ST. LOUIS -- For approximately three months, former World Extreme Cagefighting champion Mike Thomas Brown worked diligently to train Kimbo Slice for his first mixed martial arts bout in more than five years.
And just when Slice appeared to be on the verge of defeat in his grudge match against Ken Shamrock in the Bellator 138 headliner at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis on Saturday night, that preparation paid off, as the popular YouTube brawler resisted -- and then escaped -- a rear-naked choke attempt from “The World’s Most Dangerous Man.