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Bellator and RIZIN<\/a> held a joint press conference Tuesday to promote the crossover event taking place in Japan New Years Eve. The event will feature five fights with the best fighters from both promotions facing each other, including names like A.J. McKee Jr. and Patricio Pitbull, to name a few.<\/p>\n

Scott Coker and Nobuyuki Sakakibara<\/a> were on hand to discuss everything related to the event. In so many words, \u00a0it\u2019s more than just any singular event. It\u2019s business-like and something that the two MMA moguls hope to continue to run back each and every year moving forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really excited and honored to be a part of New Year’s Eve at this level,\u201d Coker said. \u201cMeaning a fight where we\u2019re going to bring five of our top guys against five of RIZIN\u2019s top fighters and champions. As you guys know the history of this arena having fights on New Year\u2019s Eve, I believe it goes back 20 years now and even when I was working for K1 at the time and then I stopped working for K1 around 2006, 2007 but I still went back to Japan to see the New Year\u2019s Eve show because it was such a big spectacle. If you\u2019ve never been there or never seen it, you have to tune in and watch it because it is something spectacular.\u201d<\/p>\n

Their long-standing business relationship and friendship does not mean that records don\u2019t matter. With its head-to-head format, the objective is clear from the jump.<\/p>\n

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Coker wants the fights to be entertaining, and although his objective is to have his guys go undefeated, anything can happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll tell you: we want to go 5-0,\u201d Coker said. \u201cThat\u2019s my goal, to win every fight. But in MMA, it\u2019s going to be very hard to do. The goal is to go 5-0, but one wrong punch, one wrong kick, or one takedown \u2014\u00a0one mistake could change the outcome of the fight. In MMA, things can change extremely quickly. It\u2019s hard to predict an outcome. I\u2019m sure Sakakibara wants to go 5-0 against us, too. I think that\u2019s why it\u2019s such a great promotion. Let\u2019s let the fighters fight, and we\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Sakakibara wants to remain in business with Bellator and also have his RIZIN fighters go unbeaten. But, at the end of the day, he wants the Japanese MMA tradition to go on past Dec. 31, 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want this to be a one-time thing,\u201d Sakakibara said. \u201cWe know the top versus the top is what everyone wants to see. We hope this can be the beginning of something new in our industry. You can only go so far when you do the rankings within your own promotion. We believe this is the next step for our industry. We\u2019ve been talking with Scott about this, and we think it’s only the next step that we take our athletes to the US and fight under BELLATOR rules. We think this makes sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

Which promotion<\/a> will reign supreme come fight night? Let us know in the comments below, B.J. Penn Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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