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Report: Kimbo Slice put on heart donor transplant list just days before untimely death

Bellator 158 at O2 Arena in London on on July 16, 2016, was expected to be headlined by a rematch between Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson and James "The Colossus" Thompson. Life, as it turned out, had other plans.

The mixed martial arts (MMA) world got the shocking news that he was in "dire shape" last night. And before that news had even fully broke, Slice passed away at age 42. As the news cycle churned throughout the day, it was revealed that Slice suffered from heart failure, and subsequently, Broward County's Medical Examiner ruled that "no investigation was necessary.