Especially on a card with so much other star power, there’s not as much pressure to carry the card. Flyweight is one of my favorite weight classes but badly needs fighters with big fan bases to be able to stand alone atop PPVs.
Good for Kai Asakura. But this is his first 5 round fight. Also UFC’s pace faster than Rizin. He could have used few fights to get used to UFC.End of the day, he got a title shot. That is good for him.
im a fan of this matchup, cause its gonna bring a ton of eyes to the flyweight division. and for some weird reason people hate on pantoja and these two styles are perfect for a fire fight
There’s always the chance Pantoja succeeds with a grapple-heavy style, but I have to believe there’ll be at the very least some hairy moments to keep it interesting.
I’m a fan of Kai. RIZIN is main stream of MMA in Japan. So I think a lot of Japanese fans will watch this fight.
Nothing to lose. It should be a fight that elevates the flyweight division either way.
and to add, asakura has a massive fanbase in japan 1M YT subs is insane
Especially on a card with so much other star power, there’s not as much pressure to carry the card. Flyweight is one of my favorite weight classes but badly needs fighters with big fan bases to be able to stand alone atop PPVs.
Good for Kai Asakura. But this is his first 5 round fight. Also UFC’s pace faster than Rizin. He could have used few fights to get used to UFC.End of the day, he got a title shot. That is good for him.
i think this is great cause it annoys the people who take mma meritocracy too seriously. and who doesn't like a semi ufc x rizin crossover
Right. The timing is perfect. Why not.
Hes gonna get wrecked and dana gonna look stupid asf
im a fan of this matchup, cause its gonna bring a ton of eyes to the flyweight division.
and for some weird reason people hate on pantoja and these two styles are perfect for a fire fight
There’s always the chance Pantoja succeeds with a grapple-heavy style, but I have to believe there’ll be at the very least some hairy moments to keep it interesting.
I think he can take pantoja in all honesty, I wouldn’t be surprised if
Quem é esse Asakura?
RIZIN bantamweight champion, one of the best bantamweights in the world outside the UFC. Maybe the most popular fighter from Japan right now.
Go watch his highlights