![]() Ferguson maintained close ties with Reality Kings throughout the rest of his life company representatives accompanied him, as his fight entourage, under the name Team Kimbo. Early career įerguson started working as a bouncer for a strip club until high school friend and career-long manager, Mike Imber, offered him a job as a limousine driver and bodyguard for RK Netmedia, better known as Reality Kings, a Miami-based pornography production/promotion company responsible for a number of popular adult subscription websites. Slice's cousin is United States judoka Rhadi Ferguson. In 1997, he had a tryout with the Miami Dolphins and was part of the pre-season squad but was unable to secure a spot on the first team. įor college, Ferguson attended both Bethune-Cookman University and the University of Miami, where he held an athletic scholarship and studied criminal justice. In 1992, his house in Perrine, Florida was destroyed by Hurricane Andrew, forcing him to live in his 1987 Nissan Pathfinder for a month. He attended Miami Palmetto High School, where he was the star middle linebacker. Ferguson continued his studies at Cutler Ridge Middle School and later attended Richmond Heights Middle School. He went to Bel-Air Elementary School, where he was reportedly involved in his first fight with fellow student Dominic Sauer at the age of 13 as he tried to defend a friend. He was raised with his brother Devon and sister Renea by his mother Rosemary Clarke. as a child and grew up in Cutler Ridge, Florida. Kimbo Slice was born Kevin Ferguson in Nassau on February 8, 1974. In January 2015, he signed a contract with Bellator MMA. In his UFC debut, Slice defeated Houston Alexander in The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights finale. In 2009, he competed in The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights, where he lost in his first fight to eventual series winner Roy Nelson. ![]() Slice left the underground fighting scene and signed a professional contract with EliteXC in 2007. He became noted for his role in mutual combat street fight videos which were spread online, leading Rolling Stone to call him "The King of the Web Brawlers". ![]() Kevin Ferguson (Febru– June 6, 2016), better known as Kimbo Slice, was a Bahamian mixed martial artist, professional boxer, bare-knuckle boxer, professional wrestler, and actor.
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