Rumored Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Mikuru Asakura

[strebitel86]

Rizin is about to sacrifice another of their up and coming star in Mikuru Asakura, and pay a hefty price tag for it.

when will they ever learn?

Mayweather is irrelevant for mma.

 

[strebitel86]

Retired boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced last week he was traveling to Tokyo soon to negotiate with a Japanese promotional company for an event to happen later his year.

According to several social media users who follow the RIZIN Fighting Federation closely, Mayweather’s next RIZIN exhibition bout could come against MMA star Mikuru Asakura, a “wild, street-fighting” MMA fighter who over recent years has grown into one of that company’s biggest draws.

 

[strebitel86]

Background on Floyd Mayweather’s Relationship With RIZIN
Mayweather’s last (and only) RIZIN exhibition bout came in December 2018 against RIZIN kickboxing phenom Tenshin Nasukawa. Mayweather won the bout via first-round stoppage, though it was blasted by ESPN as a “laughable event” and accused of perhaps even being scripted the way pro wrestling is.

Per ESPN, “In reality, the whole thing was downright embarrassing and at times looked almost staged.”

But Mayweather made $9 million for the outing.

It might also be worth noting that Mayweather’s win over Nasukawa didn’t go on his official boxing record. Make of that what you will.

It’s absolutely worth noting however that Mayweather’s win in the bout came against a 125-pound kickboxer under straight boxing rules.

At this stage of his life, Mayweather is a full-fledged 147-pound fighter. So Mayweather-Tenshin was like if Conor McGregor wanted to fight Deiveson Figueiredo or Joseph Benavidez but also wanted to stipulate that his opponent had to stand and strike the whole time.

If Mayweather-Tenshin was a legit fight, it was a dumb and dangerous one.

Still, Mayweather’s appearance at RIZIN 14 gave a huge amount of media attention to the Japanese organization created in 2015 by the former Pride Fighting Championship’s president Nobuyuki Sakakibara.

Another bout could do the same thing.

Full Fight | フロイド・メイウェザー vs. 那須川天心 / Floyd Mayweather vs. Tenshin Nasukawa – RIZIN.142018年12月31日（月）、さいたまスーパーアリーナにて開催された「Cygames presents RIZIN.14」試合フル映像 [Special Exhibition] Floyd Mayweather vs. Tenshin Nasukawa 12/31/2018 RIZIN.14 『Cygames presents RIZIN.14』試合後インタビュー【那須川天心選手】 ▼Follow RIZIN FIGHTING FEDERATION Website: https://jp.rizinff.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rizinfightingfederation Twitter: https://twitter.com/rizin_PR Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rizin_pr/ #RIZIN #FloydMayweather #那須川天心2020-04-03T10:00:38Z

 

[ThePatriot]

Is he out of money?

Hes been doing cameos too

 

[kezxtie]

Floyd about to get paid 8 figures for another 5 minute squash match

And some people really believe this guy isn't the GOAT?

 

[Sweater of AV]

Rizin > UFC.

 

[strebitel86]

let me guess?

Another worthless boxing match of Mayweather to dispose a future rising star, and Mayweather gets a hefty price for it.

Rizin grow some brains...

I'd rather have Pacquiao or Lomachenko to fight for that huge amount of money, than the always boring and very expensive Mayweather.

 

[strebitel86]

That amount of money can get you good name fighters for less.

 

[strebitel86]

Rizin is killing themselves with this kind of decision.

 

[strebitel86]

How is this possible, did Sakakibara lost his mind?

 

[Mammothman]

9 figures? lol Floyd about to score another heist

 

[SSgt Dickweed]

Rizin's a money laundering scheme?

 

[Crash Lance]

It seems like Rizin is more similar to Pride FC than the fans of Pride FC will admit.

1997-2007: Pride FC makes a gargantuan amount of dumb and horrible decisions.

2020: Rizin makes a gargantuan amount of dumb and horrible decisions.



Tannen from Back to the Future Part II: "This all seems so familiar to me."

 

[lukeuidswords]

Rizin is killing themselves with this kind of decision.

I dont think Rizin ever paid him. They dont have the capital. I think FujiTV paid him

 

[SKYNET]

Money grows on trees for Money

 

[pakimahi]

Might as well have fought Justin Bieber or made an IR video with the little Kardashian. Would have made more money for about the same work

 

[Godrehs23]

Rizin is salty the ufc stole all their champions so they had to go back to Mayweather

 

[wwkirk]

when will they ever learn?

It depends on what they're after. It seems like their goal is something between an exhibition and a spectacle.

 

[Slippage]

Is he out of money?

Hes been doing cameos too

Smart rich people never get tired of opportunities to make money.

They also like getting shit for free.

Cameo means nothing. The amount of celebrities on cameo who have a huge net worth, suggests exactly what I said. If you give rich people a way to get richer that's easy, many of them will take it. Some celebs are making 250k a month just recording cameos. An in-demand celebrity can make millions per year on Cameo, which is why so many are doing it. Easy money just to tell some civilian happy birthday or something.

Rizin is easy money for little work for Mayweather. He may be worth 400 million (or whatever it is), but 9 million (or whatever they are paying him) him is still a shitload of money for a few minutes work with no real risk.

 

[rob mafia]

it's rizin, so there's always a trick. floyd's going to be expecting an asakura, but he'll get both. or gabi. or a grandma.

in a better world, it would be floyd vs cup of noodles man.

shit, at least it won't be floyd vs cindy dandois.