Fellow Ruff Ryders member Drag-On recently talked about how DMX is doing and even shared his thoughts and reaction to learning X was going to participate in a mixed-martial arts match. According to Drag On, he had no idea that DMX was going to participate in a fight. ”A UFC fight?!,” Drag exclaimed when the above bout was mentioned. “[Laughs] I ain’t even hear about that. Aww man, that’s crazy though. [Laughs] But he good though; he chillin’. He in Arizona right now…He in the studio; he working. So I mean everything is good as far as with the dog. He gon’ always go through his trials and tribulations, that’s just X. People gotta realize, that’s just him. That’s just his life. It’s been like that before he was on too. That’s not changed. He actually did more time before he was a rapper. [But] he good.” As we previously reported, DMX was hit with a million dollar lawsuit for backing out of his celebrity boxing match that was scheduled to take place in December in Birmingham, Alabama. X was set to box his former manager and boxer slash actor Eric Martinez during the “Alabama Pride” event put on by Thunder Promotions. The fight was set to box for three rounds but when Thunder Promotions allegedly would not fix the fight to make sure DMX was safe, he backed out
