On December 24, at a press conference held in Tokyo, Japan, the highly anticipated kickboxing super battle was finally negotiated, and the match between RISE champion "Prodigy" Tenshin Nasukawa and K-1 WGP Takeru Segawa will be held in June 2022, and the specific date and location of the match have not yet been determined. Both sides weighed 58 kg the day before and 62 kg on that day.
Nobuyuki Sakakibara, CEO of RIZIN, said: "Finally, on this day, in June 2022, the two officially decided to fight. In order to achieve this game, the relevant personnel, Takezun, Nasugawa Tenshin and the two teams worked hard. So far, I have never seen such a strong competition demanded by fans, which is a fantasy duel. Well, I want to welcome the audience to do it at the biggest venue. ”
Wu Zun said: "This is a highly anticipated game, and in order to make the fighting world more active, it must be run by a neutral party. It's been a long time since it took me a while, but I'm happy to be sure of the game. The fans, the predecessors of K-1, carry all the emotions on their backs, and I will definitely win this game. When I won the K-1 championship, Tianxin also won the championship. I'm not an ordinary opponent, and in order to achieve this game, everyone negotiated for five or six years. Although there have been times of hatred, this time it has been achieved, and the gratitude is even greater. ”
Regarding the weight issue, because Takezun is the champion of K-1 WGP-60kg, and Nasugawa Tenshin is the champion of RISE-58kg, Takezun said: "Because I decided on this weight, I will adjust my body with the competition, and the rules are different, I think this competition does not need to be judged, so I want to have unlimited rounds." Nasugawa Tenshin agreed, saying, "I don't want a draw or a decision. ”
Nasugawa Tenshin said, "I feel very happy to receive such a gift on Christmas Eve. For fans, this is the game that everyone has been looking forward to. I think it's probably the best gift, and I think it's going to end well. There are still half a year, I hope everyone can be enthusiastic, too much looking forward to, I hope that there will be no mistakes in the middle, then please. ”
Nasugawa Tenshin (42-0, 30 KO) is 23 years old and 165cm tall. He began practicing karate at the age of 5 and began participating in amateur karate and kickboxing competitions at the age of 10, with an amateur record (99-5-1, 37 KO), and has been unbeaten since 2014, winning the titles of BLADE, ISKA and RISE, and has just won the unanimous victory over Masahiko Suzuki in september.
Takezun Seikawa (40-1, 24 KO) is 30 years old and 168cm tall. Since September 2012, it has maintained 35 consecutive wins, including the Krush featherweight championship in 2013 and the title of defending title for three consecutive times. In 2015, he won the K-1 WGP-55kg championship and defended the title once. In 2016, he won the K-1 WGP-57kg championship and defended the title once. He won the K-1 WGP-60kg championship in 2018 and has defended his title twice since. Just in the second round of March this year KO Ling Ling (Leona Pettas).
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