Kimbo Slice Takes First MMA Loss To Unknown Fighter

By BRIM | October 5, 2008

SUNRISE, Fla. (Oct. 5) — Late replacement Seth Petruzelli stopped hyped heavyweight Kimbo Slice in just 14 seconds Saturday night, handing the former street fighter his first mixed martial arts loss.

Petruzelli, 28, had been slated to fight on the undercard against Aaron Rosa at the Bank Atlantic Center. But he was bumped up to the heavyweight main event of the EliteXC “CBS Saturday Night Fights” card when the athletic commission sidelined Ken Shamrock. The UFC Hall of Famer needed six stitches over his left eye after an old cut reopened when he was bumping heads warming up earlier in the day.
Petruzelli, a graduate of Season 2 of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality TV show, had been shaping to fight at light-heavyweight and weighed in 205.5 pounds, 29 lighter than Slice. He had also lost two of his last four fights before dispatching Slice.
Slice (3-1) declined to touch gloves in the cage before the fight and came forward at the bell, backing off Petruzelli (11-4). But as Slice looked to block a front kick, he was toppled with a right. Slice fell forward and Petruzelli kept punching. Slice turned on his back and had taken almost a dozen unanswered punches before referee Troy Waugh stepped in.
The fight card was the third of four under EliteXC’s current deal with CBS and it was the second to feature Slice, a former street brawler who turned to MMA after becoming an Internet sensation.
The 34-year-old Miami native, whose real name is Kevin Ferguson, is a former bouncer and bodyguard.
At 44, Shamrock is a fighter with name recognition despite a recent history of losses. He has lost his last five fights - all in the first round - and eight of the last 10. Shamrock’s best fighting days are long behind him, but he still knows how to hype a fight.
“This (cut) will heal up soon and I will hope they will put this together again because he deserves a beating and I’d like to give it to him,” said Shamrock, who apologized to fans for having to drop out.

Apparently Shamrock was still smarting from the weigh-in when Slice turned his back on Shamrock. An irate Shamrock pushed Slice in the back, prompting onlookers to separate the two fighters.