Bellator MMA 149 (Main Card; Feb. 19th, 2016)

Venue: Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, USA

Commentators: Sean Grande & Jimmy Smith (w/Cage Announcer Michael C. Williams)

—————————————————— FIGHT CARD ——————————————————

Featherweight Bout
Daniel “The Pit” Pinéda vs. Emmanuel “El Matador” Sánchez

Light Heavyweight Bout
Emanuel “The Hardcore Kidd” Newton vs. Linton “The Swarm” Vassell

Lightweight Bout
Derek “The Stallion” Campos vs. Melvin “Young Assassin” Guillard

Heavyweight Bout [Fight for The King of The Streets]
Dhafir Harris aka “DADA 5000” vs. Kevin Ferguson aka “Kimbo Slice”*

Openweight Bout
“The World’s Most Dangerous Man” Ken Shamrock vs. Royce Gracie III**

(*: This fight would end up being the last fight for both men. This fight was so horrendously bad that both men were exhausted after 2 rounds. DADA 5000 collapsed after the fight and was sent to a local hospital as he was clinging to life. DADA ended up spending a few months in a hospital for severe dehydration, cardiac arrest & kidney failure. After surviving that, the “Dawg Fight” star was banned from Bellator and eventually prevented from ever fighting again (for his own safety but mostly due to a high T/E Ratio and the fight being overturned). He has since co-founded BYB Extreme Fighting, a triangle-ring based, bare-knuckle boxing promotion with moderate success on YouTube & PPV. Kimbo was expected to fight again in a rematch of an infamous 2009 fight vs. James “The Colossus” Thompson. But, Kimbo sadly died of heart failure on Jun. 6th, 2016 at the age of 42.)

(**: This fight would end up being the final fights for both Gracie & Shamrock. Gracie, despite having only fought once in the 10 years before that, ended his career on a 2 fight winning streak. Shamrock saw his MMA career end on a 3 Fight Losing Streak but would later return to his squared circle roots wrestling for McAloon Productions & Impact Wrestling where he became a 2021 Inductee into their Hall of Fame.)