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Dada 5000 Reflects on Kimbo Slice Fight: ‘I Died Twice In That Ring’

Dada 5000Dada 5000 has opened up about the aftermath of his fight against Kimbo Slice. Dada 5000 and Slice met in the main event of Bellator 149. Given the street fighting background of both men and their supposed rivalry with one another, many were expecting a knock-em-down, drag-em-out war between the two. The reality could not […]

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Dada 5000 has opened up about the aftermath of his fight against Kimbo Slice.

Dada 5000 and Slice met in the main event of Bellator 149. Given the street fighting background of both men and their supposed rivalry with one another, many were expecting a knock-em-down, drag-em-out war between the two. The reality could not have been any further from expectations.

In what has since been crowned one of the worst fights in MMA history, both men were visibly exhausted after the first 2 minutes. The rest of the first involved either slow, one punch exchanges or one fighter simply lying on top of the other. The bout was mercifully stopped in the third round when Slice was awarded the TKO.

Immediately afterwards, Dada 5000 was loaded onto a stretcher and rushed to a nearby hospital. It was later reported that he suffered a cardiac arrest during the fight.

Now, five years after the infamous bout, Dada 5000 spoke openly about what he went through after the fight in an interview with Jimmy Smith of Fight Nation.

“When I went down, my heart stopped, you know, a heart stops for five minutes. Then they brought me back. Then it stopped again for eight. So I had no heartbeat for 13 minutes, you know, and the hospital, you know, they was literally that ready to give up on me, but I was inside of a homeless stage, but I heard everything and, you know, I just love one fight to start another fight,” Dada 5000 said (h/t MiddleEasy.)

“So at that point I was fighting for my life. You know what I’m saying? And I refuse, I refuse to lay down, you know? And, uh, I broke through, you know, thanks to God, and my will to pull through. Everything shut down and my heart was the last one to go, but I just refused to stop fighting. I swung until I had nothing left, that fight could have went anyway, because I had him on the ground on all fours in one round, I just didn’t have it in me to finish it.”

The fight would serve as the last in both men’s careers. Dada 5000 would retire from the sport afterwards, while Slice would tragically pass away after suffering a heart attack of his own at age 42.

Dada 5000 Reveals He Had Two Heart Attacks In Kimbo Slice Fight

The co-main event bout between backyard brawlers Kimbo Slice and Dada 5000 (real name Dhafir Harris) at February’s Bellator 149 is largely regarded as one of worst MMA bouts of all-time, but it certainly wasn’t humorous that Harris was sent to a hospital for an extended stay after passing out in the cage. Harris was

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The co-main event bout between backyard brawlers Kimbo Slice and Dada 5000 (real name Dhafir Harris) at February’s Bellator 149 is largely regarded as one of worst MMA bouts of all-time, but it certainly wasn’t humorous that Harris was sent to a hospital for an extended stay after passing out in the cage.

Harris was in Houston for almost three weeks after the controversial event recovering from cardiac arrest, a broken orbital bone, and severe dehydration, fatigue, an renal failure after a reported 4-pound weight cut to make the heavyweight limit. Now that he’s apparently back to health, he got on Instagram today to briefly describe what happened to him before quickly delting the post.

In the post, Harris wrote that he had two heart attacks and ‘died’ in the fight:

“Yes I trained very hard for this fight and I was in Fighting Shape. But those who knew me they knew that something wasn’t right by the look in my eyes when I stepped into that ring.

“Yes I did have kidney failure during the fight I also had 2 heart attacks which I did code aka Died during the Fight.”

Here’s the post courtesy of a screenshot by @GrabakaHitman on Twitter:

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Dada 5000’s Heart Stopped After Kimbo Slice Fight

One of the most bizarre fights in mixed martial arts (MMA) history went down last night as street fighting sensation turned fighter Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson took on bitter rival and fellow Florida street fighter Dhafir “Dada 5000” Harris in the co-main event of Bellator 149 from Houston, Texas. To put it lightly, it was

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One of the most bizarre fights in mixed martial arts (MMA) history went down last night as street fighting sensation turned fighter Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson took on bitter rival and fellow Florida street fighter Dhafir “Dada 5000” Harris in the co-main event of Bellator 149 from Houston, Texas.

To put it lightly, it was simply one of the worst fights fans have ever seen, but the fact of the matter is that fans weren’t expecting much more than to be entertained which seems to be what Scott Coker and Spike TV are going for as of late.

Anyways, the fight lasted longer than expected, carrying on until the third round when both men could barely stand due to exhaustion.

Dada 5000 would face plant into the canvas not even from a punch, but simply because he couldn’t stand anymore, and that’s where things became scary.

He was soon taken out on a stretcher and taken to the hospital for what was thought to be precautionary reasons, but it turned out to be much more.

Detailing the whole situation via Twitter, Bleacher Report’s Jeremy Botter reported that Dada 5000 was in critical condition last night likely due to a massive weight cut, but has fortunately been stabilized as of now:

Should this fight have never occurred in the first place?

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Poll: Was Kimbo Slice vs. DADA 5000 The Worst MMA Fight Of All Time?

As you may know, MMA fans were ‘treated’ to the sideshow spectacle of Kimbo Slice’s ‘win’ over fellow backyard brawler DADA 5000 in the co-main event of last night’s Bellator 149 from Houston, Texas. It was billed as a faceoff for the ‘street crown,’ but what it turned out to be was just straight-up embarrassing.

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As you may know, MMA fans were ‘treated’ to the sideshow spectacle of Kimbo Slice’s ‘win’ over fellow backyard brawler DADA 5000 in the co-main event of last night’s Bellator 149 from Houston, Texas.

It was billed as a faceoff for the ‘street crown,’ but what it turned out to be was just straight-up embarrassing. Obviously predicted to be a brawl featuring little to no technical expertise; it was, in reality, something much worse, perhaps something akin to drunken slugfest featuring two frat boys at the local tavern after both fighters completely gassed long before the first round was over.

Here’s the video of the hilarious finish:

Slice may have scored his second straight stoppage win in Bellator when it was all said and done, but it came at the expense of a fight that was undoubtedly one of the worst pro MMA fights to ever take place and a disservice to the spirit of the many martial arts that inspired the spirit of MMA.

In short, it was just plain terrible. It should go down as one of the more glaring examples of laughable MMA bouts of all-time. Do you think it was the worst?

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