MMAFighting.com reports:

Kimbo Slice could be headed to Japan for "Dynamite!! 2008" on New Year’s Eve, possibly for a rematch against Seth Petruzelli.

Sharon Robb of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel confirmed Wednesday that "Dynamite!! 2008" is one of the options under consideration by Slice and his agent Mike Imber

So if this does happen, and the outcome is the same then everyone that has been saying that Kimbo Slice is NOT a real MMA fighter will have their lungs full of air, ready to spit out a big, fat "Told You So". Can you blame them though? Let’s look at some of the fighters he has stepped in to the ring with.

Kimbo Slice has had 4 fights in the Elite XC and one in Cage Fighting Fury Championship:

Kimbo’s first professional fight matched him up against Ray Mercer, a professional boxer in his first professional MMA fight, just like Slice. Ray Mercer was 46 years old at this point and as I said, this was his first professional fight. Slice actually won this fight by a guillotine choke.

His first Elite XC fight was with Bo Cantrell, a fighter that did have quite a few fights under his belt. The round started off with both fighters kind of playing it safe until Slice caught Cantrell with a strong right that looked like it stunned him and Cantrell dropped to the ground. Cantrell didn’t make much of an effort to defend himself and actually tapped out before taking too much more of a beating. A lot of people say that this match looked fixed and if you watch it, you could say the same thing. Slice’s first fight in Elite XC a set-up to draw a crowd and make him look bigger and badder than he actually is? Maybe. Perhaps Cantrell has never been hit that hard, who knows? Take a look…

Slice’s second fight was with a "Veteran" unorthodox MMA fighter "Tank" Abbott. Tank is and was, during this fight, far beyond his prime. No submission specialist here. Tank is a brawler and often overwhelms his opponents when he used to win. At the time that Kimbo fought Tank, Abbott had only won 3 of his last 10 fights before his bout with Slice. Was Abbott a credible opponent for Slice or just a "Big Name" to draw a crowd and money?

His third fight in Elite XC matched Kimbo Slice up against UK fighter James Thompson. Thompson had 23 professional fights under his belt. At the time he was matched up to fight Slice he had only won 4 of his last 10 fights. Are you starting to see the pattern here? However, this was probably the better of the matches because it lasted 3 rounds but still ended by ref stoppage 38 seconds in to the third.

His fourth and last fight in Elite XC was supposed to be against Ken Shamrock. Ken is not a dude that is in his prime anymore either, but if I was sure that it was a legit fight, I would say that Ken would definitely win this one. Unfortunately Ken "cut" himself during a warm up and had to be replaced by a lesser known fighter that was a contestant on the UFC’s Ultimate Fighter 1. Seth Petruzelli took the fight and under contract would be paid 35K just for fighting and another 15K to win. Kimbo earned 500K for fighting and would have won an additional 100K if he won. This fight only lasted 14 seconds with the underdog winning with a controversial knockout. Watch the fight and then read a little conspiracy theory below that.

So Ken Shamrock is not a cheap fighter. Makes you wonder what he was going to get paid had he fought. Given the financial state or ProElite at the time it kind of makes you wonder if they told Ken that they couldn’t pay him and he refused to fight. They ask another guy that’s much cheaper to pay because they still want to hold the fight. They fix the fight so the lesser paid fighter wins and they save another 100K. You see where I’m going here? ProElite just closed it’s doors and plan on filing for Bankruptcy. It all makes sense, but why would Kimbo agree to less money? Maybe they told him it was either 500k or nothing? It’s tough to say but it leaves you wondering, doesn’t it? None of these fighters had a good fight record in their last ten fights with the exception of Seth Pteruzelli, who had only LOST two of his last 10 fights. I understand that you have to fight your way to the top, but it just seems a little fishy that they kept matching Kimbo up against fighters out of their prime or with loss records higher than win records. And they were paying him an insane amount of money. It’s no wonder ProElite shut down.

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Slice And Petruzelli A Possible Rematch?

Kimbo Slice

What’s funny is that people kept saying that Slice didn’t have a whole lot of cage credibility and if he were to beat Ken Shamrock, his credibility would have gone up because he would have won over a bigger name in the business instead of some of the other fighters he’s gone up against. This was Kimbo’s big fight, but in reality it was just a big loss with a big paycheck. Kimbo would have earned another 100 grand had he not got defeated. I’d be willing to bet Kimbo may take a cut in pay after the flop.

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Kimbo Slice Earned 500K…And Lost

Seth Petruzelli’s win last night

It came crashing down Saturday courtesy of a quick punch from a pink-haired journeyman giving up two inches in height, four in reach and 30 pounds in muscle and might.

One simple shot sent Slice to the canvas and from there some guy named Seth Petruzelli needed just 12 punches and 14 seconds to put an end (we hope) to one of the great sporting charades of all time.

It was just a matter of time before Kimbo got exposed. He was little more than a character out of central casting, a bunch of addictive YouTube videos and a lot of insane hype by CBS, which made him a headliner before he made himself a fighter.

Kimbo was KTFO by a guy he absolutely towered over yet was willing to bang with him anyway. Not that Kimbo did any banging. Slice charged him (“He was like a truck,” Petruzelli said) but he never actually landed a punch.

In the end, Kimbo’s hand speed, defense and chin proved incapable against even an average mixed martial artist. Which was pretty much what every hardcore fan had predicted.

So what’s the future of Slice look like now? I’m sure there will be more fights in the future, but Elite XC should really think about investing in some more new and true fighters of MMA. I’m sure people will want to see Slice fight again to see if he will lose to another undercard fighter.

Tito Ortiz was there, but I don’t enjoy watching Ortiz fight much anymore. What I do like about Elite XC is the female fights. Not because I’m some perv. that get’s off on seeing two women beat the hell out of each other, but because it’s exciting to see women that could beat the hell out of most men twice their size.

Read Dan Wetzel’s entire article at Yahoo!

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Seth Petruzelli May Have Ko’d CBS’s Elite XC

The fight started out as Slice makes his way towards Seth. Seth throws a front kick and a right jab that catches Slice on the left eyebrow as slice tried throwing a punch or two.  Slice just couldn’t recover from there. Petruzelli rolls him over for the mount and starts raining down rights to Slice’s head. after about 6 or 7 hits the ref stops the fight and Petruzelli wins in 14 seconds.

After the fight both fighters were humble and good sportsmen and Slice even get’s a rise out of his home state crowd of FT. Lauderdale Florida by saying that they need to give respect for all the MMA fighters tonight.

One of the commentators said that Kimbo should get a mulligan because he was expecting to fight Shamrock and trained for Shamrock. So dude…your saying since he trained for a professional fighting veteran he should get a mulligan for losing to a much younger and much more inexperienced fighter. Whatever.

Kimbo Slice leaves the cage with his first loss.

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Seth Petruzelli Did What Shamrock Didn’t