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Kevin Ferguson Jr<\/a>. is set to make his Bellator MMA debut next month, according to an Associated Press report by ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If the name sounds familiar, Ferguson Jr. is the oldest son of the late Kevin Ferguson<\/a>, who was better known as Kimbo Slice. <\/p>\n

Ferguson Jr. or “Baby Slice”<\/a> will make his professional MMA debut on the Bellator 160 undercard that will be headlined by Benson Henderson vs. Patricio “Pitbull” Freire.<\/p>\n

“Baby Slice” will be in Bellator where his dad was one of the biggest stars on their roster. His debut comes less than three months since Kimbo’s death.<\/p>\n

“I won’t say I adjusted well or it didn’t bother me, but I was talking to him a few days before, so I understood what was going on,” Ferguson Jr. said.<\/p>\n

“It was more of a shock to the world, put it like that. It was still a very big tragedy, but I got through it. I’m still getting through it. I won’t say I’m over it, but I’m working on it, I guess.”<\/p>\n

An opponent has not been named for “Baby Slice,” but is expected to be announced shortly. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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