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Two heavy handed sluggers at heavyweight will duke it out in Montreal at UFC 113 when Matt Mitrione takes on Kimbo Slice at the Bell Centre.

Both of these fighters have taken the path less traveled to get into the premier organization in the game right now–the Ultimate Fighting Championship. While the reality show route is becoming more common with “The Ultimate Fighter” series off Spike TV, their path to get on the show has been rather odd. A former NFL player in Mitrione, made his way to the show and did fairly well before being defeated by James Mcsweeney. Nonetheless Mitrione did well and scored a big win over Scott Junk on the program, who is a veteran in the game.

Kimbo “Kevin Ferguson” Slice is a very odd personality in the game in terms of his foray in the sport. A Youtube sensation from his street fighting beatdowns he laid on several fellow Floridian pugilists, Kimbo become an internet sensation and a hero among numerous onlookers. He decided that he could make some good money taking his fighting skills into the mixed martial arts world. UFC president Dana White criticized Kimbo’s MMA talent and said the only way Kimbo would find his way into the UFC Octagon was via The Ultimate Fighter. Kimbo took up the big boss’ challenge, after Elite XC folded up their operation. Kimbo did not win the competition but earned a spot in the UFC.

Now these two fighters have scored wins in their debuts in the UFC (Kimbo over Houston Alexander, Mitrione over Marcus Jones). Their upcoming matchup is most likely going to boil down to a striking affair. Mitrione might attempt some takedowns, but Kimbo most likely is going to be more than happy to stand toe to toe with his fellow TUF 10 counterpart. Kimbo has some decent takedown-D, while it’s not the top of the line in the game, he can most likely avoid some of the shots Mitrione will take on him early, should he decide to go to the ground. Kimbo has some great strength and size and it should come in handy in the early going of the fight in the case of takedown defense.

If the fight goes in the 2nd and 3rd stanzas, both fighters have shown some signs of fatigue. In his bout with Scott Junk, Mitrione did fade quite a bit, as did the veteran Junk, who exchanged punches with Mitrione, both in slow-motion style. It could be a case of overtraining in the house, which can occur, but it certainly didn’t scream volumes for the case of Mitrione having pristine cardio. Kimbo himself was extremely gassed after three rounds of fighting Houston Alexander in his last outing in the UFC.

I’m banking that this fight doesn’t go past the first round, although I thought the same about Kimbo versus Alexander. Nonetheless, both Kimbo and Mitrione have heavy hands and I see them slugging it out until one falls. UFC president Dana White cut Houston Alexander for not engaging with Kimbo in their fight, and White is very upset at the fact that Anderson Silva pulled similar antics on the last pay per view. I see Mitrione engaging here and Kimbo being his aggressive self. I just think Kimbo will have an edge on the feet and at some point put away Mitrione.

Kimbo via round 1 KO.

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The UFC confirmed Kimbo Slice will fight Matt Mitrione at UFC 113 in Montreal on May 8th at the Bell Centre.

The main event features the rematch between light-heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.

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Official Fight card for UFC 113
Main Card

* Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Brazil Lyoto Machida vs. Brazil Mauricio Rua
* Welterweight bout: United States Josh Koscheck vs. England Paul Daley
* Lightweight bout: Canada Sam Stout vs. United States Jeremy Stephens
* Heavyweight bout: The Bahamas Kimbo Slice vs. United States Matt Mitrione
* Middleweight bout: Canada Patrick Côté vs. United States Alan Belcher

Preliminary Card

* Middleweight bout: United States Tom Lawlor vs. United States Tim Credeur
* Welterweight bout: United States Marcus Davis vs. Canada Jonathan Goulet
* Welterweight bout: Japan Yoshiyuki Yoshida vs. United States Mike Guymon
* Welterweight bout: Canada TJ Grant vs. United States Johny Hendricks

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“The greatest revenge to my knowledge is success.”

“Your mind, your heart, and your balls gotta be in one accord” (Kimbo on fighting)

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“I am going to get criticized all the time, but I enjoy MMA and try to represent the sport the best way I can. I have kids. I want to be the best kind of example I can be.

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“I come from a bare-knuckle background, so fighting with gloves is like hitting with mittens.”
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I still consider myself a baby at this game. Those guys probably know how to run circles around me, but I can bang with the best. And I’m not a one-dimensional fighter anymore. I used to have just a hammer. But now I’ve got a hammer, a tape measure, a screwdriver, a glue gun. Now I’ve got some tools in the belt.”
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I think each fighter (is effective) and I never underestimate our opponent. You know, if I was training someone to fight me, that’s what I would work on. I would have my opponent try to take me to the ground, but that’s where they’re going to underestimate me you know.
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I have a great impression of Bas. Bas is the man. You know what I’m saying? Can’t get a better trainer, a better coach a better adviser of the sport and of the game. I mean he explains everything to me why. And to my knowledge I can pick it up better. I can understand the cause and the effect of everything, and I wouldn’t want to change that. (On training with Bas Rutten)
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“I had to take care of the family, I needed to work and establish some kind of financial income as soon as possible and school was taking a little bit too long. Without college, making it into the NFL is almost impossible, so I let dead dogs lie and moved toward something else.
I didn’t really know what the outcome was going to be. I wasn’t going to streetfight forever. It was just to get by, to keep from pulling the rest of my hair out … to keep from really going down that wrong road where I would wind up in jail or dead. I don’t condone streetfighting to kids. I want them to go to a dojo or school or gym.”

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“I don’t know nothing about that; these are some tough guys. My last fight was supposed to be easy too, and I got knocked out in 14 seconds. I knew I got the bull’s-eye on my back with these guys, so I’m training hard and working to get myself in shape.” (on fans being suspicious Kimbo would be given an easy path to an “Ultimate Fighter” finale)
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“Life goes on. I need more patience in there, but I’m like most of the guys in here: confident. That’s what this whole sport is about. I guess what I’ve learned is that people will love you in this sport, win or lose, and long as you’re going to get in there and fight hard. They respect that. That’s what I’m trying to do.” (on his loss to Seth Petruzelli)
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You know, it’s a free country. You know, everyone’s entitled to their own opinion.(on Dana White saying BJ Penn would destroy Kimbo, which was before Kimbo was going to fight James Thompson)

Kimbo Uncut Part I

Kimbo showed a lot of heart just signing up for TUF 10. He could be making hundreds of thousands of dollars in another organization, or demand the UFC have him fight on their pay per view cards because he was a star in other fight leagues on television and a worldwide star on YouTube. He is actually one of the most well known mixed martial arts fighters in the world, perhaps in the top 5 with competitors such as Brock Lesnar, Chuck Liddell, Forrest Griffin and Randy Couture.

Nonetheless, he stepped up to the challenge Dana White made when the UFC president stated the only way Kimbo Slice would make it to the UFC was via The Ultimate Fighter reality series.

This season is evidently a very entertaining one and footage from the 44 minutes worth of programming on Spike TV won’t be able to hold enough good content. They’re talking about using the internet to stream further action to get the whole entertaining story across.

Rashad Evans and Quinton Jackson are totally combustible personalities around one another. They have been getting into scuffles on the program and even exchanged shoves and created a scene at UFC 100. Between their heated affair, Kimbo, Dana White and his past remarks agains Mr. Slice, the very animated and controversial Wes Sims on board as well, this show definitely as revived my interest in the program.