Heavyweight MMA
James Thompson vs Kimbo Slice
A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.
Meetings on record
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James Thompson and Kimbo Slice met once (2008). Kimbo Slice won in 2008 by ko.
SOURCE·James Thompson (fighter) and Kimbo Slice — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026
How this head-to-head is established
- This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
- Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
- Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
- Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.
Side by side
| James Thompson | Kimbo Slice | |
|---|---|---|
| — | Reach | 77″ (195.6 cm) |
| — | Height | 74″ (188 cm) |
| — | Reach advantage | +4.04% |
| 20–17 | Record | 5–2 |
| 90% | Finish rate | 80% |
| 8 | Longest unbeaten run | 8 |
| 36 | Recorded bouts | 17 |
| — | Stance | — |
A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.
Both records, drawn
The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.
James Thompson
Kimbo Slice
Cross-references
Where this pairing leads
James Thompson
The full ledger: 36 bouts, the reach placed in its cohort, and what the record does not say.
20–17 Kimbo SliceThe same, from the other corner — 17 bouts and the cohort Slice is ranked inside.
5–2 Every confirmed matchupThe other 899 pairings whose own records confirm the fight happened — not a list of fights anyone imagined.
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