With the announcement of the UFC holding an event on April 17 and now news that the rumored Mike Swick vs. Matt Serra fight is off due to Mike Swick’s injury there has been much speculation on what fights will run on the event.
Rumor: Kimbo Slice v. Matt Mitrione Moving To April 17 Spike TV Card
Despite rumors from Carmichael Dave on The Underground that James Toney would make his MMA debut against Kimbo Slice on the event, I have heard from a solid source that the most likely option right now is to move the scheduled Kimbo Slice / Matt Mitrione fight from UFC 113 up a few weeks to the Spike TV card.
Remember, the last time that Kimbo fought on Spike he pulled in over 5 million viewers. It would be a smart move by the UFC to move an attraction type fight to that card and not have to fire a huge bomb like Toney/Kimbo. It should eat into the Strikeforce rating plenty even without any other huge fights on the card, but there is still a possibility of Kimbo/Mitrione being a co-main event with a slightly more “meaningful” fight on top of the card.
SB Nation will have more on these developments as information becomes available.
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