Shamrock and Gracie are a combined 101 years old. To just about any observer, it's a bit of a circus. Shamrock (28-16-2) will also appear on Friday's card, in a headlining spot against fellow icon Royce Gracie (14-2-3), in their third meeting overall and first since 1995. The fight was sloppy and even drew some wild accusations it was fixed, but it was a tremendous success - setting a new promotional viewership record with 1.58 million average viewers. Slice (5-2) is coming off a comeback knockout win against now 52-year-old Ken Shamrock in June. Regardless of where the truth lies, there are unmistakable signs of bad blood between the two - which is why they were booked to fight in the co-main event of Bellator MMA"s latest "tent-pole" event, Bellator 149, at Toyota Center on Friday night (Spike TV/ESPN Deportes, 9 p.m. Whenever he got into a vehicle, he knew exactly what he was getting himself into." Like, ask me to go somewhere and then already have a fight set up. "I started seeing a change, to the point they were trying to get me physically hurt. "He had people around him saying, 'Yo, Kimbo, you better watch that dude. Harris counter claims that yes, he did refuse to fight on one occasion, but only because the fight was put together last minute and he had suspicions Imber brought him in to lose. According to their side, Harris was scheduled to fight multiple times with a camera crew present but backed out of each one. They've got it locked away."īoth Slice and Imber have refuted Harris' claims. Why has my footage never been seen? I've never seen my own footage. "I fought for them a few times underground. "Kimbo was turning pro in 2007, so I said, 'Let me be the new face of the backyard.' There were people telling to invest in me, but they were focused on Kimbo. "What was good for the gander wasn't good for the goose," Harris told. Backyard fight promoter Dhafir "Dada 5000" Harris, who was featured in the documentary "Dawg Fight," attended the same Miami, Florida, high school as opponent Kimbo Slice. The reason, in Harris' opinion, was that his emergence would have been bad for Slice. Harris says he participated in two brawls similar to those that made Slice famous, but footage of the better one disappeared. He was virtually unknown before the release of "Dawg Fight" last year, a look-back documentary that focused on his role as a promoter of backyard fights years ago.Īccording to Harris, he could have achieved the same notoriety as Slice but efforts were made to prevent it. Harris has never reached a similar status. Slice's Internet fight videos have generated millions of views and he has drawn massive television ratings as a mixed martial artist in several promotions. Of course, the major difference is just about everyone knows Slice, whose birth name is Kevin Ferguson. They are both big, bearded, tattooed men - with a long history related to backyard brawls. They went to high school together and maintained a relationship afterward. Harris grew up in the same poverty-stricken Miami suburb as Slice. According to one side of the story, that was always by design. HOUSTON - Kimbo Slice is an Internet sensation.
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