Roy Nelson vs Kimbo Slice Updates TUF 10

IFL Heavyweight Champion Roy “Big Country” Nelson and UFC veteran Wes Sims will join Kimbo Slice on the cast for The Ultimate Fighter Season 10: The Heavyweights, a source close to the show confirmed to MMAMadness.com . The show began filming last week and will premiere on Spike TV on September 16th. This season will feature a cast of all heavyweight fighters and will be coached by former Light Heavyweight Champions Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Rashad Evans.

Roy Nelson vs Kimbo Slice Updates TUF 10

The two established veterans on the show couldn’t be a clearer contrast. In this corner, wearing a black hat and sneering at the crowd, we’ve got Wes Sims:

“I kind of enjoy being the bad guy,” Sims said. “If you go out there and you don’t do anything, people aren’t going to care, and you’re not going to get paid.

“There’s plenty of Randy Coutures in the business now, plenty of good guys. What this sport needs is a few villains.”

“There’s nothing worse than eliminating somebody and then having them around in your hair bugging you,” he said. “It’s mentally draining there. You have no one to talk to. No phone; no television. But I loved it. It didn’t bother me.”

“I went in there and messed with a lot of people,” he said.

That is the very reason that it’s a great fight for Kimbo. If he wins, or even goes to a decision with Nelson, he should achieve instant credibility with skeptical MMA fans. It will also give the UFC an excuse to book Slice for a pay per view which win, lose or draw would definitely financially benefit both parties.

The fact that this fight is free on Spike TV is a credit to not only Slice, but Dana White and the UFC. It took balls for Slice to walk into this house knowing the bullseye that would be placed on his back and knowing that he would face fighters like Big Country. It also takes balls by White to do business with Kimbo, knowing what the reaction would be from the MMA hard cores. I don’ t want to make any predictions, save one. This will be a record night for The Ultimate Fighter, Spike TV and in all likelyhood, cable television.