Fightline.com is reporting that, according to EliteXC Vice President Jared Shaw, Kimbo Slice will face Brett Rogers in a heavyweight grudge match in October.
While it’s uncertain if the fight will take place on a CBS-televised card and none of the details surrounding the bout are in place, Shaw appears to be confident that the fight is on.
Rogers essentially asked for this fight by bad-mouthing Slice’s performance in the May 31 “EliteXC Primetime” post-fight press conference. Rogers’ words offended Slice and both fighters’ posses got involved as well.
The report also states that a match between 160-pound champ KJ Noons and rival Nick Diaz would probably take place on that October card. The two men have been jawing at each other since Diaz lost to Noons in a controversial stoppage last year. They had their own confrontation at EliteXC’s last event in Hawaii on June 14, in which both Diaz and Noons fought in separate bouts and won.
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