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Does Kimbo Slice beat Roy Nelson?

Kimbo Slice was a contestant on Season 10

Photo credit: Spike Photo

The Kimbo Slice-Roy Nelson fight hype train pulled into a conference call station for MMA writers on Monday afternoon.

Meant to promote the Octagon premiere of Kimbo Slice on Wednesday night's episode of "The Ultimate Fighter" (10 p.m. on Spike), he answered questions from the telephonically assembled media for about an hour.

Many a question seemed designed to elicit...

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