Dada 5000

Dada 5000
Born Dhafir Harris
(1977-08-04) August 4, 1977
Cat Island, Bahamas
Nationality Bahamian & American
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1]
Weight 117 kg (258 lb; 18.4 st)
Division Heavyweight (2010–present)
Reach 77.0 in (196 cm)
Fighting out of Miami, Florida, United States
Years active 2010–present
Mixed martial arts record
Total 3
Wins 2
By knockout 2
Losses 0
No contests 1
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
last updated on: May 25, 2016

Dhafir Harris (born August 4, 1977) known as Dada 5000, is a Bahamian-born American mixed martial artist and former internet celebrity with his no holds barred street fight videos. He starred in Dawg Fight which is about street fighting in parts of America which he used to film and take part in. He left this lifestyle and started to take up sanctioned fighting, with his most notable MMA fight against the late Kimbo Slice at Bellator 149.[2]

Mixed Martial Arts career

Harris' first fight was against Cedric James where he won by KO in less than 3 minutes of the first round.[3]

Harris' next fight was against Tim Papp where he won by TKO in 50 seconds of the first round.[4]

Bellator

Harris faced childhood friend turned bitter rival Kimbo Slice in a highly publicized match at Bellator 149. Harris was defeated by way of technical knock out during the waning moments of the third round. [5] Having collapsed at the end of the bout, Harris was removed from the ring on a stretcher and immediately rushed to the hospital. He was later determined to have suffered the results of cardiac arrest, severe dehydration and renal failure during the contest with Slice. Following two weeks of hospitalization, Harris was released on March 2, 2016.[6] Bellator President Scott Coker stated after the bout that Dada 5000 would not be invited back to fight in Bellator.[7] In March 2016, it was revealed that Slice had tested positive for nandrolone and an elevated testosterone to epitestosterone ratio (T/E ratio) in a pre-fight drug test. The result of the fight was overturned to a no contest.[8]

Mixed martial arts record

Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
NC 2–0 (1) Kimbo Slice NC (Overturned) Bellator 149 February 19, 2016 3 1:32 Houston, Texas, United States Originally a TKO win for Slice; overturned after Slice tested positive for nandrolone and an elevated T/E ratio.
Win 2–0 Tim Papp TKO (punches) MFA – New Generation 4 February 12, 2011 1 0:50 Miami, Florida, United States
Win 1–0 Cedric James KO (punches) Action Fight League – Rock-N-Rumble 2 March 5, 2010 1 2:34 Hollywood, Florida, United States

References

  1. ↑ "Dhafir". Sherdog.
  2. ↑ "Dhafir Harris". mmafighting.com.
  3. ↑ Sherdog.com. "Action Fight League - Rock-N-Rumble 2". Sherdog. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
  4. ↑ Sherdog.com. "MFA - New Generation 4". Sherdog. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
  5. ↑ Doyle, Dave (2016-02-20). "Kimbo Slice finishes Dada 5000 in all-time stinker". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
  6. ↑ Al-Shatti, Shaun (2016-03-03). "Dada 5000 finally released from hospital". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
  7. ↑ "Scott Coker on Dada 5000's desire to fight again: Let's just be friends". 2016-04-29. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
  8. ↑ Raimondi, Marc (2016-03-21). "Slice, Shamrock both test positive for steroids". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
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