From out of the shadow emerges ‘Baby Slice,’ Kimbo Slice’s son…

[Wild]

Kimbo, the king of bootleg brawls in the mid-aughts, didn’t want there to be any such thing as a Baby Slice.

"No, no, he didn’t want me to do it," Ferguson Jr. said maybe half an hour after knocking out Brink. "He wanted me to go to school. That’s why I went to college. He told me to experience college first, and then if I’m not liking it or feeling it, then fine. But he said to never have MMA as my first option, school first."

That’s what Ferguson Jr. did. After high school, he packed up and moved to San Francisco to attend, of all things, art school. He and his best friend enrolled at the Academy of Art University, where he studied photography. Ferguson Jr. was still figuring out what side of the lens he wanted to be on.

Still, it’s hard when you grow up around fighting, successful fighting -- fighting that pays, and affords art school to begin with.

"I’ve been around [my father] my whole life," he said. "So I got the knowledge of it. I guess when I got started, my first time training, I trained with him and I got beat up a lot. I didn’t want to do it no more. Then I found my way back to the gym, and I started loving it."

LINK: From out of the shadow emerges ‘Baby Slice,’ Kimbo Slice’s son…

 

[Punch]

Cool. I wish him well. Starting earlier in mma than his pops did might help him surpass the old man.

 

[Jonny Quest]

Feed him to Ken!

 

[Robbie Hart]

is he doing cardio and is he practicing jiu jitsu?

 

[GSPTrainingInAPool]

Well obviously he must destroy his father to realize his greatness! It is written!!

 

[kneeblock]

Feed him to Ken!

Ken also has a son who fights. I see a Slice vs. Shamrock 2 in the making!

 

[Ed_Stark]

Kimbos power has been passed down to his seed. I wish him nothing but the best. "GET HIM FERG!"

 

[BanMe]

Liddell's mom made him get an accounting degree, so that he could have a real job when his body gave out. This lesson needs passed on more

 

[Wild]

Feed him to Ken!

Lmao

 

[Hong Kong Phooey]

Bank of Icy Mike

 

[Jesus X]

cool hope he does well. he should train with his uncle rhadi ferguson to learn some judo

 

[ThatOneDude]

Cool, I gotta say Kimbo seems like a good dude.

 

[TedCzech]

Kimbo, the king of bootleg brawls in the mid-aughts, didn’t want there to be any such thing as a Baby Slice.

"No, no, he didn’t want me to do it," Ferguson Jr. said maybe half an hour after knocking out Brink. "He wanted me to go to school. That’s why I went to college. He told me to experience college first, and then if I’m not liking it or feeling it, then fine. But he said to never have MMA as my first option, school first."

That’s what Ferguson Jr. did. After high school, he packed up and moved to San Francisco to attend, of all things, art school. He and his best friend enrolled at the Academy of Art University, where he studied photography. Ferguson Jr. was still figuring out what side of the lens he wanted to be on.

Still, it’s hard when you grow up around fighting, successful fighting -- fighting that pays, and affords art school to begin with.

"I’ve been around [my father] my whole life," he said. "So I got the knowledge of it. I guess when I got started, my first time training, I trained with him and I got beat up a lot. I didn’t want to do it no more. Then I found my way back to the gym, and I started loving it."

LINK: From out of the shadow emerges ‘Baby Slice,’ Kimbo Slice’s son…

Was this the same kid who was crying when Seth Petruzeli KOed his dad at EliteXC?

 

[Wild]

Cool, I gotta say Kimbo seems like a good dude.

He really does. Pretty crazy when you consider his upbringing, running security for porn shoots, back yard brawling, etc. But he seems like he's really into his family and a good dad.