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Rear Naked Blogging: Kimbo Slice Enters the Octagon

Kimbo Slice! Rampage Jackson quits the UFC! Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort is (almost) signed! All that, and much more! Well, not much more…

KIMBO SLICE - Kimbo Slice makes his UFC debut this Wednesday, as he faces former IFL Champion Roy Nelson on the “Ultimate Fighter.” It’s funny, you would think the former six-figure fighter who had an entire organization built around him would be the one with a sense of entitlement. Yet, Kimbo is busting his ass and Nelson is the fat bastard who doesn’t think he needs to listen to his coaches, just because he’s a “veteran” and a “former champion.”

RAMPAGE RETIRES - As for Kimbo’s coach; Rampage Jackson announced his retirement from fighting. Apparently when I wrote that Dana White was ok with him ditching the Rashad Evans fight to shoot the new “A-Team” movie, I was wrong. Dana has been going apeshit, and out of anger Rampage quit. Yes, people quit on Dana all the time. They always come back.
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Strikeforce! Strike Hard! No Mercy!

The UFC may be getting some competition and I may be getting my Gina Carano back!

Remember the EliteXC? Honestly, I barely do myself. But they were a MMA organization that had run a few shows on Showtime and CBS, but went out of business once it was revealed that their top fighter and meal ticket Kimbo Slice kinda sucked when he had the least bit of competition. Well, that and it was a poorly run company.

However they did have a decent stable of fighters, including Frank Shamrock, Nick Diaz, Robbie Lawler, Jake Shields, and of course the oh-so-sexy Gina Carano. There was talk of a few of them heading over to the UFC, but all of the EliteXC assets (along with fighter contracts) has been purchased by Strikeforce.
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