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History’s Greatest Failed Sports Leagues

After Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson’s defeat earlier this month, it was just a matter of time before the final gun went off on EliteXC, the MMA league that put on his fights. It seems even the promise of more cauliflower ears couldn’t save Elite, and yesterday they announced they were shutting down. Of course, Elite isn’t the first spin-off sports league to have “performance issues” (they couldn’t keep it up). Read on for the defunct leagues that we’re inducting into the Hall of Shame…

5 Potential New Careers For Kimbo Slice

Well, that was quick. Only four fights into his highly publicized mixed martial arts career and Kevin Ferguson a.k.a Kimbo Slice, the street fighter turned savior of the MMA world, was knocked the fuck out on Saturday night by some no-name dude with pink highlights. In 14 seconds.

What kind of peanut butter and jelly bullshit is that, you ask? Hell if we know. But either that was a set up for a rematch or Kimbo Slice’s MMA career may be coming to an abrupt end. Now, we’re sure the people that run EliteXC won’t let him fall from grace before milking a few more dollars out of him, but if, for some reason, Kimbo felt the need to find another line of work, we have a few suggestions…

Punch Anyone In ‘FaceBreaker’ Boxing Game

In the nearly three years since EA’s Fight Night Round 3 revolutionized boxing video games, we’ve been starving for another console puncher to hold us down until Round 4 drops in ‘09 (sorry, 2K, but Prizefighter was trash). This week, Facebreaker (360, PS3, Wii) steps into the ring, and unlike the Fight Night series, it’s a simple button-mashing cartoon brawler, not a boxing sim. That’s good news for all of us who heavily fucked with Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! and Ring King back in the day.

Like in Punch-Out!!, the comical characters in Facebreaker play on stereotypes (the brute Russian, the Latin lover, etc.). What’s especially cool is the Photo GameFace feature, which allows you to upload real-life photos to create new characters and share them online. Looks like it’s finally time for that 50 Cent vs. Joey Crack fight to pop off. Check out the brand-new Kimbo Slice Facebreaker commercial below…

ProElite’s Pact With CBS Sends Kimbo To Primetime

Kimbo Slice, a.k.a. Kevin Ferguson, hit the mixed martial arts scene last November when he destroyed Bo Cantrell. It took Slice 19 seconds to score his first pro victory and elevate himself from Internet pit fighter to professional athlete. Now it appears he has elevated the entire sport into the mainstream.

Kimbo Slices Up Tank

This past Saturday night, internet brawling sensation turned MMA superstar Kimbo Slice gave fellow striker Tank Abbot quite the beating. Looks like all that training paid off pretty well. With the crowd feverishly chanting his name, Kimbo came out swinging and knocked Tank Abbot down to the canvas within the first 30 seconds of the first round. Then a few moments later came the devastating punch that TKO’d Abbot for good.

Goldberg Goes Toe to Toe With Kimbo Slice, Kind Of

Here’s a great clip teasing up the event that violence-seeking MMA fans have been anxiously waiting for: the February 16 EliteXC battle between backyard street brawling internet sensation Kimbo Slice and former pro wrestler Tank Abbot. Bill Goldberg took a look at Kimbo’s training routine to see the progress in turning the notorious striker into an all around mixed martial artist for his debut fight.