Dhafir Harris known as Dada 5000, is a Bahamian-born American former undefeated mixed martial artist and internet celebrity with his no holds barredstreet 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.
Harris' first fight was against Cedric James where he won by KO in less than 3 minutes of the first round. Harris' next fight was against Tim Papp where he won by TKO in 50 seconds of the first round.
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. 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 kidney failure during the contest with Slice. Following two weeks of hospitalization, Harris was released on March 2, 2016. Bellator President Scott Coker stated after the bout that Dada 5000 would not be invited back to fight in Bellator. In March 2016, it was revealed that Slice had tested positive for nandrolone and an elevated testosterone to epitestosterone ratio in a pre-fight drug test. The result of the fight was overturned to a no contest.
In 2019, Harris started his own bare-knuckle fight promotion. Serving as the promoter and face of the organization, BYB Extreme Fighting Series hosted its first event in April of 2019, the event was notable for having the self-proclaimed smallest cage in combat sports. Known as the "trigon", the triangular cage debuted at the first event. BYB Extreme Fighting Series's next event "Brawl III: Brawl at the Rock", took place on March 7th, 2020. The card was headlined by Chris Barnett taking on Matt Kovacs, with the co-main event being Mike Trujillo taking on Matt Delanoit.
