Kimbo KOs Dada in 'worst fight in MMA history'

The co-main event of Bellator 149 in Houston, Texas, was a glorified street fight, and Bellator was shy about admitting to it.

Introducing Kimbo Slice and Dada 5000 as backyard brawlers and using their backyard fight footage from YouTube to promote them made sure that everyone knew this was a street fight transported into an MMA cage.

Most people expected an immediate slugfest with one man or the other quickly going to sleep from a brutal knockout blow. The only ones put to sleep were the fans that witnessed two fighters that were quickly exhausted, despite an extremely low output of offense from either.

This was easily one of the worst displays of a mixed martial arts fight ever at the Bellator level.

Neither man produced any offense and both were gassed out before the end of the first round. The fight inexplicably lasted into the third round, if only because neither man could muster anything that resembled damage to the other.

Kimbo and Dada 5000 each could barely get off the stool to start the third frame, threw a few feeble attempts at punches, and then leaned on each for support until Dada 5000 basically fell to the canvas from exhaustion. Referee John McCarthy mercifully waved off the fight, putting an end to everyone’s misery.

Main Card Bouts

Ken Shamrock vs. Royce Gracie, TBD
Kimbo Slice def. Dada 5000 via TKO (punches) at 1:32, R3
Derek Campos def. Melvin Guillard via knockout at 0:32, R2
Linton Vassell def. Emanuel Newton via unanimous decision (30-26, 29-27, 29-27)
Emmanuel Sanchez def. Daniel Pineda via split decision (28-29, 29-27, 29-28)

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