{"id":308929,"date":"2019-04-07T10:25:32","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T17:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=308929"},"modified":"2019-04-07T10:25:33","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T17:25:33","slug":"rizin-boss-hints-at-upcoming-deal-with-manny-pacquiao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rizin-ff\/rizin-boss-hints-at-upcoming-deal-with-manny-pacquiao\/","title":{"rendered":"RIZIN boss hints at upcoming deal with Manny Pacquiao"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Back in December, RIZIN Fight Federation flew undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. out to Tokyo to battle one of its brightest young stars, Tenshin Nasukawa, in an exhibition match. Unfortunately for RIZIN, this plan seemed to backfire, as Mayweather walloped the much smaller Nasukawa to a first round knockout. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the seemingly disastrous end to this Floyd Mayweather vs. Tenshin Nasukawa fight, RIZIN does not appear to be done flirting with top-level boxers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on Twitter on Sunday afternoon, RIZIN President Nobuyuki Sakakibara hinted at an upcoming deal with Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao, a long-time Mayweather rival. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See what Sakakibara had to say below, along with a few pictures of contracts seemingly being signed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u73fe\u5728\u3001\u5b9f\u306f\u30d5\u30a3\u30ea\u30d4\u30f3\u306b\u6765\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\u30e1\u30a4\u30a6\u30a7\u30b6\u30fc\u306b\u7d9a\u304d\u3001 RIZIN.15\u3067\u306f\u3053\u306e\u7537\u3068\u65b0\u305f\u306a\u4ed5\u639b\u3051\u3092\u884c\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\u5e30\u56fd\u3057\u305f\u3089\u3059\u3050\u306b\u767a\u8868\u3057\u307e\u3059\u306e\u3067\u3001\u697d\u3057\u307f\u306b\u3057\u3066\u3044\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\uff01<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/rizin15?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#rizin15<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MannyPacquiao?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MannyPacquiao<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e2tNtjbuLw\">pic.twitter.com\/e2tNtjbuLw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NOBUYUKI SAKAKIBARA (@nobu_sakakibara) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nobu_sakakibara\/status\/1114934996647567360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Currently I am in the Philippines,&#8221; Sakakibara said (via Google Translate). &#8220;Following Mayweather, RIZIN.15 will do a new trick with this guy. We will announce you soon after returning home, so please look forward to it!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CEO continued in a second Tweet: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m here in the Philippines. RIZIN.15 will have this man involved in a way. 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