Japanese kickboxing superstar Tenshin Nasukawa has admitted that he wouldn’t mind kicking Floyd Mayweather after what he described as ‘provocative’ comments made by the boxer. It’s the fight that nobody saw coming, the fight that nobody asked for and after a rather hilarious public fallout that saw it briefly shelved, the fight that – like it or not – will …
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Chael Sonnen believes that exterior forces will be working against Floyd Mayweather’s perfect record as soon as he steps into the ring with Tenshin Nasukawa. The fight that absolutely no-one saw coming is once again confirmed to take place on New Year’s Eve it seems after a bizarre week or so where we attempted to better understand why the retired …
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We make an attempt to answer some of the burning questions that surround Mayweather vs. Tenshin, perhaps the most bizarre combat sports spectacle of the year. Sometimes a fight comes around that is so completely and utterly bizarre that it leaves you without words. Most recently, we had that to a certain extent with Floyd’s August 2017 showdown with MMA’s …
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UFC veteran Ian McCall(13-6-1) was eliminated at the quarter-final stage of the Rizin FF bantamweight grand prix at the Saitama Super Arena on Friday, as the ringside doctor called a halt to the American’s fight with Manel Kape(9-1) after he suffered a cut to the forehead. The cut, however, was not caused by a strike, or even a clash of …
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On Saturday night ‘Irish’ Joe Duffy will headline the UFC Fight Pass prelims against the good but not top class Reza Madadi. Which begs the question what is Duffy worth to the UFC. It’s a question we will get the answer to post-Saturday night as the Donegal man will be competing in the final fight of his current UFC contract. …
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At 40 and 42 respectively, Wanderlei ‘The Axe Murderer’ Silva and Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic are well past their savage, utterly savage may I add, primes. But, fuelled by nostalgia for the days when Filipovic’s legs promised only two possible outcomes and Silva was a marauding, Muay Thai masochist with as terrifying an aura as has ever been seen in …
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Former UFC middleweight and light-heavyweight Wanderlei Silva was struck by a vehicle while cycling home from training on Wednesday. Following the incident, a statement was released through Silva’s Facebook page that revealed the Brazilian underwent surgery on his shoulder sometime today. “We inform that Wand has been in an accident. A car hit him while he was returning home on his bike following …
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Former Pride FC heavyweight champion and all-round MMA legend Fedor Emelianenko got his comeback off to a smooth start on Thursday, as he battered Jaideep Singh into submission at Rizin FF 2. The fight at the Saitama Super Arena, in Saitama, Japan didn’t provide much in the way of action, as both men were cautious in the striking department. At …
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Bellator fighter Muhammad “King Mo” Lawal progressed to the semi-final stages of Rizin FF’s 2-night heavyweight tournament with a brutal win over England’s Brett McDermott. Rizin FF have received quite a bit of attention from the MMA media in the build up to their first promotional efforts. The main reason for this is that their second event, which takes place …
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