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KIMBO SLICE — REPORTEDLY DEAD AT 42
Daily Caller ^ | June 6, 2016 | Kaitlin Collins

Posted on 06/06/2016 8:10:09 PM PDT by ConservativeTeen

Kimbo Slice has reportedly died at the age of 42, though no reports have been confirmed.

The MMA fighter — whose real name is Kevin Ferguson — was hospitalized in Florida Monday due to a “dire” medical situation, TMZ reported, and several sources on Twitter now claim he has died of heart failure.

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: betterthanali; goodnews; haha; kimbo; kimboslice; mma
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To: ConservativeTeen

Who?


21 posted on 06/06/2016 8:31:15 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (Don't Shut Down the Government! Eliminate Major Parts of the Government!)
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To: ConservativeTeen

Death got the last slice.


22 posted on 06/06/2016 8:32:11 PM PDT by oblomov
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To: chris37
Wow -- he said after the first round he knew he wasn't right and his kidneys were shutting down. Sounds like his body just went into shock - rapid weight loss, stress. Those are some tough guys, but man - they press really hard.

I watched that backyard fight documentary on Dada. Some of those cats got hurt real bad. Kimbo and Dada fought their way up. Thanks for the link.

23 posted on 06/06/2016 8:32:46 PM PDT by DrJeff
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To: Jonty30

That got me thinking, I was watching Shaq last night on the NBA post-game show, and he’s gotten really big. I don’t know if his heart is going to hold out much longer if he doesn’t lose some weight.


24 posted on 06/06/2016 8:33:11 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Jonty30

Exactly


25 posted on 06/06/2016 8:34:15 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: cloudmountain

Me too.
I remember Andre The Giant... been a L-O-N-G time since I watched fake wrestling.


26 posted on 06/06/2016 8:42:10 PM PDT by Carriage Hill ( "If it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with. No more appeasement." - RR)
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To: ConservativeTeen

I thought Kimbo was going to have a heart attack during the MMA fight against Tank Abbott a few months back.


27 posted on 06/06/2016 9:08:10 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase

Oops, fight was kimbo v. dada, not tank abbott.


28 posted on 06/06/2016 9:09:29 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Jonty30

Heart failure is common among those who bulk up too much, with or without steroids.

The cardiovascular system can only support so much and muscle requires far more resources than fat tissue.

That said, the accumulated toll of past injuries may have played a role.


29 posted on 06/06/2016 9:10:20 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: ConservativeTeen

MMA should be banned. The damage done is becoming harder to refute. Pro wrestlers and MMA. These people die young, rarely reaching even their 60s. Whether it is steroids or drugs or blows to the head, these “athletes” are dying faster than football players. I say ban the sports.


30 posted on 06/06/2016 9:25:57 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (#GuiltyAsHELLary2016)
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To: ConservativeTeen; StoneWall Brigade; Clintons Are White Trash; al baby; EEGator; dainbramaged; ...

Wow. RIP. He was a father of 6.

Of course I wonder if this was ultimately caused by his last fight, they say he nearly died in the hospital after that.

If so, what a shame, a life lost due to a silly circus side-show style fight that never should have been put on.


31 posted on 06/06/2016 9:27:57 PM PDT by Impy (Never Shillery)
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To: ConservativeTeen

My comment is that I am not going to comment about someone I know nothing about. That is the most intelligent thing I could say, I believe.


32 posted on 06/06/2016 9:34:39 PM PDT by Richard Axtell (The March to the Abyss is speeding up.)
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To: OrangeHoof

Ban driving cars...that kills more people.


33 posted on 06/06/2016 9:39:32 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: Impy

Slice was scheduled to fight again on July 16 against Thompson, so I am not sure if this occurred during a training camp perhaps, but I don’t think he would have been cutting weight yet this far out.


34 posted on 06/06/2016 10:03:36 PM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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To: ConservativeTeen

PEDophile.


35 posted on 06/06/2016 10:09:15 PM PDT by Vision Thing (Vote Trump!)
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To: Vision Thing

Kimbo was a better man than Ali. And Kimbo was a horrible man.


36 posted on 06/06/2016 10:12:26 PM PDT by sagar
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To: MrEdd

Lots of the old time bodybuilders lived normal length lives, even though they used a bit of steroids. Bodybuilding only became deadly when steroids were overused and other things, like HGH or insulin were incorporated.


37 posted on 06/06/2016 10:15:32 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: OrangeHoof

Athletes are about the Here and Now they don’t care about reminiscing about how great they were or especially how great they might have been.


38 posted on 06/06/2016 10:39:56 PM PDT by Hoosier-Daddy ("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
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To: Richard Axtell

Never believe your intelligence!


39 posted on 06/06/2016 11:15:49 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: cloudmountain

You and me, too. What is MMA?


40 posted on 06/07/2016 4:00:07 AM PDT by Jemian
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