Pat Barry Defends Kimbo Slice vs. Dada 5000 Fight

Pat Barry spoke with MMAjunkie about the Kimbo Slice vs. Dhafir “Dada 5000” Harris fight at Bellator 149. Check out some excerpts:

On people criticizing Kimbo vs. Dada 5000, saying they didn’t train properly: “Everybody’s talking all this crazy (expletive), but I doubt anybody’s been in a fight before. If anybody has proof of that, go ahead and show me and I’ll shut the (expletive) up. But I’m pretty positive this guy fought his heart out. He got in there, as prepared as he possibly could be, and then he fought. I’ve been supremely trained for fights, and at the end of round one been exhausted, because I gave it my all. Kimbo Slice fought this guy so hard that the dude’s heart fell out.”

On Dada 5000’s collapse: “If he wasn’t ready to fight, then that means a lot of people need to be fired. The doctor who cleared him, his coaches, his family, his teammates, the officials.”

On the fight itself: “It wasn’t the most technical fight. It wasn’t he most beautiful display of MMA. But it was the most entertaining fight of the card, and it was an awesome display of heart, in my opinion…Shane Carwin couldn’t fight for more than nine minutes when he fought Brock Lesnar. Maybe he should have never been signed to the UFC ever, right? I’ve been tired in fights before. Maybe I should never fight ever in my life. Hey remember when Ronda (Rousey) got kicked in her face? Maybe she wasn’t ready for that fight. That should have never happened, right? These guys trained, they got in the ring and they fought, and one of the two guys not only fought, he fought beyond exhaustion to where his body started giving out. He kept fighting. He was dying, and he kept fighting. He fought so hard, his heart and everything else gave out.”