RIZIN FF 47 June 9th Horiguchi vs Pettis & Kleber Koike vs Archuleta

[TITS]

No

They don't deserve your money. They probably don't even want it. Do you really want to pay to see Horiguchi get schooled by Mini Pettis again?

 

[Bobby Boulders]

They don't deserve your money. They probably don't even want it. Do you really want to pay to see Horiguchi get schooled by Mini Pettis again?

I appreciate your altruism

 

[TorontoTO]

 

[Mick Dojang]

Seems like this card will be a bit more international than 46

Interested to see what level f foreign talent they get for Rizin, or if some of these guys are just bums to be fed to the Japanese fighters

 

[TorontoTO]

Seems like this card will be a bit more international than 46

Interested to see what level f foreign talent they get for Rizin, or if some of these guys are just bums to be fed to the Japanese fighters

Kowalczyk is decent, especially for HW mma which is not a high bar I agree

 

[Bobby Boulders]

Seems like this card will be a bit more international than 46

Interested to see what level f foreign talent they get for Rizin, or if some of these guys are just bums to be fed to the Japanese fighters

The international talent has been anywhere from "good enough to fight in the UFC" (Roque Martinez, Manel Kape) to UFC/Bellator LHW champ (Jiri/Nemkov). They've got some guys from outside of Japan on the roster now who would handle themselves just fine in the "big orgs," Kolesnik from the card the other night is one I'm high on, and Tofiq Musayev, who has fought in Bellator, has been mostly pretty stellar, only having lost to Satoshi (RIZIN LW champ) and Shabliy (Bellator standout, probably future PFL champ) in recent years, and winning the RIZIN LWGP by beating three known commodities in UFC vet Damien Brown (who was on commentary the other night), UFC veteran Johnny Case, and Bellator legend Patricky Pitbull. Satoshi and Kleber are Brazilian expats who have won belts in RIZIN.

People here like to complain that there is no international flavor to RIZIN, and, while it isn't what PRIDE was, and covid really stiffled it for a while, there has been plenty. The international fighters simply don't have the names relative to the ones who fought in PRIDE, bc RIZIN is developing them and creating their names. Sakakibara is one of the best eyes for talent in the game, so if you see a foreign fighter with a decent record on one of the cards, more often than not, they're pretty good.