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We knew a ton of people were going to watch Wednesday's The Ultimate Fighter match between Kimbo Slice and Roy Nelson, but early ratings show that Slice is even more of a ratings phenomenon then even some experts gave him credit for. According to Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer/Yahoo fame, the early numbers have Wednesday's edition of TUF as the highest-rated MMA show in history with an
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