MMA fighter Dhafir Harris, 38, collapsed due to exhaustion in the third round of Friday night’s fight against Kimbo Slice in what was deemed a TKO.
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Harris Is Stable After Scary Friday Night
Saturday, Feb. 20
After he went down, Harris, nicknamed Dada 5000, was stretchered off and given oxygen, as MMA on SiriusXM showed:
He was taken to the hospital, where his condition was serious. According to Bleacher Report’s Jeremy Botter, multiple sources confirmed that the fighter was in critical condition after the fight. His heart reportedly stopped, and he was put on a ventilator.
Botter reported Saturday that Harris was in stable condition, and his family released this statement:
Things surrounding the end of the fight took a dark turn after it was initially met with comedy. It was a slow, uneventful fight that didn’t do much to excite the viewers.
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