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Slice may refer to:

• Cutting

Food[link]

• A portion of bread, pizza, cake, or meat that is cut flat and thin, cf. sliced bread
• Slice (soft drink), a line of fruit-flavored drinks
• Vanilla slice, a dessert
• Mr. Slice, the mascot of Papa John's Pizza restaurant
• A colloquial name for sliced sausage
• A typical Australian dessert (e.g. Chocolate Slice, Muesli Slice, Weet-bix Slice, Hedgehog slice, Coconut Slice)

Sports[link]

• Backspin, or "slice" in racquet sports; also known as "slice" or "underspin" in golf
• Kimbo Slice (1974– ), a street fighter
• SliCe - Streetballer

Media[link]

• Slice (TV channel), a Canadian TV channel formerly known as Life Network
• Slice of SciFi, a podcast and website about science fiction, fantasy, and horror

Fiction[link]

• Slice (2010 film), a 2010 Thai horror film
• Slice (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
• Slice of life story, a genre of fiction writing
• A Slice of Life (1914 film), a 1914 silent film
• A Slice of Life (1954 film), a 1954 Italian-French film
• A Slice of Life (short story), a short story by P. G. Wodehouse
• "A Slice at a Time", a 2002 science fiction short story
• In Terry Pratchett's Discworld stories, there is a region near Lancre known as Slice, which is the proverbial place "where the sun don't shine."
• Warriors (novel series), by Erin Hunter. Slice was a minor female character.

Mathematics[link]

• Slice category, in category theory
• Slice genus, in knot theory
• Slice knot, in knot theory
• Slice sampling, a Monte Carlo sampling method
• Projection-slice theorem, a theorem about Fourier transforms

Music[link]

• Slice (Arthur Loves Plastic album), a 1998 album by Arthur Loves Plastic
• Slice (Five for Fighting album), a 2009 album by Five for Fighting
• Slice of Doom 1999–2002, an album by Reverend Bizarre
• "Slice of Heaven", a 1986 single by Dave Dobbyn and Herbs

Computing[link]

• Time slice, the time during which a process runs
• Time slice multiplexing, a form of processor scheduling
• Slice (disk), a logical division or partition of a hard disk
• Array slicing, an operation that extracts certain elements from an array
• Bit slicing, a technique for constructing a processor from modules of smaller bit width

Biology[link]

• Slice preparation or brain slice, an in vitro technique for neurophysiology

See also[link]

• All pages beginning with "Slice"
• All pages with titles containing "Slice"
• Slicing (disambiguation)
• Part (disambiguation)

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Kimbo Slice
Born	Kevin Ferguson (1974-02-08) February 8, 1974 (age 38) Nassau, Bahamas
Other names	Kimbo Slice
Nationality	Bahamian American
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	234 lb (106 kg; 16.7 st)
Division	Heavyweight
Reach	77.0 in (196 cm)
Style	Boxing
Fighting out of	Miami, Florida, United States
Team	American Top Team
Years active	2007–2011 (MMA) 2011-present (Boxing)
Professional boxing record
Total	5
Wins	5
By knockout	4
Losses	0
Draws	0
Mixed martial arts record
Total	6
Wins	4
By knockout	2
By submission	1
By decision	1
Losses	2
By knockout	2
Other information
University	University of Miami Bethune-Cookman University
Spouse	Antionette Ray
Children	6
Notable relatives	Rhadi Ferguson
Notable school(s)	Miami Palmetto High School
Website	http://www.kimbo305.com/
Boxing record from Boxrec
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
last updated on: August 13, 2011

Kevin Ferguson (born February 8, 1974), better known as Kimbo Slice, is a Bahamian-American professional boxer, mixed martial artist and occasional actor. He became famous for street fights which were spread on the Internet, leading Rolling Stone to call him "The King of the Web Brawlers".^[1]

Slice left the underground fighting scene and signed a professional contract with EliteXC in 2007. After EliteXC declared bankruptcy in 2008, Slice became a free agent. Slice competed in The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights,^[2] where he lost in his first fight to veteran fighter, and eventual series winner, Roy Nelson. In his UFC debut, Slice defeated Houston Alexander in the The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights finale,^[3][4] but lost in his second UFC fight to Matt Mitrione at UFC 113.

