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Purdue grad Mitrione to meet Kimbo Slice at UFC 113 in Montreal

 Feb 4, 2010 | by MattE | No Comments

By Matt Erickson
cagedin.mma@gmail.com

Purdue product and former NFL lineman Matt Mitrione will fight former streetfighter Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson at UFC 113 in Montreal on May 8.

Caged In learned of the bout last month and MMA Junkie today confirmed it with UFC president Dana White in Las Vegas for Saturday’s UFC 109 card.

Mitrione and Slice were both contestants on Season 10 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” and both were at times controversial members of the house. Mitrione contributed an exclusive weekly Q&A to Caged In during the season and he is expected to be a regular blogger for Caged In during his training camp for Slice.

Mitrione several times drew out the ire of his housemates, including his own teammates. He made the quarterfinals, where he was submitted by James McSweeney. But he apparently won a fan in White for his heavy hands, and he earned a slot on the TUF 10 Finale card on Spike TV. In that fight, his official UFC debut, he knocked out fellow castmate Marcus Jones just 10 seconds into the second round.

Slice was controversial from the start for his inclusion on the show. He lost his preliminary fight to Roy Nelson and was eliminated from the tournament. But the telecast was a ratings boon for Spike and the UFC. Several times on the show, Slice was shown being hopeful that Mitrione might not be able to fight with an injury so he could get another crack.

Slice won his official UFC debut on the TUF 10 Finale, beating fellow striker Houston Alexander in a unanimous decision.

UFC 113 will take place at the Bell Centre in Montreal and is expected to feature a main event light heavyweight title fight rematch between Lyoto Machida and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. Machida won a controversial decision over Rua at UFC 104 in October. Many fans, analysts and even White believed Rua won the fight.

Also rumored for the card is a welterweight bout between Josh Koscheck and Paul Daley that will likely determine the No. 1 contender spot for current title holder Georges St-Pierre’s belt. St-Pierre defends his title against Dan Hardy at UFC 111 in Newark, N.J., in March. And Canadian Patrick Cote is expected to make his return to the Octagon in front of his home country fans against Alan Belcher. Cote last fought at UFC 90 in a middleweight title fight loss to Anderson Silva. He blew out his knee in the fight and has been rehabilitating the injury since then.

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