Kimbo Slice Had An Enlarged Heart Prior To Cardiac Arrest

Kimbo Slice

This is a follow up to yesterday's article "42-Year-Old MMA Star Kimbo Slice Dies From Fatal Heart Attack In Florida." The Judiciary Report has been warning athletes for years to stop taking steroids, due to the adverse, life threatening, far reaching effects of ingesting banned substances (see "related articles" section at the bottom of this article).

A month prior to Kimbo Slice's death, the site made reference to steroids in the May 17, 2016 Judiciary Report article "Boxer Alexander Povetkin Testing Positive For Steroids Causes Cancellation Of Deontay Wilder Fight And Possible Lawsuits" which stated, "Meldonium (banned substance) increases strength, stamina and endurance, which means the heart is working harder than it normally would, via increased levels of hyperactivity, if the drug was not present in the healthy person's system. This risk is multiplied in a heavyweight, as the heart already works harder in larger people. Speeding up its processes with an artificial drug, magnifies any negative effects. One of them being an enlarged heart, which if left unchecked can lead to an early death." 

One month after the Judiciary Report's aforementioned article, the Local 10 News channel in Miami, Florida stated Kimbo Slice had developed an "enlarged heart" which resulted in a fatal heart attack on on Monday, June 6, 2016 (see "Story Source" for this week's Local 10 News article). Some pharmaceutical drugs, if taken to excess, initiates liver damage in approximately 24-hours (Acetaminophen is a very good pain reliever, especially for athletes, but if you exceed the permitted daily dosage it will quickly create liver damage). Heavy duty anabolic steroids damage the heart, liver and kidneys. Taking steroids for a few years of undue fame, fortune and glory, only to catastrophically fall and die young is not worth it. 

I find it highly irresponsible that some so-called fitness websites and social networking pages are promoting steroids use. I've also seen and know of cases regarding personal trainers promoting steroids use to clients. To "eat clean and train dirty" only to put poison in your body in the form of steroids is counterproductive and dangerous.

You can be a clean, natural and successful athlete. You have to eat properly and put in the work it requires in training. There are many athletes who do not win every time and people still love them. Decent fans appreciate an honest effort, more than an unethical, banned shortcut that cheats others of a win and cuts your life drastically short.

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42-Year-Old MMA Star Kimbo Slice Dies From Fatal Heart Attack In Florida

Kimbo Slice

 

MMA star, Kimbo Slice, real name Kevin Ferguson, died last night in Coconut Creek, Florida, a city on the outskirts of Miami. Slice was hospitalized at the Northwest Medical Center, after feeling unwell and died shortly after. Reports indicate the popular MMA star had a fatal heart attack. The hospital has not released the suspected underlying cause of Slice's fatal heart attack. No official statement has been released by the medical examiner on the exact cause of Slice's early passing. An autopsy and toxicology report is expected in coming weeks.

Some on social networking are openly speculating steroids use lead to Slice's cardiac arrest, as he tested positive for the anabolic steroid Nandrolone in February, after a win against Dhaffir Harris. A number of wrestlers have died early in life from steroids use (for more information on the dangers of steroids please read: Boxer Alexander Povetkin Testing Positive For Steroids Causes Cancellation Of Deontay Wilder Fight And Possible Lawsuits). "Hollywood Illuminati" rumors are online regarding Slice's death, as he was friends with fellow Floridian, The Rock, real name Dwayne Johnson and appeared in the film series he made popular "The Scorpion King 3."

Slice is a former high school football player. He attended the University of Miami (as did The Rock). In 1997, Slice had a tryout with the Miami Dolphins, but did not make the team. Slice then became a heavyweight boxer and mixed martial artist, rising to fame in 2007. He became an online sensation, due to videos he released of himself on You Tube, fighting others in his backyard.

The videos attracted the attention of the EliteXC and then UFC, who signed him to successive deals. In 2007, Rolling Stone magazine proclaimed Slice "the king of the web brawlers" in reference to the popularity of his viral videos. Slice was scheduled to fight in London, England on July 16, 2016, as apart of a Bellator MMA show. He leaves behind a fiancée and six children.

People need to be careful in their pursuit of fame and fortune. Hollywood is full of vipers, who would have you sell your soul to the devil in exchange for fame and money, asking you to do things that damage your body, mind and soul. However, said fame and fortune is short lived and comes at a massive personal and professional price.

Leave that lifestyle alone, lest it destroys you. Take care of your health, body, mind and soul. You can make it without compromising yourself. There are no shortcuts to fame and fortune. The shortcuts are dead ends, with emphasis on the word dead. I've seen it happen to many people in music and sports.

I've seen many quickly rise under the wrong circumstances, then catastrophically fall overnight, sustaining extensive, life changing damage, from having the wrong people around them, who claimed they were so-called friends and business associates, but proved to be their undoing and downfall.