Early life[link]

Ferguson was born in Nassau, Bahamas, but moved to the United States as a child, growing up in Cutler Ridge, Florida.^[5] Ferguson was raised with his two brothers by mother^[6] Rosemary Clarke.^[7] He went to Bel-Air Elementary School,^[5] where Ferguson was reportedly involved in his first fight at 13 as he tried to defend a friend. He continued his studies with Cutler Ridge Middle School and later with Richmond Heights Middle School.^[8] He attended Miami Palmetto High School, where he was the star middle linebacker.^[9] In 1992, his house in Perrine, Florida was destroyed by Hurricane Andrew,^[7] forcing him to live in his 1987 Nissan Pathfinder for a month.^[10]

For college, he attended both Bethune-Cookman University and the University of Miami, where he held an athletic scholarship^[11] and studied criminal justice.^[7] He was there for only a year and a half.^[12] In 1997, he had a tryout with the Miami Dolphins and was part of the pre-season squad, but was unable to get a place in the first team.^[8][13] Kimbo's cousin is United States judoka Rhadi Ferguson.^[14]

Early career[link]

Ferguson started working as bouncer for a strip club until high school friend and current manager, Mike Ember, offered him a job as limousine driver and bodyguard for RK Netmedia, better known as Reality Kings, a Miami-based pornography production/promotion company responsible for a number of popular adult subscription websites.^[9][10] Kimbo still maintains close ties with Reality Kings who now accompany him, as his fight entourage, under the name Team Kimbo.

In 2002, he was charged for carrying a concealed weapon^[10] and in 2003, he began his career in unsanctioned street fights. They were distributed through the Internet, mainly through the adult website SublimeDirectory and YouTube. In his first taped fight against a man named Big D, Ferguson left a large cut on his opponent's right eye which led Internet fans to call him Slice, becoming the last name to his already popular childhood nickname, Kimbo.^[10]

His only on-tape street fight loss was against Sean Gannon, a former Boston police officer who also trains in MMA. The popularity of the fight propelled both men into the MMA spotlight.^[15]

Mixed martial arts career[link]

To prepare for sanctioned MMA fights, Slice was trained by retired MMA fighter Bas Rutten and boxing instructor Randy Khatami at Rutten's school, EliteMMA, in Thousand Oaks, California. Slice made his MMA debut against former WBO Heavyweight champion and Olympic gold-medalist boxer Ray Mercer at Cage Fury Fighting Championships 5, in Atlantic City on June 23, 2007. The match was scheduled as a three-round exhibition utilizing all professional rules of MMA combat. Slice defeated Mercer with a guillotine choke at 1:12 into the first round.^[16] In a post-fight interview, Slice stated that he would like to fight David "Tank" Abbott. Abbott, who was a spectator, stood up from his seat and accepted the call out. One of the matchmakers for CFFC asked Slice for his assurance so that an October 12 bout at Cage Fury Fighting Championships 6 between Slice and "Tank" Abbott could be organized. This event was later canceled due to a promotion dispute. On October 11, 2007, ProElite announced that they had signed Slice to a deal and that he would make his debut on the November 10, 2007 EliteXC.^[17] He was originally set to make his professional MMA debut against Mike Bourke, a reformed street fighter, but a shoulder injury from Bourke led him to face Bo Cantrell.^[18] Kimbo defeated Cantrell 19 seconds into the first round by submission due to strikes.

On February 16, 2008, Kimbo fought Tank Abbott in the main event at EliteXC: Street Certified. He won by KO 43 seconds into the first round due to strikes. At the fight his weight was announced at an all-time low of 234 lb (106 kg), a far cry from his street fighting days of 280 lb (130 kg).

On May 31, 2008, Kimbo fought in the main event of the first ever mixed martial arts event shown on prime time network television, EliteXC: Primetime. Though one of the judges had each fighter winning one of the first two rounds, Kimbo's opponent James Thompson won both on total points^[19][20][21] by repeatedly taking down Slice and grounding and pounding. In the opening seconds of the third round, however, Kimbo threw a haymaker to Thompson's left ear, which ruptured Thompson's cauliflower. This was soon followed by three unanswered punches to a standing Thompson, which led to a referee stoppage and the controversial win for Slice. Fellow EliteXC competitor Brett Rogers was particularly critical of Slice's victory, calling Slice's performance "garbage" in a post fight interview.^[22] Frank Mir was also critical of Slice, stating in an interview that "every time Kimbo Slice fights, it sets (mixed martial arts) back".^[23]

Fight with Petruzelli[link]

