My main critic of Rizin is they are only having one HW fight on NYE, Crocop vs TK (a legends fight). It is NYE man, look at the old NYE cards, some of the best in the sports history.
They got a 1-0 chick vs a 0-0 chick on the NYE card, that is not the sort of fight that made fans around the world fall in love with JMMA.
Shinju Nozawa-Auclair is pretty and she might be a good fighter but nobody wants to see a 1-0 vs 0-0 WMMA on “the new Pride’s” NYE show.
Despite the occasional bullshit cards or fights… this is why I can’t stop being a diehard UFC fan, cards like this. I like some other promotions but UFC is still the gold standard for top to bottom quality cards that make you want to sit down and watch all twelve or fourteen fights instead of just the top three or four.
According to Minakov, he received about 20k for Kongo fight and even much less for the Volkov bout. Coker prepared a better contract for him but Minakov couldn't sign it as he was already set to fight Graham on Fedor vs Fabio card.
According to Minakov, he received about 20k for Kongo fight and even much less for the Volkov bout. Coker prepared a better contract for him but Minakov couldn't sign it as he was already set to fight Graham on Fedor vs Fabio card.
That is a shame he has had the issues with Bellator/Fight Nights.
Promotional bullshit can be annoying. You know, as fans we want to see the best guys fighting each other.
Really unfortunate we can’t see Minakov vs Miocic/Ngannou/Werdum because of the structure of MMA.
btw The Next Emperor (or The New Emperor? something to that extent) is what Kadyrov calls Aleks these days lol
You are right, it is “The New Emperor”.
That is hilarious Kadyrov calls Aleks that.
Too bad Tank Abbott and Aleks never fought when Aleks arrived on the scene.
Someone should have let those guys get drunk and had them fight each other bare knuckle in an actual bar or back alley. Could be a whole new genre of MMA, like that team MMA crap and knight fighting.