Kimbo Slice Backyard Fighting
While a history of street fighting isn t uncommon few people can boast about fighting in amateur youtube brawls.
Kimbo slice backyard fighting. 15 masvidal made his name in miami in backyard fighting alongside kimbo slice. Violent crimes occur on a daily basis in this neighborhood of less than two square miles where much of its adult male population winds up dead or in. I remember watching him fight he fought our guy ray ferguson told mma junkie this past week ahead of his bellator 232 fight.
Jorge masvidal backyard fight kimbo slice s backyard fighting what really happened at ufc 239 jorge masvidal vs ben askren jorge masvidal talks flying kn. Slice became an internet sensation after partaking in a number of bare knuckle street fights and once even had bmf champion and ufc 4 cover star jorge masvidal come to his backyard to fight his. A young masvidal was one of the men who fought in slice s backyard.
He faced the 200lb beast before his professional mma career and smashed him up in front of kimbo. Masvidal once fought in kimbo s backyard and went toe to toe with his protege ray. Over 73 of its residents are african american and more than a third of them are unemployed.
West perrine florida is a suburban ghetto in southwest miami dade county. His fights were uploaded to youtube and helped make him famous. Ponytail as he was called famously fought kimbo slice s protege ray in a brutal rematch until ray could take no more.
Here s a look at how jorge masvidal went from fighting in kimbo slice s backyard to competing in the biggest events in the world. Kimbo slice s backyard brawls. But the american became a local star in miami way before his mainstream mma career for his street fights alongside the late kimbo slice wagering around 31 a fight.
Directed by billy corben. Slice left the underground fighting scene and signed a professional. Kevin ferguson february 8 1974 june 6 2016 better known as kimbo slice was a bahamian mixed martial artist boxer professional wrestler and occasional actor he became noted for mutual combat street fights which were spread across the internet leading rolling stone to call him the king of the web brawlers.
