Last week, Ben Nguyen was home in Australia doing his own thing — training, relaxing, doing work around the house — when he got a call “out of the blue” from Rizin FF.
Nguyen, a former UFC flyweight contender who now competes for Rizin, assumed the promotion needed a short-notice replacement for Rizin FF 18, which takes place Sunday at Dolphins Arena in Nagoya, Japan.
Rizin did need someone on short notice, but not for what Nguyen thought.
“Turns out they wanted me to do commentary,” Nguyen told Bloody Elbow. “Doing commentary for Rizin, getting the call for it, it was like, ‘Woah,’ kind of shocking.