MMA Fighting · Apr 13, 2016
Dada 5000 breaks silence on Bellator 149 scare: 'I was pronounced dead'
Esther Lin, MMA FightingNearly two months have passed since Dhafir Harris, the fighter better known as Dada 5000, collapsed and was rushed to the hospital after his Bellator 149 match against Kimbo Slice on Feb. 19. Harris suffered cardiac arrest, severe dehydration, fatigue, and renal failure during and after the contest, and on Wednesday he broke his silence, comparing the ordeal to climbing through hell and back.
"When I actually fell inside that ring, Kimbo Slice never touched me," Harris said on The Dan LeBatard Show. "I had a heart attack. So, when I slammed against the cage and I went down, that was just the beginning.