не вноси от себя никаких смысловых изменений, исправь ошибки, оформи текст красиво, удали тайм коды и разбей на предложения, оставь объем текста прежним:  in the world of martial arts every Journey has its story but few embody the sheer power and endurance quite like Kimbo Slice his name became synonymous with greatness and fortitude in sports yet before he became a star in the MMA World his life began quite differently the Fighter's real name is Kevin Ferguson born on February 8th 1974 in Nassau Bahamas during his early years Kevin along with his mother and two younger brothers relocated to the United States in pursuit of a better life settling in a disadvantaged area of
Miami proved challenging leading Ferguson through several educational institutions following High School Kevin earned an athletic scholarship and attended Daytona and Miami universities focusing on Law and criminal justice however in 1992 Hurricane Andrew devastated his home forcing Kimbo to reside in a car for a month he qualified for the Miami Dolphins in 1997 but failed on legal issues consequently Ferguson departed from college and took up work as a bouncer at a local strip club it was here that he caught the eye
of icy Mike the owner of a porn business who hired Kevin as a driver and a bodyguard in 2003 Kimbo had his first street fight against a fighter nicknamed Big D he did not start fighting on the street in order to become famous he just wanted to make money to survive in this fight Kimbo inflicted a deep cut on his opponent for which he received the nickname slice at ice Mike's initiative Kimbo fights were filmed and uploaded to adult sites and from there they were already uploaded to YouTube where his fights gained real popularity
[Music] this is how Kimbo began his journey in street fights in which he became more and more popular with each video and then Rolling Stone magazine called Kimbo the king of street fights in this video Kimbo fought with two fighters at once the first fighter nicknamed afro puff missed a few punches and the desire to fight was gone go ahead M you want to see mat the second fighter nicknamed big ma was also not very good at fighting Kimbo beat him for several minutes and knocked Big Mac down five times before he won the
fight yes Kimbo met a worthy resistance in the person of Boston policeman Shane gwenan who was the sixth state champion in boxing Shane responded with a blow for blow and did not back down when Kimbo attacked Kimbo under the onslaught of Shane got in close but here Shane was better and grabbed Kimbo by the neck this move almost provoked a massive brawl [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] and Shane eventually defeated Kimbo thereby inflicting his first street fight defeat 2 after some time Kimbo became a legend
of Street Fighting without rules and was called to fight according to the rules of MMA as part of the cage Fury fighting championships promotion kimbo's first MMA rival was Olympic heavyweight boxian champion Ray Mercer nicknamed merciless the fight took place on June 23rd 2007 from the very first seconds of the fight Kimbo began to aggressively attack Ray and turned the fight to the ground Kimbo had good control of the fight in the clinch threw good punches with his knee after a good combination he again
transfers the fight to the ground Kevin grabs the opponent's neck tightly and performs a guillotine choke hole Ray surrenders Kimbo proved to everyone who laughed at him that he is a real fighter Kimbo jumped onto the Octagon fence to celebrate the Victory and said hello to <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_PERSON> who was in the hall and challenged him to a fight but unfortunately due to some organizational issues the fight of tank against Kimbo was not destined to take place yet after such a stunning debut in MMA many organizations wanted to sign a
contract with Kimbo but Elite extreme combat was the lucky one to do it the organization immediately arranged a fight for Kimbo in the next tournament Bo Cantrell became Kimbo slice's opponent at that time Bo canant trell had a professional record of 10 and 10 Bo spoke a lot about Kimbo he said that he did not understand what Kimbo was doing in professional MMA since before he was just beating children on the street on November 10th 2007 their fight took place in the state of Texas Kimbo after a star down refused to greet Bo canant
TR who hinted to him that he would answer for his words Kevin was energized as possible he was ready to show again what he was capable of the fight started with a back Fist from Cantrell that he didn't even hook Kimbo with Kimbo pulled bow to the cage and threw a jab and then an uppercut he completed this combination with a blow from his right elbow after which Bo Cantrell fell to the canvas canell was lucky that the referee reacted in time and did not let Kimbo inflict any more damage after this fight Bo Cantrell retired ending his
career with a record of 10 and 11 Kimbo Slice became even more popular because he completed this fight in just 19 seconds KO in his professional MMA debut k [Applause] slice after this fight the elite extreme combat arranged a duel against Tank Abbott a highly anticipated match between these two Street Fighters abot was a good representative of the old school of MMA in the 90s he fought with the best fighters of mixed martial arts whenever tank appeared in the Octagon his opponents feared him and the audience looked forward to an excellent
match Tank Abbott was the embodiment of Mike Tyson in the MMA while Kimo's popularity was rapidly Rising tank Abbott's career was slowly fading he had lost seven of his last eight fights and was in bad shape but still this tournament attracted a lot of public attention Kimbo was contracted to receive $175,000 this fight took place on February 16th 20 8 in Miami Florida the fight began with a short Exchange in the center of the Octagon after which tank went into a clinch and pulled Kimbo to the net after another exchange tank
missed a left uppercut and then a right uppercut after which he fell to the canvas Kimbo began to finish him off by hitting him in the back of the head several times the referee stopped the fight and gave Kimbo a warning thereby postponing Tank's defeat for a few seconds the Fight Continues and the fighters converged in the center of the Octagon trading blows the two Street Fighters clashed but in the end Kimbo was the clear favorite twice he knocked tank down and then ended his suffering with an accurate right cross Kimbo
