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Interim UFC heavyweight champ Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira would destroy Elite XC fighter Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson. (MMAweekly.com Photo / AP Images)

A little while back, during a conference call to promote the fight between Kimbo Slice and David "Tank" Abbott, Elite XC president Gary Shaw went on a rant about the UFC and its president Dana White.

Essentially, he called White an egomaniacal jackass and said that, contrary to popular opinion, the UFC doesn't have all the best fighters in the world. In fact, he even said that he'd be willing to match his best guys from Elite XC against White's best fighters on any day of the week. He also added that until UFC champions are allowed to fight outside of the octagon, they'll be nothing more than "club champs."

Instead of picking up the gauntlet and accepting the challenge, White responded by calling Shaw "[an expletive] loser" on Yahoo! Sports, proving once again that the UFC is not interested in doing co-promotions and also, that White cannot speak three words without one of them being an expletive.

Still, the question remains: Who has the better fighters? The Ultimate Fighting Championship or Elite Xtreme Combat?

Antonio "Minotauro" Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson

Currently, the UFC heavyweight champion is Randy "The Natural" Couture, but since he and White are locked in a bitter court battle, it's probably fair to exclude "The Natural" from the octagon roster. Kimbo is hands down the biggest name in the Elite XC heavyweight division, so it seems only fair to match him against UFC interim champ Nogueira.

How would a match between "Minotauro" and Kimbo end? Quickly. Slice might have some street smarts and better than average boxing ability, but Nogueira is the total package. He has a black belt in jiu-jitsu and trains each year with the Cuban National Boxing Team. With a list of victims that includes Tim Sylvia, Josh Barnett and Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic, the UFC champ has taken out the best in the world, and Kimbo is still very green at just 2-0 in MMA.

The Elite XC marketing team has done an incredible job convincing millions of fans that Slice is the toughest guy in mixed martial arts, but the reality is that Nogueira would beat him by submission in the first round.

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