Anyone else miss Japan?

[TheNinja]

Their best guy was average at best Fedor so nope

Join date makes sense.

 

[locust rising]

I think Brazil has my favorite crowds.

They bring that rabid soccer/football energy.

 

[spinitch]

Rizen sometimes good but not like the old Pride or even Dream days. The Bellator fighters help with excitement or interest.

 

[seanb1979]

Jiri and Nemkov...

for some reason i thought jiri came from ksw since he was eastern euro

 

[Misanthropist]

I wish they let fighters create their own WWE'esque entrance that fits whatever their personality is. Sponsorships ruined it.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

for some reason i thought jiri came from ksw since he was eastern euro

He was in GCF for a little while, which is based on CR, but he had a long standing history with RIZIN, was their LHW champ. Kinda perfect for Japan, definitely fits the vibe.

 

[Char Jawz]

Wow, this didn't show up until page 3 of thread. Apparently the noobs don't know about this legendary fight fail.

 

[SuperNerd]

 

[leto1776]

I'll take the passionate meat heads in USA and Brazil over the golf clapping Japanese.

Japan is a really weird racist misogynistic culture. Only in Japan is rape man a movie, it's also a franchise, there's 3 tge last i was aware. The tag line is righting wrongs through penetration.

Not a joke.

It’s a satire. Twisted, yes, but still a satire

 

[Robbie Brawler]

While everyone keeps buying Dana’s wolf tickets for the past 20 years, this entrance by Akihiro Gano remains the greatest piece of showmanship in combat sports history. https://x.com/thecardpros/status/1663949253889396736?s=46&t=Urxm6Slb3GIPb7Hserg8-w

I don’t think the UFC will ever die since MMA is such an awesome sport, but I dislike uniformity of the current product and really miss Japan era

 

[Robbie Brawler]

I'll take the passionate meat heads in USA and Brazil over the golf clapping Japanese.

Japan is a really weird racist misogynistic culture. Only in Japan is rape man a movie, it's also a franchise, there's 3 tge last i was aware. The tag line is righting wrongs through penetration.

Not a joke.

Member of the fluff brigade detected

 

[witt1021]

lived there for over 4 years and hell yeah i miss it.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

@HelloJapan

 

[Onidemon84]

I miss the old days of MMA altogether. That's when I was first made aware. Totally different from now. Aside from the really big name fights I really don't pay attention the way I did in the late 90's through the mid 2000's. That was a magical time

 

[blackheart]

I'm going to fight in Japan before I'm done with this game

 

[WHITEBELT JESUS]

I'm going to fight in Japan before I'm done with this game

You wouldn’t last 30 seconds against either one.

 

[blackheart]

You wouldn’t last 30 seconds against either one.

Fuarkkk you're right. I'll go right, you go left. First one to bust buys drinks

 

[EndlessCritic]

There's a near perfect overlap between people who whine about how great pride was, and people who don't watch Rizin.

 

[blackheart]

There's a near perfect overlap between people who whine about how great pride was, and people who don't watch Rizin.

TBF Rizin is absolute shit at promoting outside of Japan. 100% of the promotional material I've seen from them is in Japanese.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

I'm going to fight in Japan before I'm done with this game

As I told my other bud, I'll corner you if you do it. However, I probably won't be allowed into Japan, so it will have to be through Zoom or something comparable, and I can really only give emotional support, idk shit about cornering and I won't be there to grease your eyebrows and pour water down your shorts. As long as you're good with those stipulations, let's ride.