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“This Is Why Nobody Watches Y’all” – MMA Fans Disgusted by Naked Weigh-In for Bellator vs. Rizin Cross-Promotion Event

Published 12/31/2022, 6:00 AM EST

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The world of MMA presents its fans with multiple paradoxes. Right from bout canceling weight misses to gruesome knockouts, MMA may be considered one of the most exciting sports of the modern day. It also may be agreed that an eye-catching pre-fight event facilitates the overall sales of a fight. Hence, fighters often go out of their way and put on violent shows at even pre-fight events. Whereas most fighters choose to showcase their brash attitude and hostility toward the opponent in pre-fight events, there are some others as well who go creative in their approach in order to attract crowds. But something totally bizarre took place.

Recently, the MMA world witnessed such a spectacle from a Rizin Fighting Federation combatant. The Rizin fighter, Nobumitsu Osawa, appeared almost naked on stage for his pre-fight stare-down of the coveted inter-promotional fight between Rizin and Bellator MMA fighters. The noted MMA covering Instagram page, ‘MMA Island’ also shared the video of this one-of-a-kind act from ‘Tyson’ and invoked a massive number of reactions from the fans.

Some comments from MMA fans displayed hostility towards Nobumitsu Osawa’s act

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MMA Island captioned their post, “Ayo” along with an enlarged eye emoji, which exhibited their shock at this occurrence. A lot of fans were disgusted by this controversial act from Osawa and decided to fire at him in the comments section.

 

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A user made a serious deriding comment which read, “Stop with the g*y sh*t”. Another fan decided to dig upon the entire ‘Rizin’ promotion writing, “This is why nobody watches y’all”. 

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One more fan also showcased his disgust for this act, but he was also inquisitive about why ‘Tyson’ had to pull off this act. He wrote, “So did he do that to make weight or wtf is this sus sh*t?”

One more user brought up the UFC in this regard as he commented, “Lol gives ufc even more reasons for no cross overs”. This one-of-a-kind act might be loved by some and hated by others. But, the thing certain about this is, it had got a lot more eyes turned toward the fight.

Other MMA fans laughed out loud at the unique weigh-in of Nobumitsu Osawa

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Despite all the disses, some fans chose to have a good laugh about this incident. One user wrote, Imagine he snatched his cover and ran”. His comment was accompanied by a laugh-out-loud emoji indicating his hilarious tone.

One more user compared ‘Tyson’s’ state to his opponent and wrote, “Other guy wearing a cup for weigh ins lol”. It was evident that he, too, found the entire thing ardently hysterical.

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A user tried to predict why ‘Tyson’ had to go through this as he commented, “He clearly lost a bet”. Another one felt the embarrassment that Osawa would have to go through if he lost. He wrote, “Imagine doing all this just to take a nap”. It may be agreed that this user presented a very real-life scenario that could be thought about.

What were your thoughts on this unique stare-down act from ‘Tyson’? Or did it disgust you too, like a lot of others?

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Souvik Roy is currently a UFC writer at EssentiallySports. An avid UFC follower, Souvik combined his love for the sport and his passion for words to turn his interest into his Livelihood. A Diploma holder in Electrical Engineering, Souvik has worked as a Freelance Link Builder and Content Writer previously and wrote for various clients and businesses.
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