MMA fighter Dhafir Harris, 38, collapsed due to exhaustion in the third round of Friday night's fight against Kimbo Slice, who earned what was deemed a TKO.
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Harris Stable After Scary Friday Night
Saturday, Feb. 20
After he went down, Harris, nicknamed Dada 5000, was given oxygen and stretchered off, as MMA on SiriusXM showed:
He was taken to the hospital, where his condition was serious. According to Bleacher Report's Jeremy Botter, multiple sources confirmed the fighter was in critical condition after the bout. His heart reportedly stopped, and he was put on a ventilator.
Botter reported Saturday that Harris was in stable condition, and his family released this statement:
By his family's descriptions, Harris underwent quite the transformation just to get his body ready to fight. Being on such a big stage with his adrenaline pumping might have been too much for the 6'2", 257-pound street fighter.
Depending how his body responds to this, it might be best for Harris to call it quits and focus on recovering and getting healthy.
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