In today's Sun, I had a column that discussed Saturday night's mixed martial arts event on CBS that is ground-breaking in some respects for MMA.

Although MMA is a staple on cable channels such as Spike and Versus, this card of bouts represents the first time that the sport will be featured on live, prime-time network television (9 p.m.) and will showcase a heavyweight fighter who has become a sports-pop culture phenomenon almost solely on the basis of video that has appeared on YouTube -- Kimbo Slice.

Slice (real name Kevin Ferguson) is a Miami-based slugger who has just two "regulation" fights but became famous for his non-sanctioned brawls in gyms, backyards and parking lots with many of those punch-outs being circulated on YouTube. In little more than a year, Slice has gone from an unknown to the cover of ESPN the Magazine. That's how a star can be born in the early 21st century.

His most famous bout to date was with a fading MMA big name, Tank Abbott, back in February. Slice made short work of Abbott in about a minute. If you haven't seen Kimbo Slice at work, here's an introduction.