"Just the hype. It's the hype around him. That's about it (what makes Segawa different than anyone else he's faced)," Puric told Cageside Press. "I fought f*cking Rodtang for three rounds. Took him to decision. He couldn't do it (finish me), so I feel like he's in a lot of trouble. He's in a lot of trouble. It's going to be a spectacle every f*cking time I come in there. This one's going to be no different."
MMA on a Monday? Japan's RIZIN Fighting Federation mixed things up a little, coming out of the weekend with a Monday card in Kobe, RIZIN Landmark 12. Of course for western fight fans, that was a late Sunday night start time, for a card that featured Kyohei Hagiwara vs. Kyoma Akimoto in the main event, and a women's atomweight title fight in the co-headliner. The card also featured appearances by Canadian flyweight standout Tony Laramie, and South Korean Road to UFC alum Ki Won Bin.
For Boapeah, the #2 ranked middleweight kickboxer in the world and still young in his career, the possibility of a switch to MMA is also about not having any regrets later in life. 'Why not try, not later when you're 50, you're like 'aww why didn't I try this, why didn't I try that?' I want to try everything so when I'm an old man later I can sit down, chill, and think that I did everything on my bucket list.'