On October 4, 2008, a Kimbo Slice vs. Ken Shamrock fight was supposed to take place at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida as part of CBS' Saturday Night Fights.^[24][25] However, Shamrock received a cut to the left eye during a warm-up only hours before the fight was to take place.^[26] This left the head of fight operations, Jeremy Lappen, to choose a replacement for the fight. Options were Seth Petruzelli, Aaron Rosa and Frank Shamrock. But Kimbo's team stated they did not want him fighting Frank no matter how much money was offered to them. So Lappen decided that Petruzelli was the best option for the main event. Slice agreed to take the fight after receiving a raise in pay, and took in $500,000.^[27] Petruzelli defeated Slice by TKO 14 seconds into the first round of the bout.^[28]

Interviewed on the popular radio show The Monsters In The Morning two days after the fight, Seth Petruzelli said that when they offered him a spot in the main event, EliteXC promoters added monetary incentives to dissuade him from using certain fighting techniques against Slice, in an attempt to protect their relatively unproven Internet star.

This added to the controversy surrounding the representation of Slice as a top flight martial artist by CBS and EliteXC.^[30] The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation started a preliminary investigation on the events surrounding the fight and its outcome.^[31]

However, Petruzelli retracted this statement a few hours later, claiming in a follow-up interview with MMA website FiveOuncesofPain.com that his previous comments on The Monsters had been misinterpreted.

On October 23, 2008, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation concluded its investigation of the bout and found no wrongdoing.^[33] By the end of October 2008, EliteXC was forced to file for bankruptcy.^[34] Many in the mixed martial arts community, including Jay Thompson, executive consultant to the company, attributed EliteXC and ProElite's failure due to Slice's loss to Seth Petruzelli.^[35]

Ultimate Fighting Championship[link]

After Elite Xtreme Combat ceased operations, Dana White stated that if Slice wanted to compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship he would have to win his way in by competing on The Ultimate Fighter TV show. White went on to say that he might create a show with heavyweights just for Kimbo Slice if he wanted in.^[36] That statement became reality on June 1, when Kevin Iole of Yahoo.com stated Slice would participate in The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights.

The coaches for the show were Quinton Jackson and Rashad Evans, both former UFC Light Heavyweight Champions.^[37] Slice was the number one pick for Rampage and the second pick overall. In his first fight of the show, Kimbo was defeated by Roy Nelson via TKO stoppage in the second round after repeated punches to the head in the crucifix position.^[38] Kimbo later turned down the opportunity to take Matt Mitrione's place in the quarter finals after it was revealed that he had arthritis in his knee.

Slice fought Houston Alexander on December 5, 2009, at The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale at a catchweight of 215 pounds.^[39] In a fight that many thought would not leave the first round, Alexander would instead spend most of the first and third rounds circling Slice tentatively with little engagement. In the second round, however, Slice landed a back suplex on Alexander, which very well may have tipped the judges' scorecards in his favor. Slice would win the bout by unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) and Alexander would be cut from the promotion only days later.

On May 8, 2010, Slice made his pay-per-view and official heavyweight debut at UFC 113 versus Matt Mitrione, losing in the second round via a TKO.^[40] Following the loss, Dana White stated that it was "probably Kimbo's last fight in the UFC".^[41] His release was confirmed the following day, alongside welterweight Paul Daley.^[42]

Boxing career[link]

In August 2010, it emerged that Kimbo Slice was intending to take up a career in professional boxing. He stated "I feel like a baby all over again. I'm thinking about this at night. I'm gonna be a problem in the heavyweight division. I'm going to be coming in with a bad demeanor. I want to see what it's like to break some ribs, break a jaw with one punch. This is a career move. I love fighting. I like to knock people the fuck out. I love engaging. Maybe some people think I'm crazy."^[43]

Roy Jones, Jr. has stated that he would like to fight Kimbo Slice, but claimed that Kimbo would likely have to have a number of boxing matches beforehand in order to gain experience and exposure in the sport.^[44]

Kimbo was set to make his debut in professional wrestling on February 5, 2011 against former Sumo wrestler Shinichi Suzukawa at the Inoki Genome Federation's "Genome 14" event in Fukuoka, Japan,^[45] But Kimbo later pulled out of the match due to getting injured in practice.^[46]

