Zane Simon & Victor Rodriguez are joined by Damon Okoro to breakdown the upcoming RIZIN New Year's Eve event from Saitama, Japan, which will be broadcast on
Fite.tv &
Battlezone.tv available by internet stream at 1AM/10PM ET/PT Dec 30-Dec 31. (However, Floyd Mayweather vs. Tenshin Nasukawa will not be available to North American viewers via those services.) With picks and analysis for every fight from RIZIN 14 & Yarennoka. The event will be headlined by kickboxing sensation Tenshin Nasuwaka who will take on multiple weight World Champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., in a 3-round exhibition boxing match. Also rounding out the card are the inaugural Rizin Bantamweight and Super Atomweight Championships. We will travel on down the card all the way to the opening prelim match between Rena Kubota and Samantha Jean-Francois.
The new year is almost upon us, which means that Japanese MMA’s largest promotion is primed for their annual over-the-top blowout event. And this year RIZIN has pulled out all the stops, as we mentioned, by grabbing none other than boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr. for a boxing exhibition bout against world class kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa. The event will also feature a champion vs. champion superfight, as Bellator’s Darrion Caldwell crosses the Pacific to take on Kyoji Horiguchi; alongside Gabi Garcia, Daron Cruickshank, Justin Scoggins, and a variety of home-grown elite talent it should be a night to remember.
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Here's a look at the RIZIN 14 & Heisei's Last Yarennoka! fight cards for the event, held by the Rizin Fighting Federation at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, as it stands today:
RIZIN 14
Tenshin Nasukawa vs Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Kyoji Horiguchi vs Darrion Caldwell (For the inaugural Rizin Bantamweight Championship)
Kanna Asakura vs Ayaka Hamasaki (For the inaugural Rizin Super Atomweight Championship)
Jiří Procházka vs Brandon Halsey
Gabi Garcia vs Barbara Nepomuceno
Damien Brown vs Daron Cruickshank
Mika Nagano vs Miyuu Yamamoto
Kazuyuki Miyata vs Erson Yamamoto
Yusuke Yachi vs Johnny Case
Yuki Motoya vs Justin Scoggins
Ulka Sasaki vs Manel Kape
Justyna Haba vs Shinju Nozawa Auclair
Nobumitsu Osawa vs Tofik Musaev
Rena Kubota vs Samantha Jean-Francois
RIZIN HEISEI’S LAST YARENNOKA
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Satoru Kitaoka
Takeshi Inoue vs. Mikuru Asakura
Kana Watanabe vs. Shizuka Sugiyama
Je Hoon Moon vs. Kai Asakura
Taiju Shiratori vs. Yoshiya Uzatsuyo
Yuta Uchida vs. Takuma Konishi
Nanaka Kawamura vs. Ai Shimizu