The winner will be dubbed the “BMF” – “Baddest Mother(Expletive)” – something that Masvidal certainly has that old South Florida brawling experience with.Ĭheck out the video above to hear more from “Baby Slice” on Masvidal ahead of UFC 244. Rich Schultz AP Kevin Ferguson used the Kimbo Slice role to surf the YouTube/DailyMotion wave. The welterweight fight isn’t for a UFC title, but a special belt was created just for the event. Kimbo Slice emerged from backyard brawls to become a popular figure in mixed martial arts. On Saturday, Masvidal (34-13 MMA, 11-6 UFC) might have some of those old street fights in the corner of his mind when he takes on Nate Diaz (20-11 MMA, 15-9 UFC) in the UFC 244 main event at Madison Square Garden in New York. But I would’ve loved to do a bare-knuckle fight – that would’ve been pretty cool.” “I was watching it like, ‘My turn – when can I fight?’ But my dad always told me not to do a street fight. Instead, Kimbo told him if he was going to fight, make sure he got paid. No adults tried to steer him away from it, necessarily. Jorge 'Gamebred' Masvidal made a name for. Besides Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz, who are the 10 other 'BMFs' in the UFC?įerguson said when he was 9 and 10 years old, watching grown men fight in his backyard, he had no fear. 17M views, 61K likes, 4.8K loves, 4.2K comments, 19K shares, Facebook Watch Videos from ESPN MMA: Kimbo Slice set the table for the birth of Street Jesus. A drop-in gym session by Kimbo Slice and then-mentor Bas Rutten led to a mini sparring session that through the years has grown, morphed and taken on a life of its own as Griffin was approached.
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