Filed under: News , UFC , Videos He didn’t have the best record, he didn’t face the best competition, and he never won a major title, but Kevin “ Kimbo Slice ” Ferguson made a big impact in MMA, including the UFC. During Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 89 broadcast, the UFC and FOX Sports 1 released a tribute video for the former heavyweight slugger, who died on June 6, reportedly due to heart failure . Check out the touching two-minute look back on his UFC career above. (Spike is also airing a one-hour special  on Friday at 7 p.m. ET/PT prior to the night’s Bellator 157 broadcast.) Slice (5-2 MMA, 1-0 BMMA), who turned his YouTube stardom as a Miami-based bareknuckle boxer into a professional MMA career in 2007, almost immediately became one of the sport’s biggest draws. He headlined a series of highly rated EliteXC shows on CBS and brought mainstream attention to the sport

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