Early reports are that The Ultimate Fighter Finale did 1,400 people in the 2,200 seat ‘The Pearl at the Palms’. Doesn’t say much about Kimbo Slice’s drawing power. More problematically, the 1,400 numbers is tickets *distributed* and there’s no indication how many of those were giveaways. By way of comparison, the TUF: [...]

At the time I was watching, it looked like two horrible ground fighters with bad cardio, but there’s a lot of people out there on the Intertubes that think something was fishy in the Kimbo v. Houston fight. First, the Underground Forum suggests that the two guys were actually ‘working’ the fight:
That was either [...]

Here’s the UFC rumor of the day–Houston Alexander is reportedly going to apply for his NSAC fighter license and will face Kimbo Slice at ‘The Ultimate Fighter Finale’ on December 5th at The Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. We’ll keep you posted…

Every indications are that he is. Here’s the text blurb plugging the show:
When fever strikes down Marcus Jones, will Kimbo Slice get called on to step up in his place?

That will no doubt come as a relief to Spike TV and the Kimbo fanboys. I’d be interested to know how much of [...]

Mike Wilkerson has just posted a ‘Sav Sci style’ audio podcast reviewing the most recent episode of ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ featuring the..uh…’epic’…matchup between Kimbo Slice and Roy ‘Big Country’ Nelson. One thing we can guarantee, you’ll find his podcast much more entertaining than the actual fight.
THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER WEEK #3 REVIEW PODCAST
Or [...]

Wow. The things you find when you clean out the comment spam folder. Anyway, a reader posted this link which got inadvertently marked as spam. It’s a discussion at Mixed Martial Arts dot com about a conspiracy theory related to the Kimbo/Nelson fight.
Kimbo/Nelson conspiracy discussion @ Mixed Martial Arts.com
The whole thing is [...]

You gotta love Roy Nelson–he’s definitely not afraid to tell it like it is. Check out this quote from today’s USA TODAY where he suggests that Dean didn’t stop the fight quickly due to the money riding on Kimbo and the influence that Zuffa has on his career:
“First round was 44 punches to the [...]

It ain’t Hagler/Hearns, but here’s the video of the Roy Nelson vs. Kimbo Slice fight:

The Kimbo Slice vs. Roy ‘Big Country’ Nelson matchup on ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ is now the most watched MMA event in history, with an estimated 6.1 million viewers.

Here’s the latest episode of ESPN’s ‘MMA Live’ featuring a recap of Kimbo v. Nelson: