Kimbo Slice vs. Matt Mitrione Likely for UFC 113
According to various reports, Kimbo Slice and Matt Mitrione have agreed to a heavyweight bout that will take place at UFC 113 in Montreal.
Both fighters were contestants on the 10th season of The Ultimate Fighter. Slice lost his first fight to the eventual winner of the show Roy Nelson, while Mitrione won his first fight over Scott Junk before being eliminated in the quarterfinals. Both fighters also fought on the show’s finale, with Slice winning a decision over Houston Alexander and Mitrione upsetting Marcus Jones via TKO.
Mitrione should have a size advantage in the fight, as he normally fights at 255-260 lbs, while Slice will probably come into the fight around 230. This fight should turn into the sloppy slugfest that the UFC hoped the Kimbo/Alexander fight would be. Mitrione should have the advantage, as he has more power and has shown a pretty good chin during his run on The Ultimate Fighter as well as in the fight with Jones.
Slice, for all the hype his street fights have gotten, doesn’t seem to have the power that you would expect. He tagged James Thompson numerous times during their fight in Elite XC and wasn’t able to do serious damage. He was also knocked out by a Seth Petruzelli jab in his last Elite XC appearance. He’ll have to hope he is the more technical and accurate striker, because the pure power advantage goes to Mitrione.
UFC 113 is scheduled to take place in Montreal, Canada on May 1st. The card will feature Lyoto Machida and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in a rematch of their UFC 104 fight, which ended with Machida winning a razor thin decision victory. Also rumored for the card is a welterweight fight between Paul Daley and Josh Koscheck, which will go a long way to determining a future challenger for welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre. There is some preliminary discussion of putting the grudge match between Rashad Evans and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson on the same card, though I believe it will eventually be moved to UFC 114, scheduled to take place in Las Vegas on May 29th.
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