KIMBO SLICE — REPORTEDLY DEAD AT 42

Daily Caller ^ | June 6, 2016 | Kaitlin Collins

[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.

[Jonty30]

Mixed martial arts.

Anybody with fighting experience or fighting skills can fight martial artists of other disciplines. It started off as a way to settle the question of which martial art was the best.

[Jemian]

Thanks

[cloudmountain]

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

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In my early teens I thought it was real. It was dumb but I had fun.

[cloudmountain]

He's kind of the Justin Bieber of the UFC. By that I mean he got famous by promoting himself as a fighter on YouTube. He turned it into a career.

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Thanks.

[Carriage Hill]

I think we all did.

[cloudmountain]

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.

Obesity shortens life but it also destroys QUALITY of life. What a shame for him.

Former athletes often have that same problem.

[cloudmountain]

What is MMA?

Googled it: Mixed martial arts.

[cloudmountain]

I think we all did.

TRUE enough.

[corlorde]

No, that was “Dada 5000” (the guy who fought Kimbo) who nearly died.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Obesity shortens life but it also destroys QUALITY of life. What a shame for him."

Yes, it's not just the heart that works overtime, but the knees, hips etc... They aren't designed to support all of that extra weight all those years. That's why so many people start physically breaking down in their 60's and 70's when it doesn't have to be that way. I'm not even talking about fat, but also extremely large muscular guys. Your muscles may grow, but your bone structure that supports those muscles stay the same.

Guys who are ex athletes or just huge muscular guys should take note. Once you enter your 40's you should consider slimming down and shedding that muscle or fat to have a good quality of life when you enter your 60's and 70's.

[cloudmountain]

Yes, it's not just the heart that works overtime, but the knees, hips etc... They aren't designed to support all of that extra weight all those years. That's why so many people start physically breaking down in their 60's and 70's when it doesn't have to be that way. I'm not even talking about fat, but also extremely large muscular guys. Your muscles may grow, but your bone structure that supports those muscles stay the same.
Guys who are ex athletes or just huge muscular guys should take note. Once you enter your 40's you should consider slimming down and shedding that muscle or fat to have a good quality of life when you enter your 60's and 70's.

All true.

Some people THINK that they won't care about that when they reach those years...but they do. Nothing wrong with staying fit, a la Jack LaLanne. He was 97 or so when he finally passed. My mother used to get up early and follow along with him.

One mantra of his I always remember:
"Ladies, remember, a moment on the lips is a lifetime on the hips."

[cloudmountain]

Ole devil dog, eh?
Semper fi.

[T-Bone Texan]

I have not seen MMA for 15 years, since we accidentally got Pay Per View from the cable company. I saw Ultimate Fighting 1 through 8, I think - the golden age of MMA.

But I distinctly remember Tank Abbott. He was funny as hell!

[Old Teufel Hunden]

Semper Fi brother...

[wardaddy]

Four deaths recorded totally or partially due to sanctioned MMA fights worldwide past 25 years

At least 5000 matches I’d guess

And you call for a ban?

This is an empirical forum based on truth logic and reason ...or should be

Tempered by a belief in Christian based morality

Read more about it

It’s safer than boxing

The 12 ounce gloves in boxing actually over time create Punch Drunk Parkinson’s type syndrome

[wardaddy]

And Kimbo always struck me as someone who may have had other issues

[Two Kids' Dad]

So sad! From accounts of people who met/knew him, he was supposedly a great guy and a loving father. Wish he could have stuck around longer. Condolences to his family, friends and teammates.

[maddogtiger]

another gorilla shot?

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[OrangeHoof]

Boxing is practically dead anyway. MMA is more dangerous than football and the libs want to ban that. Ban MMA first, I say.