Today marks the passing of one of MMA's truly unique personas. Kevin Ferguson, better known to the world as Kimbo Slice, died in Florida this week at the age of 42. Behind him he leaves a complicated, and at times messy, MMA legacy - one that is unlikely to be quite duplicated again.
Kimbo first came to fame in 2003 not through MMA, but through unsanctioned and illegal street fights broadcast on various online video players. It's worth remembering that this is 2003 - YouTube was yet to launch, and the now ubiquitous concept of "going viral" was meaningless.