Kimbo Slice Wins First Official UFC Fight

In his first official UFC fight, Kimbo Slice pulled out a unanimous decision over Houston Alexander.

The first minute and more was spent with both combatants just circling the cage without throwing strikes. “This is just getting weird now”, said Joe Rogan. The boos came in earnest soon after.

Finally Alexander and Slice started to exchange with 2 minutes left in round one. Still, it was perhaps the most boring first round in UFC history. “A non-eventful 1st round”, said Mike Goldberg. Truer words were never spoken.

Round 2 started the same. Rogan said, “Houston Alexander is just circling like a merry-go-round.” More boos followed. Referee Steve Mazzagatti uttered countless calls to action. “Let’s work, let’s do something here.”, said Mazzagatti.

Then with 3 minutes left, Slice took down Alexander and got to mount. But it didn’t last as Alexander bucked out quickly. Still, Slice was awake now and pursued Alexander with fury. He slammed Alexander to the mat and hit him with a barrage of shots, surprisingly beating Alexander with the ground game. Slice almost had Alexander finished, but he couldn’t seal the deal. The round ended, though clearly going to Slice.

In the 3rd round we finally saw the true Alexander as he started to throw his hands a bit. Kimbo countered. Action then slowed with both fighters tiring. Alexander landed a vicious leg kick that felled Slice. But Slice was able to get up and take Alexander down again. Not much happened and Mazzagatti stood them up. It didn’t matter. Action was slow and the round ended. Amazingly, the fight went to a decision.

Though it wasn’t pretty, Kimbo Slice defeated Houston Alexander.