![]() When you get to know the person, like I said, he’s nothing but a nice, humble, articulate guy. So, what you see when you’re dealing with Kimbo isn’t the person. The persona you see - the guy in the backyard beating people up - you assume a guy like that would be loud and obnoxious, and he’s not like that at all. His personality is just not what you’d expect. ![]() And he really surprised everybody who had never met him before. And then, through that, of course you meet him at fighters’ meetings, you sit down and interview the guy to get to know him a little bit, and that was my first real interaction with him. I may have met him or something, but I never actually had a conversation with him, never sat down with him until he came over to Bellator. Smith: Yeah, I had never really dealt with him before that. What was your first personal interaction with him? Was it when he came over to Bellator? So that was the first thing that occurred to me when I first got confirmation of it. Of what a nice guy he was and what a shame it is that he went that young. ![]() He’s really humble, a gentleman, very polite and articulate to everyone at Bellator, so the only thing that struck me was the human element of it. I was able to meet him and interview him and deal with him while he was signed with Bellator, and the first thing that really kind of struck me about the guy was, he’s a really nice guy. That was the first thing that occurred to me, is we all know Kimbo Slice the character - what we see on TV. What were your immediate thoughts when you heard of the Kimbo passing? The tragic news affected so many, including Bellator MMA color commentator Jimmy Smith, who I had the opportunity to talk with regarding a number of topics, including Kimbo’s sudden passing, his impact on combat sports and, most importantly, the type of person Kimbo Slice truly was. Everywhere he went, people watched and were entertained. He achieved even more with his transition into MMA. Slice had achieved an enormous amount of fame through backyard fights that became viral sensations. On June 6, the combat-sports world was left in shock as one of its most popular figures, Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson, passed away at the age of 42.
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