He headlined the promotion’s first card in 2015 and never came back. Thursday in Osaka, at 43, the greatest submission artist Japan has ever produced fights Mikuru Asakura in the Super RIZIN 5 co-main, and on the same card fights the son of a man he once beat.
Jiu-JitsuThe man who made a career of comedy in WWE spent World Master week doing something deeply awesome: grinding through a five-man purple belt super heavyweight bracket at 46-plus, and cataloguing the damage on the flight home.
MMAThe main event between two men who had never seen a second round ended in the first, with the underdog on top dropping elbows. Four more contracts, a wedding present from the boss, one winner sent home empty-handed, and twenty-four signings at the season’s midpoint. The record is officially in danger.
MMAA main event where every professional win has come in the first round, the week’s genuine gem at welterweight courtesy of the Fighting Nerds, and a returner back from one of the worst knockouts in show history. The auditions continue tonight at 7 p.m. ET on Paramount+.
Bare Knuckle BoxingThe Tijuana champion defends his belt at home on September 19, in the promotion’s first card on Mexican soil, against the most credentialed opponent it could send. A three-division champion versus a man less than a year into his bare-knuckle career, in front of the city that raised him. The homework had better be done.
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