Slice made his pro boxing debut on August 13, 2011. Slice fought in a four-round headlining attraction against 39 year old James Wade (0-1) at the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma.^[47] He won the fight via KO at 0:10 in the first round.^[48]

On October 15, Kimbo returned to the boxing ring, defeating Tay Bledsoe via KO in the first round.^[49]

On December 30, Kimbo defeated Charles Hackmann by UD, winning three out of four rounds.^[50]

Other media coverage[link]

A series called "Junk Yard Training" was released on yardbarker.com and youtube.com which featured LaDainian Tomlinson, running back for the San Diego Chargers, training in Kimbo's backyard. In 2009, Kimbo starred in an antivirus software advertisement called Caterpillar vs. Kimbo.^[51]

Ferguson was featured on The Iron Ring, a television series airing on BET which features MMA prospects. Slice was part of the selection process for the participants.^[52] He made his official acting debut when playing Bludge on Nickelodeon's holiday special, Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh.

Personal life[link]

Ferguson currently lives with his family in Coral Springs, Florida, and is a single father to six children; three boys and three girls.^[8][53] He is engaged to long-time girlfriend, Antionette Ray.^[54]

Filmography[link]

Professional boxing record[link]

5 Wins (4 knockouts, 1 decision), 0 Losses, 0 Draws [55]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Win	5–0	Jesse Porter	KO	1 (4), 0:36	12/05/2012	Lucky Star Casino, Concho, Oklahoma
Win	4–0	Brian Green	KO	4 (4), 2:57	24/03/2012	O'Reilly Center, Springfield, Missouri
Win	3–0	Charles Hackmann	UD	4	30/12/2011	Buffalo Run Casino, Miami, Oklahoma
Win	2–0	Tay Bledsoe	KO	1 (4), 2:17	15/10/2011	Heartland Events Center, Grand Island, Nebraska
Win	1–0	James Wade	KO	1 (4), 0:17	13/08/2011	Buffalo Run Casino, Miami, Oklahoma

Mixed martial arts record[link]

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Loss	4–2	Matt Mitrione	TKO (strikes)	UFC 113	02010-05-08May 8, 2010	2	4:24	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Cut from UFC following loss
Win	4–1	Houston Alexander	Decision (unanimous)	TUF 10 Finale	02009-12-05December 5, 2009	3	5:00	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	UFC debut. Fought at Catchweight.
Loss	3–1	Seth Petruzelli	TKO (punches)	EliteXC: Heat	02008-10-04October 4, 2008	1	0:14	Sunrise, Florida, United States
Win	3–0	James Thompson	TKO (punches)	EliteXC: Primetime	02008-05-31May 31, 2008	3	0:38	Newark, New Jersey, United States
Win	2–0	Tank Abbott	KO (punches)	EliteXC: Street Certified	02008-02-16February 16, 2008	1	0:43	Miami, Florida, United States
Win	1–0	Bo Cantrell	Submission (punches)	EliteXC: Renegade	02007-11-10November 10, 2007	1	0:19	Corpus Christi, Texas, United States	MMA Debut

Mixed martial arts exhibition record[link]

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Loss	1–1	Roy Nelson	TKO (punches)	The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights	02009-06-10June 10, 2009	2	2:01	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Preliminary round
Win	1–0	Ray Mercer	Submission (guillotine choke)	Cage Fury Fighting Championships V	02007-06-23June 23, 2007	1	1:12	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

References[link]

External links[link]

• Kimbo Slice at the Internet Movie Database
• Kimbo305.com (Official Website of Kimbo Slice)
• Professional MMA record for Kevin Ferguson from Sherdog
• Professional boxing record for Kimbo Slice from BoxRec

Seth Christopher Petruzelli (born December 3, 1979) is an American mixed martial artist, former kickboxer and entrepreneur. He is famously known as the first man to defeat Kimbo Slice in mixed martial arts competition, knocking him out in 14 seconds. Seth went to school at the University of Central Florida to study Psychology.

Mixed martial arts career[link]

Petruzelli started training martial arts at the age of seven and continued on training through high school, where he also played football and wrestled at Mariner High School. Petruzelli was a three-sport letterman all four years of high school. He was also all state center for football. Petruzelli was offered a scholarship to wrestle and play football in college but ended up turning pro in MMA right out of high school. He holds a 3rd degree black belt in Shitō-ryū Karate and a Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.^[1]

Petruzelli was a member of the cast of the Ultimate Fighting Championship's The Ultimate Fighter 2 as a heavyweight. He was eliminated in the semi-finals by Brad Imes after having defeated Dan Christison by unanimous decision in an elimination bout. He later had the opportunity to fight in the UFC in 2006, but was cut after losses to Matt Hamill and Wilson Gouveia.

