Many of you know have been in the martial arts business for a long time.
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Khabib Nurmagomedov attended the Bellator MMA vs. Rizin event on New Year’s Eve. According to Bellator president Scott Coker, the retired UFC champion was blown away by what he saw. Coker shared Nurmagomedov’s reaction after the event at the hallowed Saitama Arena, where Bellator defeated a Japanese promotion fighter in a five-man promotion-vs-promotion fight.
“He wasn’t in his prime, so it’s very interesting,” Coker said at the post-event press conference. “I gotta see these fights. Many of you know have been in the martial arts business for a long time. I’ve seen all the great fights on K-1, and I’ve seen the epic fights of PRIDE, and Khabib, I’ve never seen the production and the fans and I’m stunned.
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“He said to me, ‘I can’t believe this.’ He kept telling me, ‘I can’t believe this.’ I had no idea this was happening in Japan.” And I said, “Habib, it all started here.” This is where mixed martial arts and martial arts fought and started here. It grew in other parts of the world, but there was a time when Japan had the best fighter planes in the world, the best production in the world, and the best publicity. world, and that’s why the UFC bought it. I think they bought it because we had a great roster and great events, just like my company Strikeforce.”
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