Dada 5000 says it’s ‘disturbing’ Kimbo Slice would fight so soon after steroid failure

The aftermath from the fight between Kimbo Slice and Dada 5000 at Bellator 149 in February hasn’t been much prettier than the actual fight.

Dhafir Harris, better known as Dada 5000, suffered serious health complications following his fight with Kimbo Slice back in February. To make this situation more alarming, three weeks after the event, Slice tested positive for steroids.

Since then, little information from Harris about his experience has emerged. However, we recently caught up with Harris to talk about his health, his future career, and Kimbo Slice’s failed drug test and short suspension.

Below is a transcript of their conversation.

Marc Raimondi: Hey, Dada. How are you feeling? Are you back to 100 percent?

DADA 5000: Actually, man. I’m about like 70 percent and growing. This whole ordeal, you know, has been very, very trying because of the process I had to undergo. My kidneys went out during this fight. I was on dialysis for a couple of months. I had two heart attacks. I died inside that ring. They brought me back, and then my heart stopped. For like five minutes, they brought me back, and then my heart stopped again for like eight minutes. So, you know, I’ve been really trying just to bounce back, but I will say this. There is a lot more to this situation than people can imagine.

So, I hear that on Sherdog or something like that they dropped a post saying that Texas has suspended Kimbo and certain things have been reversed. I have not yet been able to check that but what I can say is this right here. I was telling people earlier that that dude is a dirty guy. That they don’t play fair. That they had my fight put in but they said that they did not have it, and they posted clips of me getting hit to make me look bad. But I’m like, “Okay, it’s a fight. You’re going to get hit.” We all know that. But it’s not how hard you get hit, it’s what you do after you get hit that matters. I’m a true warrior at the door. So at the end of the day… I can say that the water is not clean. This situation goes deeper than the steroids. When the truth comes out in a second, it’s going to show that this dude could not have beat me even though he was on steroids, and I was compromised.

I saw the opportunity to knock him out at least two or three times. I hit him one time and he dropped his hands, but my body just locked up, like my muscles just went to sleep. That sh*t was supposed to be over right then. I had him another time on all fours. He was on his knees, and I was tapping him. My 2-year-old niece hits harder than that. I’m like “Jesus what is going on with me.” When I first kicked him, and I threw a jab out, and I rushed him into the gate, and he took me down, I had him in the choke right then. Listen, with what comes out in a second, is going to be shocking, and I don’t think nobody is going to have respect for Kimbo Slice ever again.

MR: Are you surprised Bellator is bringing Kimbo Slice back to fight again this quickly?

DADA 5000: Yeah, of course man. It’s disturbing. This is letting you know that this was bigger than me and than what I expected. I was the underdog. Everybody had their chips on Kimbo Slice to win, and they [Kimbo’s team] could not let Dada 5000 win under no circumstances. At no cost, you know. But that backfired on them because he was convicted of steroids.

To beat me you got to cheat me. What’s the honor in that? But you guys going to embrace that? You guys going to accept that? What about the 15-, 16-year-old kids that are home training hard, running sprints with logs on their back, saying, “In four or five years, I’m going to be the next Bellator champion. I’m going to be the next UFC champion.” Not if you got guys like this on your roster. It’s going to beat these young kids out of their future because they want to play dirty. This is a noble sport. Once it’s starts getting contaminated, you know, riddled with picking faces, and it’s no longer about athleticism of the competitors, it’s going to get like boxing. It’s going to be too political. That’s why I said what I’m going to do is stick to my gimmick.

It was a great opportunity that Bellator gave me. I didn’t think that I was walking into an ambush, in a sense. But that’s how I’m feeling right now, looking at it like this. You know, they’re giving this dude another shot. But what is this dude’s punishment for being on steroids? [Ed. note: The Texas Department of Licensing and Registration suspended Slice for three months.] I don’t take drugs; so I can’t say I would have got on it, but I’m like, “Come on, man. …

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