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Kimbo Slice gets the chop from Dana White

ESPN staff
May 9, 2010
Kimbo Slice's ground game always left a lot to be desired © Getty Images
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Dana White has confirmed Kimbo Slice's brief adventure with the UFC is over, after he was beaten by Matt Mitrione via TKO at UFC 113.

Slice was always an opinion-divider, ever since White introduced him to the UFC via The Ultimate Fighter reality series. Undoubtedly the street brawler had the desire to become a respected mixed martial artist, but he was always likely to struggle with the hugely varied demands of MMA.

Slice's limitations were brutally exposed by Mitrione, who proved the 36-year-old had little answer to leg kicks, little answer to takedowns, and little cardio to fall back on.

White paid tribute to the efforts of Slice, who beat Houston Alexander on his UFC debut, but the president admitted he had gone as far as he could.

"Kimbo made it farther than I thought he would," he stated. "He came in and took this serious, trained, and went after it.

"I've got nothing but respect for Kimbo, and I like him as a person, and I think he's carried himself really well.

"His first fight, it wasn't like the YouTube fights that you saw, but he won that fight. He deserved another fight in the UFC, and he lost.

"He's done. We're going to cut him."

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