ed to within 44-39 at the break with an 8-0 run, including scoring four points in the final 1.9 seconds of the half.TIP-INSG

LOS ANGELES -- Baby Slice is ready to fight.Kevin Ferguson Jr., the oldest son of late fighting star Kimbo Slice, will make his professional mixed martial arts debut next month for the Bellator promotion.Ferguson had his first amateur MMA fight in March, stopping his opponent in 83 seconds. Less than three months after the death of his father, who also fought for Bellator, the 24-year-old Ferguson will fight on the undercard of Bellator 160 in Anaheim, California, on Aug. 26.I was always around the fight business and everything, so I saw it and I understood what was going on, Ferguson told The Associated Press. I just knew without a doubt that one day, this was what I wanted to do.Ferguson showed a glimpse of his fathers punching power in his amateur debut in March, but he has been training full time in MMA for just two years. He studied photography at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco before deciding to pursue his first athletic passion in the cage.I trained (in MMA) a little bit in college, but not really, Ferguson said. I was more focused on having fun and partying a little bit, getting that out of my system early. I trained a little bit, like once a week.Although he played football and basketball at his private high school in South Florida, Ferguson preferred the one-on-one rawness of wrestling and MMA.Despite his collegiate photography training and his fathers imposing shadow, Ferguson decided to pursue a fighting career seriously with the blessing of Slice, who parlayed his fame from viral backyard fighting videos into a lucrative career in MMA and boxing.The 42-year-old Slice also fought for Bellator earlier this year, but he had been diagnosed with congestive heart failure and needed a heart transplant when he died June 6.I wont say I adjusted well or it didnt bother me, but I was talking to him a few days before, so I understood what was going on, Ferguson said.It was more of a shock to the world, put it like that. It was still a very big tragedy, but I got through it. Im still getting through it. I wont say Im over it, but Im working on it, I guess.Ferguson has two younger brothers and three younger sisters. Slice once said the most important function of his fighting career was to provide his children with college educations.Ferguson signed a developmental deal with Bellator in April, shortly after his amateur debut in Massachusetts. He trained in Connecticut before moving to Long Beach, California, two months ago to train in the gym of veteran MMA fighter Antonio McKee.He has been working alongside fellow Bellator fighters A.J. McKee, Bubba Jenkins and Joey Davis, who are all fighting at Honda Center in Anaheim next month.Antonio just changed the game for me, Ferguson said. He understood what I needed, and he understands the science behind it all.Bellator is likely to build up Ferguson against comparable competition. 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