Last week RIZIN announced a blockbuster match-up for NYE between Floyd Mayweather and Tenshin Nasukawa. After tickets sold out, Mayweather didn’t take long to put the “rumors” to rest, claiming the fight was not happening.
Finally, nearly one week to the day of the announcement, RIZIN Fighting Federation has issued a statement on the confusing cluster. Here is an English translation of their Japanese statement.
“At a press conference held on November 5, 2018, we at RIZIN announced that the RIZIN 14 fight card at the Saitama Super Arena on December 31, 2018, would be headlined by Floyd Mayweather vs.