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In case you were wondering what happened to former internet fighting sensation Kimbo Slice after the fall of Elite XC, ESPN is reporting that he will be on the next installment of UFC’s reality show The Ultimate Fighter.

Michael David Smith of MMA Fanhouse did an interview with Bas Rutten in Februrary, and these are just a few things he had to say regarding Kimbo:

“I stopped training Kimbo. I had him six weeks before the last fight (a loss to Seth Petruzelli on October 4), I talked to him about certain things that I didn’t like, and he promised never to do it again, and then he started doing it again. If people come to me and ask me to train them, I want them to do what I tell them to do, because that’s what they came for. … Once you start doing different things, you’re out. It’s not because he got knocked out. This was already in progress long before the fight…I would rather just leave it like this: Let’s say that the Kimbo who came to me at the beginning of training, that wasn’t the Kimbo who was at my gym the last time. Six weeks before his last fight, I told him, I want that Kimbo back. Otherwise, you’re out. And you know, he started doing differently again. Let’s just leave it like that. I don’t want to go into all the details. I wish him nothing but the best. Really, I really do.”

That doesn’t sound very promising. I never thought he would be able to take on most legitimate MMA fighters, just the bums in California. Still, this should be worth tuning in to see.