Kimbo Slice will make his second official appearance in the Octagon at the Bell Centre in Montreal, sources confirmed over the weekend.
Slice, whose real name is Kevin Ferguson, will take on Matt Mitrione (1-0) on the main card of UFC 113 on May 1.
The former internet streetfighting sensation, who had a less-than-stellar showing on The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights, won a decision over Houston Alexander at catchweight in the reality show’s live finale in Las Vegas. After getting handled by eventual winner Roy Nelson in an unofficial fight on the season’s third episode, Slice (4-1) outpointed Alexander in their mostly underwhelming Dec. 5 matchup.
Slice is most remembered for his 14-second TKO defeat prior to that fight, at the hands of the unheralded Seth Petruzelli, a late-replacement on a primetime EliteXC event on CBS in October 2008.
Mitrione, one of a number of ex-NFLers who competed on TUF 10, defeated Marcus Jones on the same card.
NOTES: According to The Canadian Press, the date for the event might be changing. Dana White announced by text Monday that the organization is considering a change in schedule in the event that star boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. meets Shane Mosley the same day in Las Vegas. … Rimouski, Que.’s Patrick Cote, who is also expected to fight on the Montreal card, has been added to the roster for THQ’s video game UFC Undisputed 2010. Cote, who was not included in the 2009 version of the game, has been out with injury October 2008. … Unbeaten lightweight Mike Ricci, one of UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre’s training partners at Tristar Gym in Montreal, has been signed by Bellator Championship Fighting and will take part in the organization’s second-season lightweight tournament, according to MMAjunkie.com. The 23-year-old Quebecer is the first to be announced for the eight-fighter competition, which begins in April and whose winner will face Season 1 winner Eddie Alvarez.
