{"id":199805,"date":"2016-07-28T20:44:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T03:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=199805"},"modified":"2016-07-28T20:44:19","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T03:44:19","slug":"video-kevin-baby-slice-ferguson-jr-talks-fighting-death-father-changed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kevin-baby-slice-ferguson-jr\/video-kevin-baby-slice-ferguson-jr-talks-fighting-death-father-changed\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Kevin &#8216;Baby Slice&#8217; Ferguson Jr. talks about fighting and how the death of his father changed him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kimbo Slice&#039;s Son- I Fight Even Harder Now...To Honor My Dad | TMZ Sports\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9msWNv0lxdQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The eldest son of the late <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-the-side-of-kimbo-slice-that-no-one-saw\/\">Kimbo Slice<\/a> is set to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kevin-baby-slice-ferguson-jr\/kimbo-slices-oldest-son-kevin-baby-slice-ferguson-jr-set-make-bellator-debut\/\">make his professional MMA debut<\/a> at Bellator 160 on August 26.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Ferguson Jr. who will likely become more well known as &#8220;Baby Slice,&#8221; spoke recently about how the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kimbo-slice\/mma-community-reacts-death-kimbo-slice\/\">death of his father<\/a> has motivated him even more in his passion for mixed martial arts.<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson Jr. <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-mma-debut-kimbo-slices-son-kevin-baby-slice-ferguson-jr-vs-tom-brink\/\">showed some powerful striking<\/a> that was similar to his father in a recent amateur fight where he took out his opponent in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>Will &#8220;Baby Slice&#8221; be able to become as big of a star as his father? 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