EliteXC controversy[link]

On October 4, 2008, at EliteXC: Heat, he defeated Kimbo Slice in 14 seconds by TKO. He was offered the fight as a stand-in after Ken Shamrock received a cut over his left eye in pre-fight practice and was forced to back out.^[2]

On October 10, 2008, two days after the fight with Slice, he told the radio show The Monsters In The Morning:

"The promoters kinda hinted to me and they gave me the money to stand and throw with him, they didn't want me to take him down. Let's just put it that way. It was worth my while to try and stand up punch him."^[3][4]

EliteXC Vice President Jared Shaw immediately denied what could be perceived as them trying to fix the fight,^[3] and Petruzelli later clarified his statement telling respectively Yahoo! Sports and FiveOuncesofPain.com:

What that meant was they offer a knockout bonus, submission bonuses, fight of the night bonuses. I think it just got misconstrued. I wanted to have an exciting fight and I wanted the knock out bonus so I wanted to keep it standing. [...] They just said, ‘we want to see an exciting fight no matter what happens.’ I took it as I wanted the knockout bonus.^[3]

What was meant to be said was that I wanted to keep the fight standing for myself because I knew that was what the crowd, the promoters, and everyone wanted to see because that’s more exciting than just taking someone to the ground. That was my thing only. I wanted to keep it exciting so I decided to keep it standing. It had nothing to do with anybody else. That was all me.^[5]

On October 23, 2008, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation concluded its investigation of the bout and found no wrongdoing.^[6]

2008-2010[link]

In December 2008, Petruzelli opened his own MMA gym in Orlando, Florida called "The Jungle" on East Colonial Drive.

On August 22, 2009, Petruzelli fought in the Art Of Fighting 4 at the USF Sundome in Florida.

Petruzelli was expected to face MMA pioneer and former King of Pancrase Ken Shamrock on March 6, 2010 at an event called International Unlimited Fighting: The Return of Buluc but the fight was called off.^[7]

Return to the UFC[link]

Petruzelli returned to the UFC at UFC 116 to face UFC newcomer Ricardo Romero. Despite having dominated the initial stages of the fight, Petruzelli lost by armbar submission and was visibly hurt.^[8]

Petruzelli stated via Twitter that his arm was not broken and it had just popped. He was given another fight by the UFC, and expressed excitement to face Tito Ortiz or Matt Hamill depending on whoever loses the fight. On November 13, he faced Karlos Vemola at UFC 122 in Oberhausen, Germany. He lost the fight via TKO (strikes) at 3:46 of the first round and was released from the promotion after dropping to 0-4 in the UFC.^[9]

Post-UFC Career[link]

Petruzelli faced Dave Mewborn on April 22 serving as the Main Event for World Extreme Fighting 46 at the UCF Arena in Orlando Florida.^[10] He defeated Mewborn by TKO at 3:06 of the first round.

Bellator[link]

Seth made his Bellator debut against Ricco Rodriguez at Bellator 48. He won the fight via KO in the first round. After the fight Petruzelli was rewarded with a BJJ black belt under Thiago Domingues (a De La Riva Blackbelt).

Championships and accomplishments[link]

Mixed martial arts[link]

• Ultimate Fighting Championship
  • Fight Of The Night (One Time)
• Ultimate Warrior Challenge
  • Ultimate Warrior Challenge
  • Knockout of the Night

Mixed martial arts record[link]

Kickboxing record[link]

Kickboxing record
0 wins, 2 losses Result Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes Loss 0-2 Aleksandr Pitchkounov TKO (corner stoppage) Kyokushin vs K-1 2004 All Out Battle 02004-05-30May 30, 2004 2 2:18 Tokyo, Japan Loss 0-1 Bob Sapp TKO (elbow injury) K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Saitama 02004-03-27March 27, 2004 1 0:57 Saitama, Japan Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest

Personal life[link]

He was born in Cape Coral, Florida.^[11] He and his wife Leslie have been married since 2006.^[3] The couple are currently going through a divorce.^{[12] [13]}

References[link]

