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Mayweather gets called out by reporter for RIZIN rules and snaps

We reported on the rules for the December 31st RIZIN card featuring boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr vs kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa. They are ridiculous in our opinion. Three rounds, no judges, straight boxing with 8 oz gloves, and nothing gets recorded on either’s records. This fight was nerfed so hard that it doesn’t actually exist in … Read more

RIZIN drops Mayweather trailer and the rules are just as ridiculous as you expected

RIZIN is on the ball with their trailers and thankfully they just dropped the one for Floyd Mayweather Jr vs kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa. They also released the ruleset…yep…it’s a boxing match, folks. Wanna change the channel? We don’t blame you. According to MMAmania.com the rules dictate that it be a “3-round exhibition that will not … Read more

Nasukawa says he is still kickboxing Mayweather without kicks, so boxing?

To no one’s surprise the fight between kickboxing standout Tenshin Nasukawa and Floyd Mayweather Jr will have special rules. Take a guess what they are. Yep. No kicking meaning Floyd still hasn’t backed up his claims he would fight in any kind of mixed rules bout. It’s another boxing match with someone primarily not a … Read more

WTF: Floyd Mayweather now says he’s not fighting on RIZIN NYE card

The world of mixed martial arts and combat sports in general has its share of whacky characters and you never know what’s going to happen one day to the next. Case in point: Boxing great Floyd Mayweather just took part in a RIZIN press conference in Japan a few days ago where they announced he would … Read more

Even Chael Sonnen was convinced Mayweather was really fighting in RIZIN

Oh, Chael. Sometimes you are too trusting. First we all thought Floyd Mayweather Jr was fighting in RIZIN until he got amnesia today about the type of bout it was, and the audience, and the rules, and and and. He was convincing though, he really was. He was so convincing that Chael P Sonnen himself thought it was going to happen. In the video posted 14 hours before we reported that Mayweather was out of the RIZIN bout, Sonnen was certain it was going to happen. Watch this and you may be convinced it still might.

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In RIZIN retraction Mayweather lost a lot of respect and it’s possibly about the rules

Folks, it’s time to stop smoking the hope-ium. We should have known it was way too good to be true when we saw Floyd Mayweather Jr at a RIZIN press conference. It was announced that he would face one of the best kickboxers alive Tenshin Nasukawa on New Year’s Eve to the surprise of everyone. … Read more

McGregor goes mental and roasts ‘Rush Hour 5’ star Mayweather

Is that a track suit or a sauna suit?  That’s the first question Conor McGregor asked one time rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Instagram. After news broke that Floyd would be fighting in RIZIN on December 31st against a kickboxer it almost broke the keyboards of MMA internet warriors everywhere. Conor was swift to clickety … Read more

VIDEO: Mayweather is fighting a world class kickboxer and it’s real

At RIZIN 14 on New Year’s Eve we won’t be seeing TMZ videos of Floyd Mayweather Jr running the streets of Las Vegas at 3 AM. Instead we will see the boxing great fighting one of the world’s best kickboxers on the planet in Tenshin Nasukawa. Floyd said he would fight outside of boxing and most just blew the comments off as self promotion but here we are. Check out the press conference for the event and try to process that this is happening.

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Cro Cop returns in September

Cro Cop returns in September to fight in familiar territory for the RIZIN organization. He will face Roque Martinez at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan under RIZIN MMA rules. Cro Cop is on an eight fight win streak with the last four coming in the RIZIN organization. He won the 2016 open weight grand … Read more

Johnson wants belts in every organization

Flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson cleaned out the division and his thoughts have now appear to have shifted to other organizations. Not content with just one belt he seems to want them all if you believe a video posted on social media recently. Here’s what he said (via BJ Penn). I want to fight all the … Read more