January 26, 2024 12: 00 pm ET
If absolutelynothing else, Karate Combat is making itself stick out.
That’s a invited addition to the MMA landscape, one where the world’s leading battle promo regularly hosts sparsely-attended occasions in a Las Vegas storagefacility.
One month after the promo landed “on the moon,” total with twerking aliens, it’s set to host Karate Combat Kickback 1 on Saturday – live and complimentary on YouTube from the yard of a Florida estate.
Oh, and it’s hosted by Rick Ross, duetothefactthat why not?
(Insert Rick Ross grunt ad-lib here)
Giving off the vibes of Kimbo Slice yard brawls and mid-2000s music videos, this is like my YouTube search history in middle school come to life.
With a swimmingpool rightaway next to the pit, at least a coupleof celebratory post-fight dive events appear to be unavoidable.
The brand-new Karate Combat president Asim Zaidi, likewise head coach of the viral Goat Shed group, is attempting to shake things up (with as numerous words and as coupleof breaths as possible).
This is Zaidi’s 2nd occasion at the wheel and he appears to be bothersome some karate traditionalists. The promo’s next stop is anticipated to be Mexico City in February, corresponding with the UFC Fight Night occasion there, making for numerous imaginative sets and green screen possibilities.
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