The Ventura County Star has a big article about Kimbo Slice training at Bas Rutten’s facility in Thousand Oaks, CA:

Kevin Ferguson was 13 years old when he won his first brawl protecting a childhood friend from a bully.

“Other than being beaten up by my sister, that was my first fight,” recalled the 6-foot-2, 230-pound cage fighter, better known as Kimbo Slice.

“An older guy was pushing my buddy around … and I went in to protect him,” Ferguson, 34, recalled. To his surprise, “instinctively, I saw his punches … he telegraphed everything. I threw a left hook, connected, and he was done.”

A one-punch knockout became a signature move of the EliteXC heavyweight contender and former street fighter, who will be the main event on the first mixed martial arts fight card in history to premier on network television — just two years after the first ultimate fighting event was held at Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim after the state’s legalization of such contests.

The event — where Ferguson will go three, five-minute rounds against James “Colossus” Thompson — will be broadcast Saturday, May 31, on CBS. CBS EliteXC Saturday Night Fights will be broadcast live from the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

I’m glad I’ve never met Kimbo’s sister. I thought Samoan women were tough

Kimbo Slice trains in T.O. for prime time debut @ Ventura County Star