2004 Olympian Judoka, BJJ Blackbelt, and Kimbo Slice's cousin, Rhadi Ferguson will tryout for TUF 12:

"I am definitely trying out, it’s not a rumor, it’s the real deal. I’ve been having issues securing a fight deal. My agent and I have been having some hurdles because there’s not too many people who are 1-0 or 0-0 who want to fight me because of my background and then the individuals who are at the high end of the scale, they have more professional MMA fights than I have because I have zero at this particular time and I’m just a little bit outclassed. Case in point: I had opportunity to fight Josh Barnett. I got an offer from an organization in Japan to fight Josh Barnett with like 14 days notice and I couldn’t take that offer because I’m just outclassed in that particular arena right now. I don’t have enough of a striking background in Mixed Martial Arts to take such a fight. There are some people who are at the lower end of the scale, like I had some feelers from Strikeforce concerning fighting Herschel Walker and I would have definitely taken that fight but once that offer was proposed to Bob Cook and American Kickboxing Academy they declined that offer so I am in one of those middle of the road positions right now and I think that the best entry point for me is the one that Mr. White has set up in the Ultimate Fighter."

Full Interview from ProMMA