#305. Inside Miami’s Underground Fight Scene with Kimbo Slice: Dada 5000

Eventful Lives Podcast

Dodge Woodall

Eventful, True Crime, Risk, Interviews, Crime, Events, Entrepreneurship, Festivals, Sports, Life Story, Entrepreneur, Roger Woodall, Start Ups, Society & Culture, Military, Business

5 • 857 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Dada 5000 is the pioneer of Backyard Brawls, turned cofounder of BKB Extreme Fight Series, one of the fastest growing bare knuckle fighting promotions. We talk about the street fighting scene in Miami, the impact of Kimbo Slice, and how BKB is building something big.

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0:00.0	What was your relationship like with Kim Byr?
0:02.0	In 2005, nobody on the planet was harder than that guy.
0:06.0	I sent more guys pro from my backyard than most of these MMA and boxing camps.
0:12.0	You've got BKFC, you've got backyard brawling extreme, which is yours.
0:16.0	BKFC brought Connor McGregor on board, paid him a load of money, and gave him shares in that company.
0:22.0	I got to take my glass off of this.
0:24.4	They could get Bigfoot.
0:25.9	It's not going to be enough.
0:27.8	They don't got a trigon ring, and they don't got Dada 5,000.
0:31.2	So when you look at my hair, this is an upside-down triangle.
0:34.7	I was hiding the recipe.
0:36.3	How naughty is Miami today? People get
0:38.5	killed daily, everything. Carjacking, extortion, sh-hs. Tell me a time when you've come unstuck
0:45.4	fighting. Welcome to the Eventful Lives podcast. I'm your host Dodge and I'm the founder of Bournemouth Sevens, the world's largest sport and music festival.
0:57.2	On this podcast, I speak to proper characters of all lived eventful lives.
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1:12.3	Dadda, welcome to the show, mate.
1:14.4	Listen, thank you for having me.
1:16.6	It's an awesome privilege to be here right now.
1:19.3	Yeah, mate, really looking forward to this one.
1:21.0	This roll away back, how did you first come up with the idea of backyard brawls?
1:25.2	Well, backyard brawls, you know, I come from a rough city in Miami, right?
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