I actually saw on CNBC that Dana White sign Kimbo Slice to particpate in the Ultimate Fighter 10
The UFC prides itself on real fighting, but that doesn’t mean that the mixed martial arts organization isn’t in a constant search for characters.
That’s why UFC president Dana White buckled and gave Kimbo Slice a chance to associate himself with White’s organization as part of a deal that will put him on Season 10 of Spike’s Ultimate Fighter.
White has previously bashed Slice (real name: Kevin Ferguson), whose made his name through street fighting videos on YouTube, for not having a full complement of skills.
But instead of continuing to knock down Slice, who has been out of work since Elite XC went out of business, White made what I think was the necessary move by putting Slice on the show that develops UFC talent.
How big is Slice? Well, Elite XC was not a viable business, but I thought that if Kimbo Slice could continue to win - which he didn’t - he single-handedly could have kept the league alive.
Current champion Brock Lesnar, who used to wrestle in the WWE, is a great face for the UFC, but it’s undeniable that there’s no current fighter that has the makeup of Kimbo Slice.
Could there be a better name? Is there anything better than the disheveled black beard and the good teeth? And the back story of being homeless, of being a porn star security guard, of his Internet fights?
I agree that Kimbo Slice has to learn to fight and I understood White’s original objection to associating his premium brand with Slice and turning it into a circus act.
But White also knows that just because the UFC isn’t the WWE, doesn’t mean that that they can’t take advantage of a free agent who many feel at least looks like the ultimate barbarian.