finished tank in just 43 seconds it should be noted that this was not the same tank Abbot that we all knew he was not in good shape and his career was taking its toll as for Kimbo he had not yet met a worthy opponent and was not yet exhausted from years of hard fights perhaps if they would have met in their Prime then tank would have won leave your thoughts on this fight in the comments is loud headphones there have been manys of Kim slice coming in martial arts in the next fight Kimbo faced off against James Thompson
nicknamed The Colossus who had a record of 14 wins and eight losses James had an explosive personality and a glass jaw that often let him down this fight began with a crazy staredown Kimbo met strong resistance in this fight Thompson refused to let Kimbo dictate the fight and he defended well clinched moved the fight to the ground and showed off his skills in the ground and pound Kimbo attacked well and threw his powerful blows it went on this way for rounds one and two he got toose that imagine the Thompson and he's praying to get out
of the RO we wanted to find out about Kimbo at the beginning of the third round Kimbo throws a punch with a right swing Thompson staggers and tried to clinch Kimbo pulls James to the net and begins to beat him with hooks and uppercuts the referee saves Thompson and stops the fight Thompson disagrees with the actions of the referee and tries to prove to him that he is able to continue the fight but it was clear that if he received even one or two more blows he would have [Applause] collapsed [Applause] slide on October 4th 2008 at the elite
XC heat tournament Kimbo Slice was scheduled to fight with another UFC legend of the '90s Ken Shamrock the fight was supposed to be the main event of the tournament however Ken was injured in the warm-up before the fight and had to withdraw the organizers of the tournament immediately began to look for a replacement and Seth Petrelli replac Shamrock due to the replacement Kimbo was paid extra and his total fee for the fight was 500,000 one of the largest fees in mixed martial arts the fight begins and Kim rushes to
the attack but 14 seconds in Kimbo lunges directly into a jab thrown by Seth this single blow followed by some finishing punches destroyed kimbo's hype and his chain of Victories The Fallout from this devastating defeat marked the beginning of the collapse of the elite XC organization which filed for bankruptcy a couple weeks after the event sh the [Applause] less than a year later Dana White announced that the next The Ultimate Fighter would be held in the heavyweight Division and Kimbo Slice would lead the
ticket there is an opinion that the heavyweight tournament itself was organized just for Kimbo but in the first fight the street Champion suffered a crushing defeat from the main favorite of the competition Roy [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Nelson Kimbo was given a second chance and he was kept in the promotion his next fight in the UFC was against Houston Alexander and Kimbo defeated him by decision Kimo his next opponent was Matthew mitrione in the first round mitrione attempted a triangle choke but Kimbo
struck his opponent several times and escaped Kimbo threw good blows on the ground and controlled mitrione and generally won the first half of the round but in the second half of the first round it went to mitrione's favor and he nearly ended the fight with a joke he two seconds Joe good nice leg kick PIV all mike in the second round Matthew struck kimbo's leg with low kicks and worked well in the clinch on the ground Kimbo had a hard time due to Matthews heavy punches and knee strikes mitrione then took a dominant position and threw
several good good punches at kimbo's head Kimbo managed to endure but after another attack the referee decided that Kimbo had had enough and stopped the fight after this defeat Dana White decided to dismiss Kimbo from The Ultimate Fighter in 2011 Kimbo made his debut in boxing he fought seven times and won all seven by knockout he also appeared in several films after 5 years of boxing and acting he returned again to MMA this time the 41-year-old Kimbo signed a contract with the Bellator promotion Scott Coker somehow persuaded
Ken Shamrock to fight against Kimbo at that time Shamrock was 51 years old but still looked very good for his age finally the long- awaited fight with Shamrock began got the take down couldn't keep [Applause] control once back on their feet again Shamrock moves the fight to the ground and tries to perform a guillotine choke from the back he is very close to Victory but slice comes out of the grip strength Kimbo starts the final attack he pushes the UFC veteran to the net and knocks him out with a right hook winning
his match against the most dangerous MMA fighter of of the 9s many argue that the fight was staged it is hard to believe that Ken Shamrock would simply let go of an opponent in a strangle hold keep an eye out on our channel for a video dedicated to Ken Shamrock so you can understand just how dangerous of an opponent he was it was all all Kim and kimbo's last fight was on February 19th 2016 with Dair Harris better known by the nickname Dada 5000 Dada 5000 was also a street fighter and he and Kimbo harbored some sort of personal conflict
it was one of the worst fights in MMA history in the second round both Fighters were so exhausted that they barely raised their [Applause] hands in round three Kimbo won by knockout but Dada fell not because of punches but simply because of fatigue Kimbo won because of better endurance after the fight data 5000 suffered a cardiac arrest and was hospitalized 1 month after the bout it was revealed that prohibited substances were found in kimbo's pre-fight blood test and as a result the fight was declared a no contest despite the
decline of slice's career we saw his rise from a simple Street Fighter to a celebrity he did not have managers PR and dirty trash talk he just did the best he could and took advantage of every opportunity 99 days after his fight with dat 5000 Kimbo Slice died of heart failure he left six children and one of them followed his Father's Footsteps and now competes in [Music] Bellator if you enjoyed this video please drop us a like leave a comment below and subscribe so you won't miss our upcoming episodes about the legends
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