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RIZIN Boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara Says Unified Rules Hold MMA Back Before Super RIZIN 5

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RIZIN Boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara Says Unified Rules Hold MMA Back Before Super RIZIN 5

Founded in 2009, MiddleEasy.com provides UFC News daily MMA News, Fight Results, Street Fights, Weekly Rumors, Interviews, Analysis and complete coverage of the MMA sports.

RIZIN president Nobuyuki Sakakibara says MMA cannot afford to freeze its rulebook, placing that argument directly beside the A.J. McKee-Razhabali Shaydullaev double-title fight at Super RIZIN 5. The Japanese promoter delivered the criticism in subtitled fight-week footage before Thursday’s event at Kyocera Dome Osaka. McKee and Shaydullaev will contest the...

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