STORY SOURCE

Kimbo Slice Dead at 42

6/6/2016 8:30 PM PDT - Slice has died ... TMZ Sports has confirmed. He was 42. We broke the story, Slice was hospitalized early Monday near his home in Coral Springs, FL. He passed away a short time later. The CEO of Bellator MMA confirmed the news ... saying, "We are all shocked and saddened by the devastating untimely loss of Kimbo Slice, a beloved member of the Bellator family.' ..
Details surrounding Kimbo's death are unclear. We're working on it. Kimbo -- real name Kevin Ferguson -- last fought at Bellator 149 back in February and defeated Dada 5000 -- but the victory was overturned when Slice tested positive for a banned steroid...Slice also did some acting -- appearing in 2012's "The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption."

http://www.tmz.com

 

Report: Kimbo Slice Dead At 42

10:53 PM 06/06/2016 - The MMA fighter — whose real name is Kevin Ferguson — was hospitalized in Florida Monday for undisclosed health reasons. TMZ reported that he was in “dire” condition and that the situation did “not look good.” The CEO of Bellator MMA also confirmed the news. “We are all shocked and saddened by the devastating untimely loss of Kimbo Slice, a beloved member of the Bellator family,” he said in a statement Monday night. “One of the most popular MMA fighters ever, Kimbo was a charismatic, larger-than-life personality that transcended the sport.”

Several sources on Twitter now claim he died of heart failure, but a cause of death has not been confirmed...He was scheduled to fight James Thompson in Bellator 158 on July 16 in London.

 

http://dailycaller.com

Kimbo Slice dead at 42

Popular mixed martial arts fighter Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson has died. He was 42. Slice was stricken at his South Florida home and taken Monday evening to the Northwest Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, a spokeswoman for the Coral Springs, Fla., Police told Yahoo Sports Monday. TMZ was the first to report the news...

MMA fighters ever, Kimbo was a charismatic, larger-than-life personality that trancended the sport." Sgt. Carla Kmiotek of the Coral Springs police told Yahoo Sports no foul play is suspected. She said the department dispatched a team of officers to Slice's home because he is a public figure in order to control whatever crowd might gather.

"At 8 p.m. (ET) we received a call from TMZ," Kmiotek said. "Our communications department confirmed with Northwest Medical that he is there. We did not receive a police or EMS call from the residence. There is no foul play suspected and there is no investigation. It is being handled as a medical incident...

 

http://sports.yahoo.com

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On Saturday, November 14, 2015, Hollywood favorite, Ronda Rousey, was handed a tough defeat at the hands of undefeated rival, former boxer, Holly Holm, in losing the UFC Women's Bantamweight title. In the much talked about match held in Australia, Holm kangaroo kicked Rousey in the face, then delivered three knockout blows to the champ, who was on the canvas and already reeling. The upset came as a shock to many online, while others blamed Rousey's newly adopted Hollywood lifestyle for the defeat.

Holly Holm fighting Ronda Rousey

It was a humbling match for Rousey in two ways. Firstly, she refused to touch gloves with Holm as a sign of respect. Secondly, Rousey publicly bragged on different occasions that she would badly beat undefeated male welterweight champ, Floyd Mayweather, in a match. Rousey kept trash talking Mayweather, who simply stated "I don't know who he is!" (yes, Mayweather called Rousey "he"). However, I stated over a year ago on Twitter that Rousey would not beat Mayweather in a match. The mere fact Holm beat her supports my claim.

Holly Holm was in the octagon fighting like she's from Compton (LOL). I'm not gonna talk smack about her, because I don't want any of that (LOL).

Thus far, Mayweather has taken the high road regarding Rousey's defeat when many people (including me) have been goading him into saying something facetious (people, I've got a blog to write LOL). Mayweather's sanitized response was, "Just in boxing period, contact sports period, you win some, you lose some. I don't know about this fight, I just know that you win some and you lose some. It basically comes with the territory."

Floyd Mayweather

How is Floyd gonna diss Ali and Usain Bolt, then play nice with Rousey. You guys know full well Mayweather paid Holm to beat the ponytail off Rousey (I'm kidding). On another note, Mayweather took exception to Rousey being on the cover of The Ring boxing magazine, as she is a mixed martial arts athlete and he feels it made the publication "look bad."

My 2014 Twitter comment on Rousey's claims she can be Mayweather

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Floyd Mayweather on Ronda Rousey loss: 'It basically comes with the territory'

On November 16, 2015 at 6:15 AM, updated November 16, 2015 at 8:51 AM - LOS ANGELES -- Last year, boxer Floyd Mayweather made waves when he was asked about mixed martial artist Ronda Rousey and replied, "I don't know who he is." Hours after Rousey was knocked out and lost her bantamweight title to Holly Holm, Mayweather wasn't much more inclined to discuss the star of UFC. "Oh, I don't know," Mayweather said when asked about Rousey's loss in Australia. "I don't speak on nobody's situation."...

"Just in boxing period, contact sports period, you win some, you lose some," Mayweather said Sunday at Staples Center, where he watched a Los Angeles Lakers-Detroit Pistons NBA game. "I don't know about this fight, I just know that you win some and you lose some. It basically comes with the territory."

Mayweather did note Rousey's loss came as she was featured on the January 2016 issue of The Ring, the venerable boxing magazine on whose cover he so often appeared before announcing his retirement with a 49-0 record after his Sept. 12 win over Andre Berto. The Grand Rapids native said it makes boxing "look bad" to have a mixed martial artist on the cover...

 

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