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Street fighting legend turned MMA fighter Kimbo Slice has passed away due to a heart attack. Bellator MMA CEO Scott Coker confirmed the news in a statement:

We are all shocked and saddened by the devastating and untimely loss of Kimbo Slice, a beloved member of the Bellator family.  One of the most popular MMA fighters ever,  Kimbo was a charismatic, larger-than-life personality that transcended the sport.

Outside of the cage he was a friendly, gentle giant and a devoted family man. His loss leaves us all with extremely heavy hearts, and our thoughts and prayers are with the entire Ferguson family and all of Kimbo’s friends, fans, and teammates.

“One of the most popular MMA fighters ever, Kimbo was a charismatic, larger-than-life personality that transcended the sport.”

“Outside of the cage he was a friendly, gentle giant and a devoted family man. HIs loss leaves us all with extremely heavy hearts, and our thoughts and prayers are with the entire Ferguson family and all of Kimbo’s friends, fans and teammates.”

Also, American Top Team, the MMA camp Kimbo has trained with confirmed the news on their Twitter account.

in 2003, Kevin Ferguson became a YouTube sensation as Kimbo Slice, a hard-nose street fighter from South Florida. Slice’s fights became must see throughout the internet and bootleg DVD’s. The popularity of the fights led to Slice fighting professionally and made his MMA debut against former Boxing champion Ray Mercer.

In February 2016 at Bellator 149, Slice fought and defeated Dhaffir “Dada 5000” Harris by TKO after Harris collapsed in the third round. Slice failed a post-fight drug test for steroids and the fight was ruled a no-contest.

Source | TMZ | Photo Source | Bellator MMA

Slice was only 42 years old.

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