BJM gives his take on Kimbo vs. Dada 5000
The third man in the ring, Big John McCarthy, today spoke to MMAFighting and gave his take on the fight between Kimbo Slice and Dada 5000.
In the co-main event of Bellator 149, Kimbo Slice and Dada had a memorable fight, but maybe for the wrong reasons. Both fighters showed terrible cardio and a lack of true well-rounded skill sets for mixed martial artist. The third man in the ring, Big John McCarthy, today spoke to MMAFighting and gave his take on the fight:
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“I honestly thought it would be over within the first round,” said McCarthy, who officiated at Saturday night’s WSOF 28 here in Orange County. “And you know, when we got to the end of the first round, I thought, ‘Oh my God, this thing’s going to go all three rounds.'”
“I always tell them, ‘I’m going to stand you up unless you do something,'” McCarthy said. “I’m telling Kimbo, ‘Kimbo, do something.’ And he’s just tired. He’s not trying to punch, he’s not trying to go for a submission, he’s just trying to catch breath and let time go by.”
“There was never anything that landed that was hard,” McCarthy said. “They didn’t hit each other with any hard shots. … Look, there are people that paid money to see this fight. This is not just about you laying on somebody because you’re both tired. That’s your fault for coming into the fight in that condition.”
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