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A press release was sent out today confirming the worst kept secret in the current Spike/Zuffa era.

Kimbo Slice will fight at The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale on December 5th.

 New York, NY, November 23, 2009 - Kimbo Slice, the wildly popular mixed martial arts heavyweight and member of the cast of "The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights," will fight for the first time in the UFC live on Spike TV Saturday, December 5 at 9:00pm. Slice will appear in a bout on "The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights" finale fight card emanating from The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV.

Slice's opponent will be announced at a later date, pending on what transpires on the special two-hour "The Ultimate Fighter" episode on Wednesday, December 2 (9:00-11:00pm ET/PT). Despite suffering a loss in episode 3 to Roy Nelson, Slice has the opportunity to return to fight on the show if a cast mate is injured and compete for the coveted title of "The Ultimate Fighter."

Season 10 of "The Ultimate Fighter" on Spike TV is the highest-rated in the franchise history, averaging 3.6 million viewers and a 4.7 rating with Men 18-34 and a 3.8 rating with Men 18-49. It is currently one of the highest-rated shows with Men 18-34 on all of television.

There is one insignificant fact that is conspicuously absent from the press release. It fails to mention who Slice will be fighting at the The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale.

The rumored opponent for Kimbo --a rumor that has been festering for weeks-- is Houston Alexander. Yet the cryptic sentence in bold above may indicate that Slice will fight a fellow contestant from the show. Maybe that means that Kimbo will get a second chance in the reality show competition as well. God knows Spike has been teasing it enough.