1. ^ UFC Profile info
2. ^ "Petruzelli Shocks Slice". Sherdog. http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/petruzelli-shocks-slice-14655. Retrieved 2008-10-05. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d} "Petruzelli in center of Elite XC storm". Yahoo. http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=dw-petruzelli100708&prov=yhoo&type=lgns. 
4. ^ "Monsters in the Morning interview with Seth Petruzelli". WTKS-FM. October 6, 2008. http://monsters.fm/pages/monsters_media.html?feed=246187&article=4355604. 
5. ^ Caplan, Seth (October 6, 2008). "Petruzelli disputes reports he received a bribe to keep Slice fight a standup affair". FiveOunceOfPain.com. http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/10/06/petruzelli-disputes-reports-he-insinuated-he-received-a-bonus-for-keeping-slice-fight-a-standup-affair/. 
6. ^ Franklin McNeil. "ProElite exonerated of wrongdoing in Slice-Petruzelli fight". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/extra/mma/news/story?id=3660628. 
7. ^ "Ken Shamrock vs Seth Petruzelli set for IUF: 'The Return of Buluc' on March 6 in Cancun". mmamania.com. http://www.mmamania.com/2010/1/4/1233361/ken-shamrock-vs-seth-petruzelli. Retrieved 2010-01-04. 
8. ^ "Seth Petruzelli rejoins UFC, meets Ricardo Romero on UFC 116 preliminary card". MMAjunkie. http://mmajunkie.com/news/19415/seth-petruzelli-rejoins-ufc-meets-ricardo-romero-on-ufc-116-preliminary-card.mma. 
9. ^ "Seth Petruzelli released by UFC". fiveouncesofpain.com. November 23, 2010. http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2010/11/23/seth-petruzelli-released-by-ufc/. 
10. ^ twitter.com/silverbackseth
11. ^ "Seth Petruzelli on FightResouce". FIGHTRESOURCE.com. 2008-10-05. http://www.fightresource.com/viewfighters.php?fid=712=. Retrieved 2008-10-05. 
12. ^ "ThatMMAGuy interviews Seth Petruzelli". THATGUYMMA.WORDPRESS.com. 2010-04-28. http://thatmmaguy.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/thatmmaguy-interviews-seth-petruzelli/. Retrieved 2010-06-20. 
13. ^ "Seth Petruzelli Knocks outs former UFC Champ". TOPMMA-FIGHTERS.com. 2011-08-21. http://www.topmma-fighters.com/News/TopMMA-Fighters/bellator-48-seth-petruzelli-knocks-out-the-former-heavyweight-champion-of-the-ufc-ricco-rodriguez-video.aspx. Retrieved 2011-08-21. 

External links[link]

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1849444048
• http://www.facebook.com/pages/Silverback-Seth-Petruzelli/146795278672784
• http://www.twitter.com/silverbackseth
• Seth Petruzelli Interview

• Professional MMA record for Seth Petruzelli from Sherdog

Dave Dobbyn, ONZM (born 3 January 1957) is an award-winning New Zealand musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. In his early career he was a member of the rock group Th' Dudes and was the main creative force in pop band DD Smash. Since then he has released the majority of his recordings as a solo performer.

Musical Career[link]

Th' Dudes (1975-80)[link]

Dobbyn's first success came with rock band, Th' Dudes, which he joined soon after leaving Sacred Heart College in the suburb of Glen Innes, Auckland. The band's hit song "Be Mine Tonight" (1978) won single of the year in 1979 in New Zealand, whilst their song "Bliss" (1980) has become an iconic New Zealand drinking song.

DD Smash (1980-86)[link]

After Th' Dudes disbanded in 1980, Dobbyn formed pop group DD Smash. The band's first release was the single "Bull By The Horns" (1981), thought to be about Dobbyn overcoming the stage fright he sometimes experienced while performing with Th' Dudes. Their first album Cool Bananas (1982) debuted in the New Zealand charts at number one.

After Cool Bananas, DD smash released Deep In The Heart Of Taxes (1983), an album recorded live at Auckland's popular eighties venue Mainstreet. Their final album, The Optimist (1984), although slicker sounding production-wise than it's predecessor, showed signs of compromise with the dominant commercial, Blue-eyed soul inflected, synthpop sound of the post-New Wave era of British and Australian music which was flooding the New Zealand charts at the time. Dobbyn apparently had his eye on the larger Australian market and it was not long before he had a number one solo hit there.

