KIMBO VS. MITRIONE AT UFC 113 IN MONTREAL

UFC president Dana White confirmed today that Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson (4-1) will take on Matt Mitrione (1-0) at UFC 113 on May 8th in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 

The bout had been recently rumored as a possibility, but today the UFC president confirmed the bout.
Both fighters recently participated in the latest season of The Ultimate Fighter television show TUF 10.  They were a part of a 16 man Heavyweight Tournament. 
Kimbo has become a household name over the last 2 years as well as a cash cow for the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Spike TV.  The famed ex-street brawler turned professional fighter will be fighting for the second time in the big show when he takes on Mitrione in May.  Kimbo was eliminated from the competition in his first fight of the TUF show by eventual winner Roy Nelson. 

He returned to the Octagon for the show’s finale where he out-gunned the heavy handed Houston Alexander to win his first official UFC bout.  Ferguson has been training with the very successful American Top Team in Florida since the culmination of the TUF show, and demonstrated a progression of skills in his UFC victory.
Matt Mitrione was 1 of 4 ex pro football players in the TUF 10 cast.  Having never had a professional MMA fight, Matt surprised many fighters and fans by winning his first fight on the show against Rumble on the Rock veteran Scott Junk (6-2-1).  He went on to lose by submission in the semifinals to James Mcsweeney, before returning in the finale to defeat fellow ex-footballer Marcus Jones by KO.

UFC 113: May 8th, 2010 at the Bell Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
Antonio Rogerio Nougeira vs. Forrest Griffin
Jonathan “Road Warrior” Goulet vs. Marcus “The Irish Hand Grenade” Davis
Josh Koscheck vs. Paul “Semtex” Daley
Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson vs. Matt Mitrione

By Lee Cox

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