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LOS ANGELES -- At Thursday's UFC 104 press conference, Dana White talked about some of the controversy surrounding this season's edition of The Ultimate Fighter. White took exception with Roy Nelson claiming Kimbo Slice got special treatment on the show, and called the former IFL heavyweight champion an "idiot" and a "jacka**." White also called this season's cast members "a bunch of crybabies."

White also brushed off Rampage Jackson's claim that the show's editing is making him look bad. Check out the video below. (Warning: video contains some explicit language.)

The ratings are in for Wednesday night's episode of The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights and Kimbo Slice now stakes claim to three of the top four most-watched MMA fights on US television.

The episode at 10 pm ET, featuring Slice's fight against former IFL heavyweight champion Roy Nelson, drew 5.3 million viewers and peaked at 6.1 million viewers when the fight itself aired within the episode at 10:45 pm. The third episode totaled 6.8 million viewers with the inclusion of the immediate repeat at 11 pm, which pulled in 1.5 million.

It's a slow week in MMA, so it's no surprise that as we open up the latest installment of the UFC Twitter mailbag, it's all about Kimbo Slice.

Many readers took issue with me when I tweeted on Wednesday that I came away impressed with both Kimbo and Roy Nelson. Others are wondering when Kimbo is going to take his MMA training seriously enough to develop into a complete mixed martial artist, and how long it will take Kimbo to be competitive in the UFC.

Your questions and my answers for our UFC Twitter mailbag are below.

For better or worse, Roy Nelson and Kimbo Slice are the current talk of the MMA world. After Nelson defeated Slice on Wednesday's episode of The Ultimate Fighter, FanHouse spoke to the former IFL heavyweight champion about some of the criticism he has since received from Dana White and the fans, Herb Dean's decision to not stop the fight in the first round and Kimbo Slice's entourage.

The full interview is below.

We all know that Kimbo Slice needs to get much, much better on the ground if he's ever going to win a fight in the UFC. But if you want to try to quantify just how much better Roy Nelson was than Kimbo when they fought on Wednesday's Ultimate Fighter, take a look at the CompuStrike stats: Nelson landed 67 strikes on the ground. Kimbo landed zero.

We knew heading into this season of The Ultimate Fighter that Roy Nelson is bigger, stronger and more skillful than Kimbo Slice, and that Kimbo needs to get better on the ground. So in one respect, Nelson's second-round TKO victory over Kimbo on Wednesday night's episode of the UFC's reality show didn't teach us much.

But even though Nelson beat Kimbo decisively, I came away from their fight more convinced than I was before that Kimbo is worthy of fighting in the UFC. I also came away more convinced than I was before that Nelson is the favorite to win this season's Ultimate Fighter tournament.

FanHouse will have play-by-play of tonight's The Ultimate Fighter 10 fight between Kimbo Slice vs. Roy Nelson.

In just the third episode of the season, the two most recognized cast members will face off inside the Octagon. Slice is easily the most popular of the 16 fighters and he will take on Nelson, the heavy favorite and former IFL heavyweight champion.

Results are below. Chat with us about the episode beginning at 10PM ET.

Wednesday night's Kimbo Slice vs. Roy Nelson bout on Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter is being billed as the biggest fight in TUF history, and FanHouse is inviting you to chat with fellow MMA fans about what is sure to be one of the most watched moments in UFC history.

The TUF 10 live chat starts below at 10 PM ET.

2009 isn't over yet, but if you're wondering who my landslide choice for MMA businessman of the year is, it's already Roy Nelson.

Consider the fact that six short months ago Nelson was fighting on the undercard of the forgettable Roy Jones-Omar Sheika MMA/boxing pay-per-view and now he is a few hours away from being featured on what is shaping up to be the most watched telecast in UFC history.

The Kimbo Slice vs. Roy Nelson fight that will air Wednesday night on Spike TV was set up by former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans, Nelson's coach this season on The Ultimate Fighter. And Evans said in an interview with FanHouse that he set up that fight for one reason: He wanted to see Kimbo get knocked out, and he thought Nelson was the man to do it.