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Kimbo Slice's Best Moments - #1

Kimbo vaults from internet fame to real celebrity, even making the cover of a national magazine.

July 31, 2008

T he cover boy the issue before his appearance was the prince of NASCAR Dale Earnhardt Jr. The cover boy after his appearance was Cincinatti Bengals bad boy receiver Chad Johnson. It's safe to say that MMA had arrived as a mainstream sport, and Kimbo Slice was leading the charge from obscurity. Prior to Kimbo, the only other fighter to appear on the cover of ESPN: The Magazine was UFC legend Chuck Liddell. Randy Couture was never on the cover of a major magazine. Neither was "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" Tito Ortiz. Yet, with only three professional fights, Kimbo Slice was making the leap. He had vaulted from internet legend, to professional fighter, to mainstream icon in just a little over a year. But instant success and celebrity isn't giving the street fighter a big head.

"Well, I look at it like this. Those type of things are more for the fans than anybody, and I continue to concentrate on my training and what I have to do." Kimbo said. "I know what is at stake here and I know what it means to me you know, so to take a few minutes or an hour out of my time you know that's fine, that's cool."

Kimbo Slice's Best Moments - #2

M iami Palmetto High School has seen plenty of great football players pass through its hallowed halls. Some, like Bob Marley's son Rohan, starred locally as Miami Hurricanes. Some, like Orson Mobley and Cecil Sapp, played professionally in the NFL. There were players who were better, but no one was any more fierce than Kevin Ferguson.

"Kevin turned into an animal on the field because I think he had a switch," teammate Bryce Erickson said. "When he was going to tackle you, he had the intention of hurting you. He would hit people and those people would not get up."

After Kimbo lost his home and his football dreams to Hurricane Andrew, it was more than a decade before he put on the pads again. He had ten years of tackles built up inside when the internet variety show Money Talks set him loose on the field once again. There is a lot of rage inside of Kimbo Slice. When he channeled it all into a single tackle, the poor soccer player who sacrificed his body for a measly $100 looked like he might never get up. It was a lesson to remember for that unfortunate soul. On the streets of Miami money is never given-it's earned.

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