{"id":170152,"date":"2015-10-08T10:41:56","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T17:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=170152"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:43:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:43:12","slug":"no-opponent-named-at-recent-fedor-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/no-opponent-named-at-recent-fedor-press-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"No Opponent Named At Recent Fedor Press Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former PRIDE boss Nobuyui Sakakibara introduced his brand new MMA promotion during a press conference in Tokyo on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The new promotion will be called Rizin Fighting Federation and the two-night event in December will be called the &#8220;Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2015&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>Nobuyui Sakakibara also announced that the fights will be held at Saitama Super Arena, the former home of PRIDE, on both December 29 and December 31, with a fan fest set for December 30. <\/p>\n<p>The event will air on tape delay in the United States on Spike TV.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for fight fans, there was no announcement made regarding the opponent for Fedor Emelianenko in the main event on New Year&#8217;s Eve.<\/p>\n<p>MMA Fighting&#8217;s Ariel Helwani reported earlier this week that &#8220;The Last Emperor&#8221; is likely to face kickboxer Jaideep Singh (1-0 MMA) at the event, but nothing has been made official.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to BJPENN.com for further updates!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former PRIDE boss Nobuyui Sakakibara introduced his brand new MMA promotion during a press conference in Tokyo on Thursday. 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