One of the last remaining significant MMA events in April has been canceled due to the coronavirus, as Rizin Fighting Federation is calling off Rizin 22.
On Thursday morning, Rizin CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara posted on Twitter that the event would not be taking place on April 19. Although the card has been scratched, Sakakibara has hopes that the promotion can put together a major show in the summer. No date for the next Rizin event has been targeted.
In his post, he wrote (via Google Translate), “It is a poster visual of RIZIN.