This Saturday night we have an incredible RIZIN 17 show airing live from the famous Saitama Super Arena. On paper, this card could be, as the kids says, “lit.” It is a 12 fight card with 10 MMA fights and two kickboxing fights. Many of the fights have some incredible stories behind them. In this piece, we will look at four of them.
Yusuke Yachi vs. Mikuru Asakura
You rarely see trash talk among Japanese fighters. When it happens though, it’s more memorable than when trash talk happens anywhere else. Who can forget when Shinya Aoki snapped Mizuto Hirota’s arm then proceeded to give him the middle finger?