RIZIN annonserade ut huvudmatchen för deras Nyårsgal, RIZIN 14 och chockade världen. Huvudmatchen skulle nämligen gå mellan Floyd Mayweather och Tenshin Nasukawa. Inget sades om varken regler eller handskar och förvirringen var total. Bara tre dagar efter gick Mayweather ut med på sin instagram att matchen inte alls skulle bli av och att han aldrig hade skrivit på för den. Vilket inte gjorde förvirringen mindre precis.
Nu en vecka senare går RIZIN själva ut med ett uttalande om hela situationen via MMASucka.
“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. Tenshin Nasukawa. However, shortly after this announcement, Mr. Mayweather himself made an announcement through social media. This message seemed to be insisting that the match had been canceled, and we sincerely apologize for this confusion.
RIZIN Chairman, Nobuyuki Sakakibara, is currently holding discussions towards carrying out the match based on the original contract between our promotion and Mr. Mayweather. This based on the basic agreement we initially did have with Mr. Mayweather. We hope to have a clearer announcement next week.
In truth, we would like to make a clearer announcement now. Unfortunately, as of writing, we are not in the position to report our current negotiating situation to you all. Thus, this statement will concern out ongoing developments. Sadly, we are afraid to inform you all that we will be needing more time. Again, we sincerely apologize for the confusion and concern this has been causing.”
Nu får vi helt enkelt se vart det här landar. RIZIN har ju som tradition att sätta ihop sina största galor vid Nyår och Mayweather på kortet hade ju givetvis varit en stor fjäder i hatten.
