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Kimbo Slice to compete on the next "Survivor"? According to survivorsucks.com - MMA fighter Kimbo Slice, a.k.a. Kevin Ferguson is rumored to be on Survivor 22: Redemption Island.

Matt Mitrione -110 says he has no idea what to expect from Kimbo Slice -120: "People base all kinds of things on assumptions. I don't know what Kimbo's going to come in there (with); I don't know what kind of fighter he's going to be. I know last time he came in, he displayed a little bit of a ground game and a lot of patience and maturity." "I've never seen Kimbo bleed, so I think if you can get in his face and intimidate him, make him bleed, make him taste his own blood ... and see how he reacts to it, I think that would be pretty key." HT: mmajunkie.com UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun 2 coverage

Matt Mitrione +125 still hoping to fight Kimbo Slice -155: "I have no clue what's going on; the last 15 hours have been pretty crazy," Mitrione said. "To be truly honest, I haven't heard a thing from the UFC, and it's frustrating me. It's my understanding that it took awhile to get his paperwork signed, but I'm sure it's signed. "Where there's smoke, there's usually fire." "I texted Joe Silva (Thursday) night and asked what was happening, if there was any danger of this being cancelled," Mitrione said. "His response was basically that nothing was official and that I should keep preparing — that I'm still fighting in Montreal." "Fighting Kimbo is a phenomenal fight for me, and I think it's a bad fight for Kimbo," Mitrione said. -- Full interview at lasvegassun.com UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun 2 coverage

Kimbo Slice sells: Factoring in replays and DVR views, His fight against Houston Alexander reached an average of 6 million viewers. That is up from the 5.2 million viewers that was initially reported. Kimbo's two fights from TUF 10 are now part of the top 10 most watched fights in MMA history. He currently holds four of the top 10 with his two EliteXC bouts. When will Kimbo fight next? MMA Junkie says he could be fighting on the March 21 card on Versus, which will be headlined by a light heavyweight bout between Jon Jones and Brandon Vera. UFC Fight Night 21: Jones vs. Vera coverage

El Guapo shares his thoughts on Fedor vs. Rogers, Kimbo vs. Houston, and MMA's next generation: On Fedor's performance vs. Brett Rogers- "I thought he looked really sloppy though on the ground in his fight against Rogers and there were a couple of times where I thought he was going to go for submission and there was a perfect opportunity for him to get a toehold. Even though he looked sloppy it was almost like he was doing it on purpose to get his opponent comfortable and then boom there it is. You never know what is going on in the mind of this guy, he is a freak and when I say freak I mean it in a good way." On Kimbo vs. Houston - "It was insane and the referee should have gone in there and pushed the action. That is what I liked about Japan in that if you weren't fighting then boom you got a yellow card and bada bing you just lost 10% of your fight purse and that will most likely keep you more aggressive. That was the same game plan that he was supposed to use against Seth Petruzelli. The first rule being that you do not rush in there, let your opponent throw some kicks and punches and find out what his plans are for the fight and I think that is what he did against Alexander." On 2010's breakout star - "I have to go with Jon Jones because this guy is going to be very good. Even his loss by disqualification to Matt Hamill isn't going to matter in the long term of his career because he is going to be great. His striking is already good even though he is a wrestler and with all that crazy stuff that he throws out there he only has room to grow as an exciting fighter. He has unbelievable reach and he looks like the President." HT: Punch Drunk Gamer

Houston Alexander opens up about his TUF 10 Finale loss to Kimbo Slice in an interview with MMA Weekly: "MMAWeekly: Dana White said Kimbo was chasing after you and you didn’t want to fight. Alexander: Awww, Kimbo was chasing after me? Did you see Kimbo chasing after me and did you see him actually try and engage? MMAWeekly: Honestly, I didn’t see a whole lot of engaging in the first place. Alexander: He wasn’t engaging. This is part of the fight game. People are just wanting to see two of us go at it, with no game plan, no nothing, and just go in and start wailing on each other. I thought MMA was about something other than that. Apparently, that’s what they wanted. And that’s part of the entertainment, that’s part of being a fighter, but I also thought being a fighter was strategizing and going in there with a game plan. MMAWeekly: What are you thoughts on what Dana said about your future in the UFC. Are you still with the UFC? Alexander: First of all, I haven’t gotten any papers from me being declined from the UFC at all. And Monte Cox, he’s my manager, so he hasn’t received any papers saying that I’ve been released. Until that happens, I’m not released. Or if we’ve received word from Joe Silva that I’ve gotten cut. People can say all they want – I haven’t received any papers."

Kimbo Slice makes $25,000: Roy Nelson: $16,000 ($8,000 win) def. Brendan Schaub: $8,000 Matt Hamill: $46,000 ($23,000 win) def. Jon Jones: $20,000 Kimbo Slice: $25,000 (no win) def. Houston Alexander: $13,000 Frankie Edgar: $46,000 ($23,000 win) def. Matt Veach: $5,000 Matt Mitrione: $16,000 ($8,000 win) def. Marcus Jones: $8,000 James McSweeney: $16,000 ($8,000 win) def. Darrill Schoonover: $8,000 Jonathan Madsen: $16,000 ($8,000 win) def. Justin Wren: $8,000 Brian Stann: $30,000 ($15,000 win) def. Rodney Wallace: $6,000 John Howard: $14,000 ($7,000 win) def. Dennis Hallman: $15,000 Mark Bocek: $30,000 ($15,000 win) def. Joe Brammer: $5,000 HT: mmaweekly.com -- photo via Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale coverage