame him for that? He knows he's a rookie in MMA, he knows he's not that good, and he knows he's gonna get knocked out again soon. Until then though, as Kevin says "Give me my bread". The man can feed his family now and wear a ten pound gold glove around his neck. I cant hate on him for that, in fact I rather admire that in him.

Most of these UFC guys have trained their whole life in the art of ripping people's arms and legs off. They can take a good punch too. I just don't see Kimbo getting very far in the UFC. Dana White knows what he is doing though. Kimbo has proven he can get ratings. On youtube and on national television - drawing millions of viewers that want to see this big ugly dude knock a hole in someones head. Kimbo will do the same for the show.

There is going to be a big rule change for Season 10. The 16 cast members will not be forced to fight, to secure a spot in the house. This move was done to ensure that Kimbo is not eliminated too early and is kept around to draw more viewers. Smart move on Dana's part don't you think?

They say Kimbo has been training hard and getting better. Maybe he can win this thing and fight a couple more in the UFC... I hope he is saving some of his "bread" and not wasting it all - 15 minutes doesn't last forever.