In December 1984, DD Smash were playing an outdoor concert in Aotea Square in Auckland. During their set a power failure led sections of the crowd to become restless. Some of the crowd started throwing beer bottles and police arrested them. The situation escalated and the riot squad was called in. Dobbyn made negative remarks about the police which allegedly spurred on the crowd. The concert was stopped by the police and sections of the crowd rioted, smashing shop windows along Queen Street. Prime Minister David Lange called a commission of inquiry and as a result Dobbyn was charged with inciting a riot. The criminal prosecution against Dobbyn began June 1985. His lawyer successfully defended him and he was acquitted on the charge of "behaving in a manner likely to cause violence against person or property and using insulting language".^[1]

When DD Smash eventually disbanded, partially to make room for the commercially expanding vision of Dobbyn, they left behind them the hit singles "Outlook for Thursday" (1983) and the violin-tinged, perennial classic "Whaling" (1984).

Solo career (1986-present)[link]

When DD Smash folded, Dobbyn began a successful solo career, by writing the soundtrack music for the animated feature film Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale in 1986. The film yielded two hit singles: "You Oughta Be in Love" (1986) and the chart-topping "Slice of Heaven" (1986) recorded with the band Herbs. After the release of the film, Slice of Heaven became one of Dobbyn's best-known songs, frequently used in tourism advertisements aired on Australian television that encouraged people to visit New Zealand. As a result, many Australians jokingly referred to the song as the New Zealand National anthem.

Since 1988 Dobbyn has released seven solo albums and 3 compilations. Solo albums include the Mitchell Froom produced Lament for the Numb (1993), which included members of Elvis Costello's one time backing band. The album was called "un-releasable" by Dobbyns record label at the time and was shelved for a year until its eventual release. ^[2] Twist was released in 1994 and produced by fellow New Zealander singer-songwriter Neil Finn, whose contribution Dobbyn stated "was crucial to the sound of that record". ^[3] Twist is also notable for its inclusion of the Maori singer Emma Paki, who was popular in the country at the time of the albums release.

In 1999 Dobbyn joined Jan Hellriegel and Toi Iti to co-write "Read About It", the theme song of the Duffy Books in Homes programme ^[4] which is still performed by 100,000 children annually.

Dobbyn's hit song "Loyal" (1988) from his debut solo album Loyal (1988) was used as an anthem for Team New Zealand's failed 2003 America's Cup defence. He has also produced albums for Australian singer Grant McLennan and contributed to albums by Jenny Morris, Gyan Evans and Bic Runga. In 2000 Dobbyn toured New Zealand with Runga and Tim Finn. The tour was recorded and the live album, Together in Concert: Live (2000) was released soon after.

In 2005, Dobbyn released his sixth solo album; Available Light. The album received popular and critical acclaim. In the same year Dobbyn performed the lead single from Available Light, "Welcome Home" (2005) at the New Zealand Music Awards awards ceremony. During the performance, Ahmed Zaoui, who was appealing a security certificate issued due to alleged links to terrorist groups, appeared on stage with Dobbyn.^[5]

2008 saw Dobbyn release Anotherland his most recent work. The album entered the NZ Top 40 Album Charts at Number 2^[6] and remained in the charts for 6 weeks, eventually attaining Gold status.

Awards[link]

At the 2001 New Zealand Music Awards Dobbyn won a Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2002 he became an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in recognition of his 'talents and contributions'.^[7] In 2005 and 2006 he won "Songwriter Of The Year" and "Best Male Solo Artist" respectively, both for his work on Available Light.

Ten songs written by Dave Dobbyn appeared in New Zealand's Top 100 songs (the Nature's Best series) as voted by APRA members. These were:

• 3: Dave Dobbyn – "Loyal"
• 7: Dave Dobbyn with Herbs – "Slice of Heaven"
• 12: DD Smash – "Whaling"
• 27: Th' Dudes – "Be Mine Tonight"
• 29: Dave Dobbyn – "Beside You"
• 31: DD Smash – "Outlook For Thursday"
• 35: Dave Dobyyn – "Language"
• 50: Th' Dudes – "Bliss"
• 70: Dave Dobbyn – "You Oughta Be In Love"
• 100: Dave Dobbyn – "Naked Flame"

Personal life[link]

Dobbyn is a Born again Christian and has, for most of his career, been happily married to long time sweetheart Anneliesje, with whom he has two children Grace and Eli.

Discography[link]

Singles[link]