{"id":191566,"date":"2016-04-12T07:17:56","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T14:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=191566"},"modified":"2016-04-12T07:17:56","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T14:17:56","slug":"kimbo-slice-i-wouldnt-mind-knocking-out-wanderlei-silva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kimbo-slice\/kimbo-slice-i-wouldnt-mind-knocking-out-wanderlei-silva\/","title":{"rendered":"Kimbo Slice &#8220;wouldn&#8217;t mind&#8221; knocking out Wanderlei Silva"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Monday on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2016\/4\/12\/11411400\/morning-report-kimbo-slice-to-wanderlei-silva-i-dont-mind-knocking\" target=\"_blank\">The MMA Hour<\/a>, former Pride champion and newly signed Bellator fighter, Wanderlei &#8220;The Axe Murderer&#8221; Silva, shared his interest in potentially\u00a0fighting veteran Kimbo Slice.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Ferguson (aka Kimbo) was recently in Germany for the FIBO Expo, where he sat down with GNP1.de to discuss a possible future fight with MMA legend Wanderlei Silva. His words:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I like Wanderlei, I think he&#8217;ll give me a good fight. He&#8217;s gonna want a knockout like I&#8217;m gonna want a knockout. Dude, I don&#8217;t mind getting knocked out by Wanderlei, but I don&#8217;t mind knocking your ass out either, believe that! So it&#8217;s gonna be like a good fight. So if he wants some, come get it.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The Axe Murderer&#8221;\u00a0received a three-year suspension from the NSAC\u00a0(Nevada State Athletic Commission) in 2014, this after he evaded officials trying to administer a random drug test.<\/p>\n<p>Wanderlei\u00a0is expected to return to the cage at one of the Bellator events outside of Nevada, possibly the PPV event planned for the UK later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Kimbo Slice tested positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone following his victory over Dada 5000 at Bellator 149 this past February.<\/p>\n<p>A fight in London would be one way of getting around both Silva&#8217;s and Slice&#8217;s stateside issues.<\/p>\n<p>Would you like to see a fight between Kimbo Slice and Wanderlei Silva put together by Bellator officials? 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